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Get to Know Dr. Elana Fertig: Leading Innovation in Computational Biology Dr. Fertig discusses her research in computational biology in the cancer space and why computational bioscience should be considered a distinct field rather than simply another method for analyzing data.
University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers Contribute to Unexpected Discoveries Johanna Holm, PhD and Lynn Schriml, PhD complete a historic one-day island-wide soil microbiome study on Crete.
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.
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...

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May 2024

US Researchers Call for Robust Studies Into Dequalinium, a Bacterial Vaginosis Therapy Common in Europe

Rebecca Brotman, PhD, MPH, an IGS researcher, talks to Medscape about the need for studies on Dequalinium, a bacterial vaginosis treatment that is available in Europe.

May 2024

Personalising stuff that doesn't matter: the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app

Jacques Ravel, PhD, Acting Director of IGS, discusses the lack of accuracy in consumer health tests with The Guardian.

May 2024

Microbiome Science Company Hones In On Vaginal Health With New Launch

Jacques Ravel, PhD, Acting Director of IGS, discusses a new suppository treatment from the microbiome science company Seed designed to help balance the vaginal microbiome.

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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...

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Non-Animal Models in Biomedical
Research Symposium

Explore emerging non-animal model systems that capture human physiology more faithfully, reduce reliance on animal studies, and align with NIH’s commitment to transformative biomedical research.

Tuesday, November 18th, 2025

9:00AM – 4:00PM

Health Sciences Research Facility III
The James Frenkil, MD '37 & Carolyn Frenkil Seminar Room (1010)

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