Hoda Khouri
Presentation Thursday July
10, 2003
Bacterial
Genome Finishing at TIGR
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Shotgun
sequencing
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Steps
in closure or finishing
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Multiplex
PCR
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S.
pneumoniae closure and annotation
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Comparison
of Strep. Strains
§ TIGR software for sequence
comparison and repeat handling
The life and times
Education
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BS,
MS: American University of Beirut in Lebanon
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Agriculture/
Animal science
Work Experience
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Animal
Virology
• cell culture and growing
different viruses
• American University of
Beirut
§ Autoimmune Disease
• 1985 – University of
Massachusetts
• a model of human Vitiligo
that affects chicken
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Toxicology
Lab
• 1989 – Reston, VA
• developed an interest in
molecular biology
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Animal
Virologist
• ATCC (American Type Culture
Collection)
• collection and
authentication
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1998
to present
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Molecular
Biologist
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Gap
Closure Team Leader
• Supervises 14 Molecular
Biologists
• Currently working with 11
genomes (1-25Mb)
• Successfully closed 3 Streptococcus
genomes