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We couldn't agree more @franckdumetz.bsky.social! And a shoutout to our wonderful faculty, too!

#GivingTuesday was three days ago...Luckily, we know that our graduation students in #genomics, #bioinformatics, and #computational #biology could use a boost any time. Please consider a donation to The Claire M. Fraser Fund for Graduate Education...THANK YOU!

Give here: bit.ly/CMFGradEd

Even though #GivingTuesday was yesterday -- we appreciate gifts for our students on any day! During this tough year for #science #education funding, please consider a donation to The Claire M. Fraser Fund for Graduate Education in Genomics at the link below.

It's been a tough year for everyone in #science, and the cuts have hit students hard. On this #GivingTuesday please consider a gift to:

The Claire M. Fraser Fund for Graduate Education

Give here: bit.ly/CMFGradEd

We're hiring! Senior Budget & Financial Analyst for our Institute for Genome Sciences in the University of Maryland School of Medicine. @medschool.umaryland.edu #accounting #finance #budget

Learn more & apply: bit.ly/srbfanalyst

We're hiring! Lab Research Assistant for our MD Genomics Core at @medschool.umaryland.edu in #Baltimore! Full-time/Contractual. Must know scientific lab procedures, prefer next-gen sequencing & library prep.

Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics

We're hiring! Lab Research Assistant for our MD Genomics Core at @medschool.umaryland.edu in #Baltimore! Full-time/Contractual. Must know scientific lab procedures, prefer next-gen sequencing & library prep.

Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics

🚨 NEWS: @genomescience.bsky.social awarded $14.5M by
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!

The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻

🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f

#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM

Proud to receive this grant and develop it at IGS!

www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/ni...

WE'RE HIRING!

Lead Financial & Budget Analyst @ the Institute for Genome Sciences @ the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/finbudana

Flip our newsletter to see what's going on at our Institute for Genome Sciences: bit.ly/II_Fall25

What an amazing day at Biofestival! 👏🧪🔬

Thanks so everyone that came out and joined us!

Congrats to the winners at our Zymo-IGS Biofestival for best lightning talks: Suhana Marfatiya, Ian O'Keefe, and Kevin Tu! @zymoresearch.bsky.social @medschool.umaryland.edu Each winner won cash and free Zymo credit for lab supplies!

We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth

We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth

We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth

We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth

Learn more: bit.ly/CAMRIpostdoc

🧠 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM scientists just visualized axon bubbles — mysterious, electrolucent structures in the developing cerebellum — for the first time.

Captured using a new method called Stereo-Tracking.

📄 Read more in @cellpress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4m0aNav

#Neuroscience #Brain #MedEd #Research

Are you looking for a great postdoc/fellow opportunity studying the gut #microbiome and #immunity? CAMRI might just be the place for you!

Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU

Come work with us in #Baltimore! We're hiring Postdoc/Fellows in #Microbiome, #Immunology, #Bioinformatics studying the gut microbiome’s role in immune tolerance development.

Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU

Computational Model Predicts Tissue-Specific Cell Activity Over Time The software translates plain language into computer code, allowing biologists with little computational experience to create cell interaction models.

Congrats to our IGS team @fertiglab.bsky.social @danielrbergman.bsky.social @jeanettejohnson.bsky.social and the whole scientific team including @mathcancer.bsky.social for this research published in @cp-cell.bsky.social and written up in @genomeweb.bsky.social.

www.genomeweb.com/informatics/...

‪@greekcitytimes.bsky.social‬

Our IGS researchers Lynn Schriml & Johanna Holm have made it into The Greek City Times with their historic one-day island-wide soil microbiome study on Crete published in the journal Environmental Microbiome! #microbiome #Greece #Crete #soil

greekcitytimes.com/2025/07/25/h...

🧬 New from @genomescience.bsky.social: Research led by @fertiglab.bsky.social created software that predicts cancer cell behavior using genomics + modeling.

This tech could revolutionize oncology!

📄 Published in @cellpress.bsky.social: shorturl.at/I5GON

#Cancer #Research #DigitalTwins #Genomics

New Research Simulates Cancer Cell Behavior - OncoDaily New Research Simulates Cancer Cell Behavior / cancer, Cancer Cell Behavior, Daniel Bergman, Elana J. Fertig, Genevieve Stein-O’Brien, IGS, Institute for

New Research Simulates Cancer Cell Behavior
@medschool.umaryland.edu @univofmaryland.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social

oncodaily.com/science/canc...

#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews

Dr. @fertiglab.bsky.social is redefining clinical trial research. 🧬👩‍🔬✨

From multi-omics to digital twins, her work in computational biology at @genomescience.bsky.social is transforming how we treat & understand disease.

⏯️ Watch her vision for team science & precision medicine!

We're hiring Postdoc/Fellows in #Microbiome, #Immunology, #Bioinformatics studying the gut microbiome’s role in immune tolerance development.

Learn more: bit.ly/3UnA5DU

Some of our IGS undergraduate summer interns gave talks on their research. Topics: simulation modeling of pancreatic cancer; immune markers in premature infants with leaky gut; enzyme-coding genes in breast milk; and understanding why the fungus C. albicans adheres to human cells.

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM researchers win $250K NIH prize for tech that delivers CRISPR across the blood-brain barrier. 🧠🧬

Led by Dr. Poulopoulos, the Crisaptics Trans-BBB Team’s work could transform treatment for Huntington’s & glioblastoma.

🔗 bit.ly/44NGUDP

#CRISPR #NIH #Neuroscience #MedEd #MedSky

Join me at BUGSS on Sat August 9th for a approachable and interactive "lecture" on the theory of Nanopore Sequencing, discuss pros and cons, potential applications, answer your questions, and more. See you there! #ONTsequencing #CitizenScience @genomescience.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com