Mapping the Motor Cortex

IGS researchers take part in a landmark research initiative on categorizing brain cells highlighted in Nature

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

A recombinant human collagen hydrogel for the treatment of partial-thickness burns: A prospective, self-controlled clinical study., Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2021-01-02
Comparative Analysis of Genome of Ehrlichia sp. HF, a Model Bacterium to Study Fatal Human Ehrlichiosis., BMC genomics 2021-01-06
Chitinase 3-like-1 is a Therapeutic Target That Mediates the Effects of Aging in COVID-19., bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2021-01-06

Twitter Feed

Researchers welcome $3.5-million #haemophilia gene therapy — but questions remain #GeneTherapy #hemophilia https://t.co/NnO0NMRmrk

Video

Frontiers in Genomics
IGS celebrates its 15th Anniversary.

Introduction to Bioinformatics
What is Bioinformatics? How does it interface with high throughput sequencing?

UM Schools Study STDs
UM Schools of Dentistry and Medicine to study the causes, prevention and treatment of STDs.

Cutting-edge Technologies in Brain Research
IGS to utilize cutting-edge technologies to further brain research.

Dr. Claire Fraser
The Business of Research: Genomics and Biomedicine.

E. coli Research
E. coli outbreak in Germany.

This workshop will provide attendees with in-depth training on analysis of bacterial community sequence data, both whole metagenome shotgun and 16S.

December 5-9th, 2022