Perl and R
Training
March 16-20, 2015
This workshop provides a basic introduction to three aspects of programming as applied to bioinformatics: Perl, databases, and R.
Read more and register
-
Sequencing the Stink bug Sequencing invasive stink bug genes could lead to new ways to control the costly pest.
-
School of Medicine & School of Dentistry awarded NIAID grant for STD research The UMB Schools of Dentistry and Medicine have received a five-year $10.7 million grant to study sexually-transmitted diseases.
-
International Collaborations: ILRI IGS is part of an international partnership to improve vaccinology in Africa, funded largely by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
-
IGS @ASM Visit our booth at ASM, #766 for info on sequencing, informatics & more.
-
IGS Training Workshops Training in multiple types of 'omics.
-
Festival of Science The UM School of Medicine launched a new initiative celebrating the scope of scientific discoveries that impact human health -- the vision of Dr. E. Albert Reece, Dean of the School of Medicine.
-
Current News
-
February 2015
Malaria parasites unlikely to jump from animals to humans
Public health experts....
February 2015
Malaria parasites unlikely to jump from animals to humans
A new study indicates that it is unlikely that Plasmodium species that infect other animals would cross over easily to humans....
December 2014
Scientists Find Multiple Wolbachia Genomes Integrated in a Drosophila Chromosome
Investigators found multiple complete bacterial genomes integrated into an animal genome.....
-
-
Recent Publications
Reviewer acknowledgment 2014., Microbiome 2015-02-21
Transcriptional Attenuation Controls Macrolide Inducible Efflux and Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and in Other Gram-Positive Bacteria Containing mef/mel(msr(D)) Elements., PloS one 2015-02-19
The Vaginal Microbiota over an 8- to 10-Year Period in a Cohort of HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Women., PloS one 2015-02-12
-
Twitter Feed
-
Dr. Ravel fr @UMmedschool discusses the microbes that live in our vaginas: http://t.co/UidbjtnjiF from @LadyBitsGenetic elements disseminating resistance in Strep pneumoniaeWhy Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science? - National Geographic Magazine: http://t.co/SubhR0p5EV via @NatGeoMag
-
UM Schools of Dentistry and Medicine to study the causes, prevention and treatment of STDs.
What is Bioinformatics? How does it interface with high throughput sequencing?
An overview of computational biology and bioinformatics projects at the Institute for Genome Sciences.
