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October 6, 2023 | By Marcus Dean

Adam Phillippy, Ph.D., 02, senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), will present the 2023 Grand Seminar lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. in McGuire Hall on Loyolas Evergreen campus. Phillippys presentation, Life's Code: The 30-year Quest to Read the Human Genome, will focus on the journey to understanding the entire human genome.

Loyolas academic division of natural and applied sciences(NAS) encourages all attendees to register in advance.

We are honored to have Dr. Phillippy as this years Grand Seminar speaker, said Bahram Roughani, Ph.D., associate dean for the natural and applied sciences. His work at the National Human Genome Research Institute is remarkable, and were excited for him to share his research with our community.

In 2022, Phillippy was named to TIME magazines list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2022, for his research related to human genome sequencing. In April 2022, his team of genome scientists announced that they had completed the final 200 million bases of the human genomic sequence, leading to their inclusion in the publications list.

After earning his B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola, he obtained his masters and doctorate in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park. He was also a Hauber Summer Research Fellow while at Loyola. His research project was titled, Efficiently Computing Whole Genome Alignments. In 2022, Phillippy received the Natural and Applied Sciences Alumni Award from Loyola.

The 2023 NAS Alumni Award presentation and Hauber Research posters will prelude Phillippys lecture.

About natural and applied sciences at LoyolaNatural and applied sciences at Loyola engages its students through excellence in the study of biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, data science, engineering, forensic studies, mathematical and statistical science, and physics. Students learn to become adaptive learners and ethical leaders ready to serve in a diverse and changing world. Learn more.

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