Go, Genetics, and Graduate School with Christiana Fauci

Christiana Fauci is a PhD Candidate at Duke University who studies Genetics and Genomics. Currently, she works on studying vertebrate evolution with the goal to understand how they are different from each other and how the genome shapes them to have the traits we see today. In this episode, Christiana takes us on a journey from being a dual sport athlete in highschool to leveraging Go to compare complex genetic sequences.  

00:00 Introduction 

01:50 What is Christiana Doing Today? 

08:51 First Memory of a Computer

15:12 Background on Christiana’s Parents

22:14 Interests in High School

33:00 What is “Imposter Syndrome”?

37:55 Having a Plan for College

49:37 Cart and Horse Issues

54:35 Problems in the Lab

59:33 Choosing Duke University

1:08:20 The PhD Process

1:12:35 Leveraging Go in the Lab

1:19:48 Choosing Go Over Python

1:24:55 The Plan After Graduation

1:29:37 Contact Info

Connect with Christiana: 

Email: cf189@duke.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiana-fauci-32b40619b/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vertgenlab

Mentioned in today’s episode:

Duke University: https://duke.edu

Gonomics: https://github.com/vertgenlab/gonomics

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