IGS Scientist Launches Journal on Microbiome Research

New Open Access Publication to Highlight MicrobiomeResearch in Humans and the Environment...

International Team Gains New Info on Strains of Cholera

University of Maryland-led team found new information about the cholera strain that contributed to 2010 Haitian outbreak.....

Mapping of Microbes for Human Microbiome Project

Series of Coordinated Scientific Papers Published in Nature, PLoS Analyze Human Microbiome

Study Finds Vaginal Microbes Vary Over Time Among Healthy Women

What is Genomics?

Concise summary of field of genomics

New DACC Data Browser Released

New insights into the genomic anatomy of Escherichia coli

A team of U.S. scientists published data presenting the genomic blueprints and outbreak dynamics of E coli in previously unprecedented detail...

Fraser-Liggett Elected to Institute of Medicine

Rensselaer Inducts Dr. Fraser-Liggett Into Alumni Hall of Fame

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has inducted Dr. Fraser-Liggett into the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame during a first-ever public induction ceremony...

IGS Cracks Genome Code of Deadly German E. Coli Outbreak

In May of 2011 a large outbreak of E. coli, that was later demonstrated to be associated with food products, was rapidly expanding across Europe. Greater than 300 people were sickened, over 900 were hospitalized for the syndrome known as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 34 people were fatally infected. An international group of scientists from the United States and Denmark worked together to use third-generation single-molecule real-time DNA sequencing to determine the complete genome sequence of the German outbreak.