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.

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Feb 11 2022		Anna Popova, Ph.D. Group leader at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and a co-founder of Aquarray GmbH, Germany. "Droplet Microarray platform based on superhydrophobic-hydrophilic patterning – a novel highly miniaturized chip-technology for cell-based high throughput screenings" A video of this seminar is available at:	Host: Daria Gaykalova Ph.D.
Feb 17 2022		Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Ph.D. Metagenome Program Head, DOE Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley Lab, University of California "Cataloging microbial and viral genomic diversity across Earths biomes" A video of this seminar is available at:	Host: David Rasko Ph.D.
Feb 24 2022		Ami Bhatt, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and of Genetics, Stanford Hospital and Clinics "From Precise microbial genomics to precision medicine" A video of this seminar is available at:	Host: Tracy Hazen Ph.D.
Mar 21 2022	Microbiome Analysis Workshop This workshop will provide attendees with in-depth training on analysis of bacterial community sequence data, both whole metagenome shotgun and 16S. Tools for community profiling, gene clustering, and annotation will be explored. "For more information: https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/education/wkshp_metagenome.php"		Host: Michelle Gwinn-Giglio Ph.D.
Apr 07 2022		Ilana Lauren Brito, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering Cornell University "Systems-level analyses of the human gut microbiome" A video of this seminar is available at:	Host: Tracy Hazen Ph.D.
Apr 28 2022		David S. Weiss, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine/Div. of Infectious Diseases, Director, Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University "Exploitation of antibiotic heteroresistance to kill pan-resistant bacteria"	Host: Tracy Hazen Ph.D.
May 12 2022		Douglas S. Kwon, M.D, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital "Modulation of genital inflammation and disease susceptibility by vaginal microbiota"	Host: Jacques Ravel Ph.D.
Jun 09 2022	Omics Basics: Demystifying P-values and the Multiple Comparisons Debate Dr. Michelle Shardell is presenting the next event in our Omics Basics Lunchtime Learning Series (https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/education/omics-basics.php) with an introduction to P values and multiple comparisons for statistical testing. "Location: HSF III, room 1010 or Virtual (https://umaryland.zoom.us/j/94122859446?pwd=TjNhaExkQStGQTlkWEdCZ0dEZXRsQT09)" A video of this seminar is available at:		Host: Michelle Gwinn-Giglio Ph.D.
Sep 12 2022	Introduction to Python Workshop This workshop provides a basic introduction to Python. The workshop is designed to give biologists some fundamental skills to operate in a Linux/Unix environment and to use scripts to manipulate data files and engage in analysis. "For more information: https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/education/wkshp_python.php"		Host: Michelle Gwinn-Giglio Ph.D.
Sep 15 2022		Ni Zhao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University "Integrative analysis of multiple microbiome datasets"	Host: Michelle Shardell Ph.D.
Sep 29 2022		Kathryn Tayo Hall, Ph.D., M.P.H, M.A Deputy Executive Director for Population Health and Health Equity at the Boston Public Health Commission "Placebos and their Impact in Clinical Trials and Medicine: Does Genetics Play a Role?" A video of this seminar is available at:	Host: Chamindi Seneviratne M.D.
Oct 19 2022		Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. Distinguished Investigator, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); Director, NIAID’s Microbiome Program; Co-Director, NIH Center for Human Immunology; Chief, Metaorganism Immunology Section; Chief, Laboratory of Host Immunity and Microbiome "Microbiome Control of Host Immunity"	Host: Claire M. Fraser Ph.D.
Oct 19 2022		Charles Rotimi, M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D. Distinguished Investigator, National Institutes of Health; Scientific Director, National Human Genome Research Institute; Director, Trans-NIH Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health "Implications of the non-random distribution of genomic variations for human identity and disease distribution"	Host: Claire M. Fraser Ph.D.
Oct 19 2022		Joana Carneiro da Silva, Ph,D. Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute for Genome Sciences "At the Junction of Evolutionary Genomics and Vaccinology"	Host: Claire M. Fraser Ph.D.
Oct 19 2022		Seth Ament, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute for Genome Sciences "Convergent effects of nature and nurture on the developing cerebellum in risk for psychiatric disorders"	Host: Claire M. Fraser Ph.D.
Nov 03 2022		Litao Tao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Creighton University "Switch on and off: distal element-mediated activation and silencing of hair cell program" A video of this seminar is available at:	Host: Ronna Hertzano M.D., Ph.D.
Nov 17 2022		Moran Yassour, Ph.D. Assistant professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Hebrew University of Jerusalem "The infant gut microbiome in health and disease"	Host: Jacques Ravel Ph.D.
Nov 29 2022	Omics Basics: Sequencing Approaches and Applications Luke Tallon (Scientific Director of the IGS Genomics Resource Center) is presenting the next event in our Omics Basics Lunchtime Learning Series (https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/education/omics-basics.php) with an introduction to high-throughput sequencing technologies and how they can be applied to answer biological questions in your research. "https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/education/omics-basics.php"		Host: Michelle Gwinn-Giglio Ph.D.
Dec 05 2022	Microbiome Analysis Workshop This workshop will provide attendees with in-depth training on analysis of bacterial community sequence data, both whole metagenome shotgun and 16S. Tools for community profiling, gene clustering, and annotation will be explored. "For more information: https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/education/wkshp_metagenome.php"		Host: Michelle Gwinn-Giglio Ph.D.