Category: Genetics

• Phylo2Vec: Accelerating Phylogenetic Research 

  

  Partners: Samir Bhatt, Neil Alexandre Scheidwasser, and Frederik Mølkjær Andersen SSEC Engineers: Don Setiawan, Madeline Gordon, and Ayush Nag Research Goals and Domain A phylogenetic tree is a diagram that illustrates the shared evolutionary history of a group of species. This diagram is represented as a bifurcating binary tree; a structure in which each node,…

• Genetic Forensics: Streamlining Poaching Investigations

  

  Partners: Sam Wasser, Mary Kuhner, and Ryan Horwitz SSEC Engineer: Niki Burggraf Research Goals and Domain The University of Washington’s Center for Environmental Forensic Science has revolutionized the field of wildlife crime investigation with advancements in genetic forensics. Researchers developed tools to compare  seized elephant tusks to DNA from seized ivory reference databases. This determines…

• Neglected Diagnostics: Democratizing Genetic Testing

  

  Partners: Hal Holmes, Misa Winters, and Cifeng Fang SSEC Engineers: Aniket Fadia and Carlos Garcia Jurado Suarez Research Goals and Domain Genetic testing is routinely relied upon to detect the illegal trafficking of wildlife, the introduction of invasive species and pathogens, as well as  monitor disease spread or outbreaks that can devastate the health of…