Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Boucher Lab
Led by Christina Boucher · Computer and Information Science and Engineering
What we study
The Boucher Lab develops algorithms and data structures for analyzing very large collections of DNA sequences, especially pangenomes (many genomes of one species compared together) and microbial evolution. Its software tools include MEGARes and AMRPlusPlus for finding antimicrobial resistance genes.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Population differences of chromosome 22q11.2 duplication structure predispose differentially to microdeletion and inversion
2026 · Nature Communications
Studies how genetic copies of a chromosome affect health in different groups.
- Primer design through submodular function estimation
2026 · Bioinformatics
Develops a method to design DNA snippets for capturing viral genomes.
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- RAmpSim: a thermodynamic simulator for hybridization capture in metagenomic sequencing
2026 · Bioinformatics
Creates a tool to simulate how DNA capture works in sequencing bacteria.
- A global view of human centromere variation and evolution
2026 · Nature
Maps and analyzes genetic differences in human chromosome centers across many people.
- Advancing microbial pangenomics through human pangenomics
2026 · Trends in Genetics
Reviews how tools for studying gene variation in humans can be used for bacteria.
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How to reach out
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