S2.02: Decoding Microbial Genomes - Dr. Christina Boucher

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Christina Boucher. Her lab, based at the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, USA, focuses on developing algorithms and data structures for large-scale biological sequence analysis, emphasizing pan-genome alignment and microbial species evolution.

Dr. Boucher is a member of the well-renowned HitSeq Group, a community of interest (COSI) from the International Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. HitSeq stands for “High Throughput Sequencing for Algorithms and Applications” and offers an excellent forum for knowledge exchange and collaboration in this field.

Join us for this engaging conversation with Dr. Christina about how to develop algorithms to study the thousands of microbial genomes living there!

For more information about Dr. Boucher's work

• MEGARes:
  https://www.meglab.org
  
• METAMarc:
  METAMarc – Using machine learning to identify antimicrobial resistance
  
• Kohdista:
  https://almob.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13015-019-0160-9
  
• VariMerge:
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31510647/
  

ISCB HitSeq COSI

If you are interested in the ISCB HitSeq COSI and applying to their exceptional track at the next ISMB conference, check below:

• HitSeq Group:
  https://www.hitseq.org
  
• ISMB/ECCB 2025 meeting:
  Call for submissions
  

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