Laura M. Boykin, PhD TED Senior Fellow
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 Research Interests:


  • Oxford nanopore sequencing of pests and pathogens
    • Cassava Virus Action Project
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  • Invasive species especially the Bemisia tabaci species complex and Cassava Brown Streak Disease.
    • ​​TED Blog


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Bemisia tabaci (whitefly)
Click here for Bemisia tabaci COI dataset or here for our beta version

  • High performance computing
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HPC story on Bemisia

  • Unbiased species delimitation

  • Food security-combining all of the above to increase food production around the world, especially Africa.
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Scientists committed to helping smallholder farmers in Africa.

Specific collaborative projects:
  • B. tabaci systematics. 
  • Cassava Brown Streak Disease whole genome sequencing and evolution.
  • Global relationships of Diaphornia citri, Asian Citrus Psyllid.
  • Nanopore sequencing on farmer's fields in east Africa
Contact   |   Cassava Virus Action Project
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Updated August 27, 2022