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SUMMARY:What makes them tick? Understanding parasitism in the genomic era.
  - Dr Anna V. Protasio
DTSTART:20170302T131000Z
DTEND:20170302T140000Z
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CONTACT:KC Sivaramakrishnan
DESCRIPTION:Parasites have co-evolved with their hosts through millions of
  years are arguably provide some of the finest examples of adaptability to
  a ever changing environment. One particular flatworm parasite called Schi
 stosoma mansoni\, is responsible for infecting ~ 200 million people worldw
 ide. Using the latest genomic and informatics technologies\, such as those
  used for the sequencing of the human genome\, we can now start to investi
 gate what makes these parasites so adaptable and remarkably successful in 
 surviving hostile conditions inside their hosts even for decades!\n\nBio: 
 Dr. Anna V. Protasio graduated with a BSc. in Biochemistry from the Univer
 sity of the Republic\, in Uruguay. She then moved to Cambridge to pursue a
  PhD in Molecular Biology at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the U
 niversity of Cambridge. During this time\, Anna developed a great apprecia
 tion for parasitology and became a pioneer in the use of massive parallel 
 sequencing applied to the understanding of gene expression in these parasi
 tes. She remained at the Sanger Institute with a Postdoctoral Fellowship f
 or further 4 years. in 2016\, she became a NCBS-InStem-Cambridge Fellow an
 d an "awaiting" Research Affiliate at Darwin College (to join in Oct 2017)
  
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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