For decades, a strange neurological disease has plagued snakes around the world. The snakes tie themselves into knots, exhibit strange behaviors, and eventually die. In this talk, Dr. Joseph DeRisi describes how using genome sequencing his lab uncovered the mysterious agent responsible for this disease, which turned out to be an ancient arenavirus.
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Genome Sequencing for Pathogen Discovery
By using genome sequencing, Joe DeRisi’s lab uncovered the virus responsible for a mysterious disease that was killing snakes. (Talk recorded in August 2014)
Audience:
- General Public
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 26:26