The Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), an international research center within the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) is led by Dr. Claire M. Fraser-Liggett and a team of internationally recognized faculty. Comprised of an inter-disciplinary, multi-department team of investigators, the Institute uses the powerful tools of genomics and bioinformatics to understand genome function in health and disease, to study molecular and cellular networks in a variety of model systems, and to generate data and bioinformatics resources of value to the international scientific community. The scientific discoveries that are being made at IGS are helping to unravel the mysteries of biological systems and to improve healthcare for people around the world.

January 2010

New at the Top: Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, Institute for Genome Sciences

In my senior year of college, I did research with a doctor that got me excited about what a career in medical research was all about...

November 2009

Researchers Complete Draft Genome Sequence for Cassava

A $1.3 Million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the next phase of research that is critical to global food security...

November 2009

GeMInA Genomic Metadata Database for Geospatial Pathogen Surveillance Developed at Institute for Genome Sciences

Scientists at the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) published their research about GeMInA...

July 2009

Fluke chance: genome of bilharzia worm could lead to new drugs

An international team of scientists announced on Wednesday they had unravelled the genome of the parasitic worm...