Bioinformatics and the Unprecedented COVID-19 Vaccine Race (Fiona Hyland, Director of R&D, Informatics, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

The field of bioinformatics plays a critical role in medical breakthroughs like the COVID-19 vaccine.Fiona Hyland , Director of R&D, DNA Sequencing Informatics at Thermo Fisher Scientific , teaches all of us about how it happened in the latest episode of Data Science Leaders.What we talked about:- A quick run through genetics and bioinformatics terminology- Bioinformatics, and the genetics of cancer and the coronavirus- The role of data science in the development of the COVID-19 vaccineCheck out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:- COSMIC genetic database - The 1000 Genomes Project - gnomAD Genome Aggregation Database Tune in on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , our website , or wherever you listen to podcasts.Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Data Science Leaders in your favorite podcast player.