How rapid genome sequencing can help stop outbreaks

Last year, Harvard professor Pardis Sabeti and her colleague Christian Happi won a $100 million grant to develop their pathogen surveillance system called Sentinel. Sabeti joins Host Flora Lichtman to talk about the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak, and how their approach, which includes rapid genome sequencing, may help epidemiologists figure out how the virus spreads. Guest:Dr. Pardis Sabeti is a computational geneticist and professor at Harvard University. She is also a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT.Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Follow us on socials @ scifri on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Bluesky and sign up for our newsletters. Got a science question that’s keeping you up at night? Call us: 877-472-4374 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.