Scientist Spotlight #3 – Pardis Sabeti Dr. Pardis Sabeti is a geneticist at Harvard University. She studies infectious diseases, such as Malaria, Ebola, and Lassa fever. When she’s not in the lab or traveling to Africa for her research, she performs with her alternative rock band, Thousand Days. Dr. Sabeti was born in Iran and came to the U.S. with her family as a young child. Video #1 - This is an 8-minute video that describes Pardis Sabeti’s background and her early work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhL3nI4y6BM Video #2 - This is a 14-minute interview with Pardis Sabeti where she describes her recent work and the unique challenges that she and her lab have encountered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_R640CDWGk After watching the two videos above, please answer the following questions and submit your answers (without the text of the questions) to the submission link on the assignment page: 1. Describe how Pardis Sabeti’s work contributed to our understanding of natural selection in humans. (Video #1) 2. Briefly describe Pardis Sabeti and her lab’s contributions to our understanding of the Ebola virus. (Video #2) 3. What were some challenges that Pardis Sabeti and her lab faced while studying Ebola in Africa? (Video #2) 4. What did you learn about the types of people who do science by watching these videos? 5. What was most interesting or surprising about these videos?
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