Join us for an engaging conversation with Dr. Abbe LaBella, Assistant professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte. She will take us along her journey from designing mailboxes to studying fungal genetics. Along the way, there will be deep sea adventures, genetic breakthroughs, and lessons for all stages of life.
Find out more at cipher.charlotte.edu.
Key Takeaways- Abby actively mentors students from high school to postdoctoral levels.
- Her deep-sea research involved collecting samples using the submersible Alvin.
- Abby's lab focuses on understanding the implications of genomic variation.
- Silent mutations, once thought inconsequential, can influence disease outcomes.
- The field of codon usage bias is relatively new and evolving.
- Machine learning can uncover patterns in genetic data without bias.
- The importance of tRNAs in protein synthesis is often overlooked.
- The NIH grant will focus on understanding silent synonymous data in yeast.
This podcast was produced and edited by Zack Jackson CIPHER is a proud part of UNC Charlotte who holds all rights to the content created by this podcast
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