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UNM Phd Graduate Garners PrestigiousSciencePublication
July 16, 2004
A PhD graduate from the Computer Science Department, Derek Smith, had a research article published in the highly-regarded Science magazine (July 16, 2004, pp. 371-376). The paper, titled "Mapping the antigenic and genetic evolution of influenza virus" is a significant extension of the work begun in his 1997 dissertation, The cross-reactive immune response.