Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck: Detecting and Interpreting Structural Variants in Genomes

The Bioinformatics and Beyond Podcast

Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck discusses detection and interpretation of structural variants within genomes. He begins by explaining the basics of what structural variants are and how they affect organisms' phenotypes. He also covers some of his own work, for instance, categorizing the effects of structural variants in tomatoes and yeast, including being able to edit the genome of a tomato to change its flavor. Finally, he explains how the methods for detecting structural variants have evolved over time.