IGS Helps Maryland Conduct State-wide Sequencing of Variants in Positive COVID19 Tests

In an effort to monitor the spread of COVID-19 variants in the State of Maryland, UMSOM Dean Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced that UMaryland Genomics.....

UMSOM Researchers Participates in Landmark Study Detailing Sequencing of Full Human Genomes

Study Details Better Capture Genetic Diversity 64 Human Genomes Sequenced Will Serve as New Reference for Genetic Variation and Predisposition to Human Diseases

SOM Researchers Release Extensive Data on Rare Variants through NHLBI TopMed Grant

Researchers at SOM and their colleagues published a new analysis today in the journal Nature from genetic sequencing data of more than 53,000 individuals, primarily from minority populations....

UM School of Medicine Researchers Identify Role of Crucial Protein in Development of New Hair Cells Needed for Hearing

Researchers at UMSOM have conducted a study that has determined the role that a critical protein plays in the development of hair cells.....

IGS Researchers Generate Extensive Transcriptome Data Atlas

IGS Researchers Generate Extensive Transcriptome Data Atlas of Streptococcus pneumoniae Host-Pathogen Interactions

UMSOM Researchers Receive $7 Million Grant to Establish Data Ctr for HIV and Substance Abuse Disorders

Researchers at UMSOM have received a nearly $7 million grant to be disbursed over five years from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)...

UM School of Medicine Researchers Receive Federal Funding to Rapidly Test New Treatments for COVID-19

Researchers at UM SOM will be partnering on an agreement funded by the federal government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to rapidly test hundreds of drugs, approved and marketed for other conditions, to see whether any can be repurposed to prevent or treat COVID-19......

UM Funds Cross-Campus, Joint Medicine & AI Research

UMB and UMD are funding new cross-campus research projects as part of a new joint program....

University of Maryland School of Medicine Launches New Large Scale COVID-19 Testing Initiative

The new initiative will be launched with strong support and collaboration from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and its President.....

Researchers Develop First Catalog of Genes that Comprise Community of Microbes in Vaginal Microhome

UMSOM's IGS researchers have created.....