Location:
Webinar via Zoom
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Cost
Free
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Rata Joseph, +61 (2) 9385 0900 or info@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Kirby Institute Seminar Series presents
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Dr Vincent Pedergnana I am interested in exploring how genomics can help us understand why pathogens cause human diseases. Over the last decade, I studied different viral infections, using the whole panel of genetic epidemiology tools. More recently, I developed a method simultaneously testing the host and the pathogen genomes. |
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies led to major advances in identifying variants associated with infectious disease susceptibility. As host and pathogen variants jointly determine disease outcomes, the most recent development explores simultaneously host and pathogen genomes. I will detail the first wave of studies on HIV and hepatitis C in this emerging field.
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