Jul 30, 2021
Guest Name and Bio:
Kelly Moffat
Kelly Moffat is Director of Microbiome Health at CosmosID
(https://www.cosmosid.com/), the
leader in end-to-end metagenomics analysis and solutions. She has
been in the field of genomics for more than 20 years, starting at
the J. Craig Venter Institute (then called TIGR) where she used
molecular and bioinformatics techniques to resolve complex repeats
and gap closure in the human genome project, the DNA sequencing of
the first plant chromosome (Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 2), the
first rice genome published, genome analysis of
Deinococcusradiodurans, a bacterium that can survive strong doses
of ionizing radiation, and many other genomes. There she developed
extensive experience across bioinformatics, including the use of
several programming languages, several alignment tools and
assemblers, bacterial epidemiological analysis and phylogeny, and
whole genome shotgun metagenomics.
Since 2012, Kelly has been a part of the bioinformatics team at
CosmosID, where she has led many microbial identification and
interpretation projects, ranging from the analysis of clinically
actionable microbial infections, to the analysis of food and water
borne pathogens in the environment, to SARS-CoV-2 computational
analysis. Most recently, at CosmosID, Kelly now leads the
microbiome health sector of the company, providing actionable and
interpretable analysis of the human microbiome. She is interested
in understanding the microbiome in personal health and how an
individual’s unique microbiome affects and is affected by changes
in overall wellness. Kelly also hosts her own podcast called The
Genomics Life.
What you will learn from this episode:
1) The importance of the microbiome and gut testing
2) The different ways the gut can be tested
3) What the best way to view the gut microbiome is
4) What we can learn from the gut microbiome and testing
5) What the future of gut microbiome testing might hold
How to learn more about our guest:
CosmosID website: https://www.cosmosid.com
Twitter @cosmosid
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/cosmosid/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cosmosid/
Kelly Twitter: @kelphoto
Kelly Podcast: https://linktr.ee/Kellymoffat
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