Probiotic Bacteria Strain in Preemies Seems to Protect and Strengthen the Gut

New research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), published online in the journal mBio in June found it is not just the content of breastmilk that makes the difference.

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Mapping the Motor Cortex IGS researchers take part in a landmark research initiative on categorizing brain cells highlighted in Nature
IGS Researchers Participate in Landmark Study IGS Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) co-authored a study that details the sequencing...
Transcriptome Data Atlas Researchers generate extensive transcriptome data atlas of Streptococcus pneumoniae Host-Pathogen Interactions...
IGS Researchers Receive Federal Funding for Data Center for HIV & Substance Use Disorders Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have received a nearly $7 million grant...
IGS Launches New Large-Scale COVID-19 Testing University of Maryland School of Medicine Launches New Large Scale COVID-19 Testing Initiative Enhanced Testing Capability...
GCID IGS was awarded $17.5 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)...

Current News

December 2021

IGS Faculty Co-Mentors Student Winner of AMA Research Challenge

Bioinformatics and Microbial Genomics Focused Research is Top Paper out of Over 1000 Submissions....

September 2021

UM SOM - IGS Researchers Work to Understand Hearing Loss from Noise Damage through Gene Expression Changes

Findings suggest several FDA-approved drugs, such as a common diabetes medication and anesthetics, could protect from noise-related hearing loss.....

September 2021

IGS Receives $7.5 Million Grant to Create Complex Model of Female Reproductive Tract to Study Infections

Research Will Help Identify Mechanisms by Which the Microbiome Affects the Susceptibility to Sexually Transmitted Infections

Recent Publications

Correction to: A survey of TIR domain sequence and structure divergence., Immunogenetics 2022-01-03
The use of machine learning to discover regulatory networks controlling biological systems., Molecular cell 2022-01-04
STRIDE: a command-line HMM-based identifier and sub-classifier of Plasmodium falciparum RIFIN and STEVOR variant surface antigen families., BMC bioinformatics 2022-01-06