What to Know About the Lethal Strain of Malaria Contracted in Maryland

In the Baltimore Banner, Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD, discusses the malaria case in Maryland and why it could be a public health threat.

The Keys to Mental Illness May Be Hiding Within Amish Genes

In the Daily Beast, Seth Ament, PhD, discusses his research that identified specific genetic variation in four chromosomal regions that double or triple someone's risk for having a mood disorder

Can Your Microbiome Impact Pregnancy Outcomes?

In Giddy, Jacques Ravel, PhD, discusses the importance of Lactobacillus in the vaginal microbiome.

New "Brain Atlas" Maps the Highly Complex Organ in Dazzling Detail

"It's amazing to me our genome is able to produce such a diversity of cells across the brain." Seth Ament, PhD, tells the Washington Post.

How Delta Variant is Tracked in DMV

NBC News interview with Luke Tallon at IGS

Microbiome Services Laboratory Team Named Champions of Excellence

MSL Team...

Subway Swabbers and Maryland's Microbial Fingerprint

TV interview with Dr. Lynn Schriml on WBFF TV

Subway Swabbers Find a Microbe Jungle and Thousands of New Species

A team of international researchers has assembled an atlas of microorganisms present in 60 cities around the world.

As variants surge, efforts in a patchwork of surveillance have ramped up to detect them

Washington Post interview with Dr. Ravel....

WJZ interview with Dr. Ravel re: variant testing

TV interview on variant testing....