About Us

Research
A systems approach to genome evolution
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Location
Our research lab is located in the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) 2333.
Links
Department of Biological Sciences

News

June 2018
New paper in FEMS Microbial Ecology

Acetylenotrophy: A Hidden but Ubiquitous Microbial Metabolism?
Denise M Akob, John M Sutton, Janna L Fierst, Karl B Haase, Shaun Baesman, George W Luther III, Laurence G Miller, Ronald S Oremland

December 2017
New paper on decontaminating genome sequences

Decontaminating eukaryotic genome assemblies with machine learning
Janna L Fierst and Duncan A Murdock
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