Dr. Kissinger Elected ASTMH Fellow

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Jessica Kissinger

University of Georgia geneticist Jessica Kissinger has been elected a 2020 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Fellow. Kissinger’s research focuses on parasite genomics and the biology of genome evolution. Her research group is trying to answer big questions such as how genomes evolve, what is the fate of horizontally transferred genes, which genes are phylogenetically restricted, and how do organellar genomes evolve? The answers to these questions will increase the understanding of parasite biology and help researchers identify potential drug and vaccine targets.

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Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases Article

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Jessica Kissinger

Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. (1995) Indiana University
jkissing@uga.edu

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