Evolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens

Dr. Pardis Sabeti - Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology;Tutor in Biochemical Sciences; Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

The genome revolution has created unprecedented opportunities to study human biology, evolution, and disease, and is making it possible to carry out unprecedented studies in the microbial pathogens that affect humans. My lab’s research goals are to use the rapidly emerging resources to develop and apply methods to investigate natural selection in the human genome and study the genomic evolution of the microbial pathogens that affect humans including Lassa virus, Ebola, Plasmodium Falciparum, and Vibrio Cholerae.