Institute for Genome Sciences

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

It’s #WorldMicrobiomeDay! 🧬🌎

Our researchers @camri-igs.bsky.social and @genomescience.bsky.social are leading the charge in understanding how these tiny organisms affect everything from digestion to disease prevention.

🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/V4twC

#Microbiome #GutHealth #MedEd #Research

Barbara McClintock portrait

🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025

We're hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor jointly appointed: Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), the Institute for Health Computing (IHC), and the Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC)
@medschool.umaryland.edu
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#Science #Cancer #Bioinformatics #Genomics

Learn more: bit.ly/igsihcgcc

We're hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor jointly appointed: Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), the Institute for Health Computing (IHC), and the Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) @medschool.umaryland.edu‬

#Science #Cancer #Bioinformatics #Genomics

Learn more: bit.ly/igsihcgcc

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Researchers at UMSOM are pioneering a new approach to precision medicine by combining AI with mathematical modeling.🌟🔬

@fertiglab.bsky.social and @genomescience.bsky.social
colleagues share the importance of ethically sharing health data to ensure reproducible and trustworthy scientific outcomes.

Virtual cells for predictive immunotherapy - @fertiglab.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social go.nature.com/4jfqM3Y

Congrats to our Institute for Genome Science's Seth Ament Lab which has been awarded a $4,000 Research!America Civic Engagement Microgrant to create a symposium to open a dialogue between scientists and the public to address the opioid epidemic in Baltimore.

Learn more: bit.ly/ResAmMicrogr...

Elana Fertig named associate director for quantitative science at University of Maryland Greenebaum - The Cancer Letter Elana J. Fertig was named associate director for quantitative science at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a sponsored account.**Not all site licenses are enrolled in sponsored […]

Elana Fertig was named director of the @genomescience.bsky.social at @univofmaryland.bsky.social
https://cancerletter.com/in-brief/20250321_8b/

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

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We're hiring! Contractual Laboratory Research Assistant to work in a lab studying head and neck cancers. Manage lab operations, safety compliance and supply purchases. Assist with cutting-edge cancer research projects that involve genomics, epigenomics, and data analysis.

Apply: bit.ly/headneckRA

We're hiring! Contractual Laboratory Research Assistant to work in a lab studying head and neck cancers. Manage lab operations, safety compliance and supply purchases. Assist with cutting-edge cancer research projects that involve genomics, epigenomics, and data analysis.

Apply: bit.ly/headneckRA

The secrets of an optimal vaginal microbiome The ecosystem in the vagina helps to keep it healthy. Scientists looking for ways to support these microbes have revealed unexpected and intriguing interactions.

This article features Jacques Ravel Director of IGS's new Center for Advanced Microbiome Research & Innovation #microbiome @jacquesravel.bsky.social @seedhealth.bsky.social

The secrets of an optimal vaginal microbiome
www.nature.com/articles/d42...

A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article) Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.

Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6

Excited for this new program within @genomescience.bsky.social to see the expansion of microbial research as we build new directions of genomics throughout human health.

Today, on #GivingTuesday2024, we introduce our new Center for Advanced Microbiome Research and Innovation (#CAMRI) @ the Institute for Genome Sciences
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To support our mission for improving #womenshealth & #infanthealth, please give here: medschool.umaryland.edu/CAMRIgift

#microbiome

The magic of the scientific world is our diversity. We have 3 visiting scientists @genomescience.bsky.social from different African countries and it snows in #Baltimore today (very early in the season btw). They had their first experience with the snow, that was priceless to see #StrongerTogether

Are you a #microbiome researcher? Come to #Baltimore and join our new Center for Advanced Microbiome Research & Innovation at the Institute for Genome Sciences (within the University of Maryland School of Medicine.) We're hiring an assistant professor! #Academia #Research #Science #Genomics