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Okanagan College: Science in Society Series draws high profile scientist to talk on role of DNA in disease transmission

Science in Society Series draws high profile scientist to talk on role of DNA in disease transmission
One of B.C.’s top experts in DNA sequencing and its relationship with disease outbreaks will be at the Vernon campus of Okanagan College on Tuesday, Mar. 5 to present a lecture as part of the ongoing Science in Society speaker series.

Dr. Jennifer Gardy, who has hosted segments of CBC-TV’s The Nature of Things, is a molecular epidemiologist at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and leads the BCCDC’s Genome Research Laboratory. Her talk, DNA Detectives: Genomics and DNA sequencing to solve multiple mysteries, takes place at 7:30 p.m.

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