News - Events
Exchanging scientific ideas and exploring the latest scientific research is one of our Institute's priorities. Towards that end, we host a variety of events for all types of audiences. Anyone is welcome to attend these events, and we hope you will join us.
- In our IGS seminar program, we host internationally recognized scientists, as well as our own faculty, who are sharing their research in genomics, bioinformatics, systems biology and personalized medicine. For more information, please contact David Serre PhD and Jacques Ravel PhD scientific co-chairs of the Seminar Committee, or Riham Keryakos, administrative co-chair. All seminars are held in the Health Sciences Facility III Lecture Hall 1010 from 11am to noon, unless otherwise noted.
- In our Omics Basics Lunchtime Learning Series we provide information to those who are novices in the areas of genomics and bioinformatics to give them an introduction to these approaches and how they might be useful for their research programs. For more information please visit our Omics Basics web page.
- IGS offers in-depth, multi-day Training Workshops on several areas of omics and bioinformatics where attendees engage in hands-on activities aimed at giving them real-world experience they can apply to their research. For more information please visit our workshops page.
Upcoming Events
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Previous Events
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| Jan 12 2017 |
Philip Johnson, Ph.D.
Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park
"Quantitative methods for comparing T cell repertoires"
| Host: Timothy O'Connor, Ph.D. | |
| Jan 19 2017 |
Carlo Colantuoni, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Genome Dynamics in vivo and in Pluripotent Stem Cells: Can we define stable variation in individual human cell biology?"
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| Feb 09 2017 |
Eric W. Brown, Ph.D., M.Sc, FAAM
Office of Regulatory Science, US Food & Drug Administration
"Genomic Applications for Advancing Food Safety: Advancing Public Health Through WGS Networks and Data"
| Host: Dave Rasko, Ph.D. | |
| Feb 16 2017 |
João Xavier, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
"Precise reconstruction of the gut microbiome"
| Host: Jacques Ravel, Ph.D. | |
| Mar 08 2017 |
Cindy Liu, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
George Washington University
"Why absolute abundance matters in translational microbiome research"
| Host: Jacques Ravel, Ph.D. | |
| Mar 09 2017 |
Timothy Murphy, Ph.D.
University of Buffalo, State University of New York
"Bacteria in the Human Respiratory Tract: How Microbial Genomes Reveal Their Secrets!"
| Host: Hervé Tettelin, Ph.D. | |
| Mar 30 2017 |
Tyrrell Conway, Ph.D.
Department Head, Professor, Microbiology, Oklahoma State University
"The Restaurant Hypothesis of Intestinal Colonization"
| Host: Dave Rasko, Ph.D. | |
| Apr 27 2017 |
Joshua T. Schiffer, MD, MSc
University of Washington, Seattle
"Clinical trial simulation for chronic viral diseases"
| Rebecca Brotman, MPH, Ph.D. | |
| May 04 2017 |
Brenna M. Henn, Ph.D.
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, New York
"Extensive Genomic Diversity in Southern Africa and the Evolution of Light Skin Pigmentation"
| Host: Timothy O'Connor, Ph.D. | |
| Jun 08 2017 |
Steven R. Gill, Ph.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
"Impact of nutrition on pre-term infant growth and gut microbiota"
| Host: Jacques Ravel, Ph.D. | |
| Jun 12 2017 |
Christopher Mason, Ph.D.
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Cornell University
"Single-cell, City-scale, and Inter-planetary Genomics"
| Host: Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D. | |
| Sep 14 2017 |
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
"Utilizing 3-D Human Models to Elucidate Host-Vaginal Microbiota Interactions"
| Host: Rebecca M. Brotman, Ph.D., MPH | |
| Sep 21 2017 |
Kevin Omland, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"Tree Thinking for All Biology: How Genomics Helps Us Avoid the Misleading Ladder of Progress"
| Host: Joana Carneiro Da Silva, Ph.D. | |
| Oct 05 2017 |
Brendan Bohannon, Ph.D.
Prof. of Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
"Each of Us an Island: Using ecological theory to understand variation in host-associated microbial communities"
| Host: Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D. | |
| Oct 26 2017 |
Daniel Harris, Ph.D. Candidate, O’Connor Lab
Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine Institute for Genome Sciences
"The Evolutionary Genomic Dynamics of Peruvians Before, During, and After the Inca Empire"
| Host: Timothy O’Connor, Ph.D. | |
| Nov 09 2017 |
Jason Sahl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
"The effects of signal erosion and core genome reduction in the identification of diagnostic targets in the genus Burkholderia"
| Host: David Rasko, Ph.D. | |
| Nov 30 2017 |
Stephanie A. Yarwood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology
University of Maryland, College Park "Urbanization and Soil Microbial Convergence: Can it Lead to Biodiversity Loss?"
| Host: Lynn Schriml, Ph.D. | |
| Dec 07 2017 |
Michael Schatz, Ph.D., M.S
BLOOMBERG DISTINGUISHED Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University
"In Pursuit of Perfect Genome Sequencing"
| Host: Jacques Ravel, Ph.D. | |