The Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), an international research center within the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) is led by Dr. Claire M. Fraser-Liggett and a team of internationally recognized faculty. Comprised of an inter-disciplinary, multi-department team of investigators, the Institute uses the powerful tools of genomics and bioinformatics to understand genome function in health and disease, to study molecular and cellular networks in a variety of model systems, and to generate data and bioinformatics resources of value to the international scientific community. The scientific discoveries that are being made at IGS are helping to unravel the mysteries of biological systems and to improve healthcare for people around the world.

November 2009

Expert in Human Genetic Variation Joins the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Scott E. Devine, a leading researcher in human genetic variation, has joined the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS)...

October 2009

UMB Heads $12.2 Million Study of Chlamydia

Perhaps the most comprehensive, multi-institutional study yet of the sexually transmitted bacteria chlamydia is under way at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)...

October 2009

UM Campuses Top $1 Billion in Research Funding

For the first time, the combined sponsored research funding for the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park has topped $1 billion...

July 2009

Fluke chance: genome of bilharzia worm could lead to new drugs

An international team of scientists announced on Wednesday they had unravelled the genome of the parasitic worm...