Blue Genes and Boots

Special Guest: Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis - How Genes are Born and Evolve

January 17, 2024 Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics
Special Guest: Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis - How Genes are Born and Evolve
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Blue Genes and Boots
Special Guest: Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis - How Genes are Born and Evolve
Jan 17, 2024
Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics

Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!


In this episode, Serina talks to Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis. Dr. Carvunis is a computational and systems biology assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She earned her PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Grenoble and was awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in 2019. Her research focuses on the mechanisms behind changes during evolution using tools such as bioinformatics and yeast genetics.


If you want to know more about the research discussed in this episode or about the Genetics program at Texas A&M, please visit the following websites:


Dr. Carvunis: https://www.isb.pitt.edu/people/faculty/anne-ruxandra-carvunis-phd

Dr. Carvunis’ laboratory website: https://carvunislab.csb.pitt.edu/ 


Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu 

Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu 

Show Notes

Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!


In this episode, Serina talks to Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis. Dr. Carvunis is a computational and systems biology assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She earned her PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Grenoble and was awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in 2019. Her research focuses on the mechanisms behind changes during evolution using tools such as bioinformatics and yeast genetics.


If you want to know more about the research discussed in this episode or about the Genetics program at Texas A&M, please visit the following websites:


Dr. Carvunis: https://www.isb.pitt.edu/people/faculty/anne-ruxandra-carvunis-phd

Dr. Carvunis’ laboratory website: https://carvunislab.csb.pitt.edu/ 


Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu 

Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu