Project:

Sampling the virome of New York City

Students:

Tony Valencia, Isabel Abonitalla

Institution:

Icahn School of Medicine, Manhattan

Mentors:

Benjamin tenOever

Abstract:

Our project aims to identify viruses that might be used for therapeutic purposes by sampling a wide spectrum of samples found in and around the New York area. More specifically, here we propose to search for microbes that infect bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus), yeast (Pichia), or transformed mammalian cells (African green monkey).

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