Professor Pevzner is a Pioneer of Algorithms for Modern DNA Sequencing Technology

CSE Professor Pavel Pevzner, in a collaborative effort, developed an algorithm that dramatically improves the performance of software used to sequence DNA produced from a single bacterial cell.  Researchers are now able to assemble virtually complete genomes from DNA extracted from a single bacterial cell. Traditionally sequencing methods require at least a billion identical cells, grown in cultures in the lab.  The study opens the door to the sequencing bacteria that cannot be cultured.  See the full story:  UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering News.