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New Research Uses Composition and Function to Identify Clinically Important Vaginal Microbiomes Researchers from the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have applied metagenomic sequencing to understand the function of the bacterial strain...
New Research Shows How Brain Inflammation in Children May Cause Neurological Disorders Findings show inflammation stops some neurons from maturing in the developing brain, which could open the door to new treatments.
Probiotic Bacteria Strain in Preemies Seems to Protect and Strengthen the Gut New research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), published online in the journal mBio...
Mapping the Motor Cortex IGS researchers take part in a landmark research initiative on categorizing brain cells highlighted in Nature
IGS Researchers Participate in Landmark Study IGS Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) co-authored a study that details the sequencing...
Transcriptome Data Atlas Researchers generate extensive transcriptome data atlas of Streptococcus pneumoniae Host-Pathogen Interactions...

Current News

March 2024

Federal Regulation Urged for Direct-to-Consumer Microbiome Tests

AZO Website covers the Science paper co-written by IGS Acting Director Jacques Ravel.

March 2024

Experts Call For More Regulation Of At Home Microbiome Test Kits

Forbes writes about a recent Science paper co-authored by IGS Acting Director Jacques Ravel, PhD, calling for more regulation of direct-to-consumer microbiome testing services.

March 2024

University of Maryland, Baltimore Researchers Call for Regulation of Direct-to-Consumer Microbiome Tests Current Lack of Standards Could Mislead Consumers

In a unique multidisciplinary collaboration, researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore Schools of Medicine, Law, and Pharmacy call for greater regulation of these products in a Perspectives article published March 15 in Science.

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Jane Carlton, PhD It's a Parasite's World: Plasmodium, Trichomonas and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute

Frontiers in Genomics IGS celebrates its 15th Anniversary.

Seth Ament, PhD Brain Inflammation in Children May Cause Neurological Disorders Such as Autism or Schizophrenia

Surajit Dhara, PhD, and Jennifer Garbarino, PhD Epigenetics Discussions

UM Schools Study STDs UM Schools of Dentistry and Medicine to study the causes, prevention and treatment of STDs.

Cutting-edge Technologies in Brain Research IGS to utilize cutting-edge technologies to further brain research.

Dr. Claire Fraser The Business of Research: Genomics and Biomedicine.

E. coli Research E. coli outbreak in Germany.

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SCORCH Generating resources that would enable comprehensive tissue characterization at the single-cell level.

Genomics Resource Center A high-throughput data generation and analysis group supporting scientific research and providing sequencing services

Informatics Resource Center Provides annotation and analysis of genomic data

HMP DACC IGS operates the Data Analysis & Coordination Center (DACC) for the Human Microbiome Project

GCID IGS operates a NIAID-funded Genome Center for Infectious Disease

Faculty Multi-disciplinary backgrounds further our research...

Events

Microbiome Analysis Workshop

June 25th-28th, 2024

This workshop will provide attendees with in-depth training on analysis of bacterial community sequence data, both whole metagenome shotgun and 16S.

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Introduction to R and Data Visualization for Bioinformatics

September 16-18, 2024

This workshop provides a basic introduction to the R language and visualizing data.

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Save the Date

October 8, 2024

Breaking Ground & Blazing Trails:
Celebrating the Science of Claire Fraser

Please join the Institute for Genome Sciences as we celebrate Claire Fraser, PhD, at this scientific symposium. Plan to spend the full day with us. More details will follow.

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Davidge Hall
522 W. Lombard St.
Baltimore, MD 21201