News - Events
Exchanging scientific ideas and exploring the latest scientific research is one of our Institute's priorities. Towards that end, we host a variety of events for all types of audiences. Anyone is welcome to attend these events, and we hope you will join us.
- In our IGS seminar program, we host internationally recognized scientists, as well as our own faculty, who are sharing their research in genomics, bioinformatics, systems biology and personalized medicine. For more information, please contact David Serre PhD, Vincent Bruno PhD and Jacques Ravel PhD scientific co-chairs of the Seminar Committee, or Riham Keryakos, administrative co-chair. All seminars are held in the Health Sciences Facility III Lecture Hall 1010 from 11am to noon, unless otherwise noted.
- In our Omics Basics Lunchtime Learning Series we provide information to those who are novices in the areas of genomics and bioinformatics to give them an introduction to these approaches and how they might be useful for their research programs. For more information please visit our Omics Basics web page.
- IGS offers in-depth, multi-day Training Workshops on several areas of omics and bioinformatics where attendees engage in hands-on activities aimed at giving them real-world experience they can apply to their research. For more information please visit our workshops page.
Upcoming Events
Sep 28 
2023-09-28 11:00
2023-09-28 12:00
America/New_York
Isoform regulation in the developing human brain informs mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders
Michael Gandal, M.D., Ph.D.
Hetznecker Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, The Lifespan Brain Institute at Penn Med & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), University of Pennsylvania
Host: Seth Ament PhD
UMB Health Sciences III, 670 W. Baltimore Street, MD 21201
Institute for Genome Sciences
igs-event@som.umaryland.edu
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Michael Gandal, M.D., Ph.D.
Hetznecker Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, The Lifespan Brain Institute at Penn Med & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), University of Pennsylvania
"Isoform regulation in the developing human brain informs mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders"
UMB Health Sciences III, 670 W. Baltimore Street, MD 21201
11:00am - 12:00pm
| Host: Seth Ament PhD |
| Nov 16
2023-11-16 11:00
2023-11-16 12:00
America/New_York
To be announced
Ian Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Chair, Alberta Innovates Translational Health, Director, Alberta Centre for Advanced Diagnostics (ACAD), University of Calgary
Host: Joana Carneiro Da Silva PhD
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
Institute for Genome Sciences
igs-event@som.umaryland.edu
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Ian Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Chair, Alberta Innovates Translational Health, Director, Alberta Centre for Advanced Diagnostics (ACAD), University of Calgary
"To be announced"
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
11:00am - 12:00pm
| Host: Joana Carneiro Da Silva PhD |
| Jan 18
2024-01-18 11:00
2024-01-18 12:00
America/New_York
To be announced
Thomas Hooven, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology/Newborn Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, John G. Rangos Research Center
Host: Herve S.G. Tettelin PhD
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
Institute for Genome Sciences
igs-event@som.umaryland.edu
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Thomas Hooven, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology/Newborn Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, John G. Rangos Research Center
"To be announced"
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
11:00am - 12:00pm
| Host: Herve S.G. Tettelin PhD |
| Jan 25
2024-01-25 11:00
2024-01-25 12:00
America/New_York
To be announced
Jane Carlton, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University Department of Biomedical Engineering, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
Host: Joana Carneiro Da Silva PhD
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
Institute for Genome Sciences
igs-event@som.umaryland.edu
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Jane Carlton, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University Department of Biomedical Engineering, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
"To be announced"
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
11:00am - 12:00pm
| Host: Joana Carneiro Da Silva PhD |
| Mar 14
2024-03-14 11:00
2024-03-14 12:00
America/New_York
To be announced
Mostafa Zamanian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Julie Dunning Hotopp PhD
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
Institute for Genome Sciences
igs-event@som.umaryland.edu
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Mostafa Zamanian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"To be announced"
HSFIII, Lecture Room 1010
11:00am - 12:00pm
| Host: Julie Dunning Hotopp PhD |
Previous Events
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| Jan 09 2015 |
Amit Kapoor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University
"New viruses and the expanding viromes"
| Host: Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D. | |
| Jan 15 2015 |
Chamindi Seneviratne, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine
"Pharmacogenetics of the Serotonin system for Personalized Treatment of Alcohol Dependence"
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| Jan 26 2015 |
Amy Rebecca Sapkota, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
"Reclaimed water: A “safe” alternative freshwater Resource or a potential source of antibiotic-resistant Bacteria?"
| Host: Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D. | |
| Jan 28 2015 |
Elodie Ghedin, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Public Health, Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Global Institute of Public Health, New York University
"Swarm transmission, adaptation, and evolutionary dynamics of influenza A virus"
| Host: Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D. | |
| Feb 05 2015 |
Frederic D. Bushman, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
"The human virome in health and disease"
| Host : Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D. | |
| Feb 26 2015 |
Sean Eddy, Ph.D.
Group Leader at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
"Acceleration of profile methods for remote homology search"
| Host: Andrew Neuwald, Ph.D. | |
| Mar 12 2015 |
Amy Rebecca Sapkota, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
"Reclaimed water: A 'safe' alternative freshwater Resource or a potential source of antibiotic-resistant Bacteria?"
| Host: Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D. | |
| Mar 19 2015 |
Michael Sadowsky, Ph.D.
Director, BioTechnology Institute, Distinguished McKnight Professor, University of Minnesota
"The Use of Fecal Microbial Transplantation (FMT) and Deep Sequencing to Understand and Cure Clostridium difficile-associated Diarrheal Disease"
| Host: Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D. | |
| Mar 26 2015 |
Third Annual Frontiers in Genomics Lecture - RSVP Required
 View PDF for more informationJay A. Shendure, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Genome Sciences University of Washington "Next Generation Human Genetics"
| Host: Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D. | |
| Apr 16 2015 |
Andrew Camilli, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Study of Vibrio cholerae Life Cycles and Ways to Prevent Infection"
| Host: Dave Rasko, Ph.D. | |
| May 07 2015 |
Vaughn Scott Cooper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire
"Experimental Evolution to understand bacterial adaptation during infections"
| Host: Dave A. Rasko, Ph.D. | |
| May 28 2015 |
Jonathan M. Zenilman, M.D.
Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"The USPHS STD Studies in Guatemala- Ethics Gone Awry"
| Host: Rebecca M. Brotman, Ph.D., MPH | |
| Jun 09 2015 |
Clinical Genomics Symposium
Please join us for this half-day symposium that will explore how the tools and techniques of genomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics are being used right now to answer important questions in human health and disease. Faculty members from within the Institute for Genome Sciences will present an introduction to `omics techniques followed by focus talks highlighting their current research in this area. Read more & view schedule.
"Discover Auditorium, BioPark II, 801 W Baltimore St, 1st floor, 1:00pm-4:30pm."
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| Sep 17 2015 |
Soren M. Bentzen, MSc, Ph.D. and Yuji Zhang, PhD
Soren M. Bentzen, MSc, Ph.D., DMSc: Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health & Radiation Oncology, UMSOM, Director of the Biostatistics Shared Service, Greenbaum Cancer Center
Yuji Zhang, PhD: Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Maryland, Greenbaum Cancer Center and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health "Biostatistics and bioinformatics: could the whole be greater than either of the parts?"
| Host: Andrew Neuwald, Ph.D. | |
| Oct 06 2015 |
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2015 Annual Meeting
ASHG 2015 will be held in Baltimore, Maryland from Tuesday, October 6 through Saturday, October 10, 2015. The meeting provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge science in all areas of human genetics. IGS will be at Booth 2319. Read more.
"Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201"
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| Oct 29 2015 |
Joanne Berghout, Ph.D.
Outreach Coordinator, Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME
"Fundamentals of Mouse Genetics and the Mouse Genome Informatics Database (MGI)"
| Host: Lynn Schriml, Ph.D. | |
| Nov 05 2015 |
Keith Crandall, Ph.D.
Director, Computational Biology Institute, George Washington University
"Computational Approaches to Biodiversity Informatics"
| Host: Timothy O'Connor, Ph.D. | |
| Nov 19 2015 |
Judith Berman, Ph.D.
Tel Aviv University
"Ploidy shifts and the rapid evolution of drug resistance"
| Host: Vincent Bruno, Ph.D. | |
| Dec 03 2015 |
Kathleen H. Burns, MD, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
"Mobile DNAs in Human Disease"
| Host: Scott Devine, Ph.D. | |
| Dec 10 2015 |
Gary Huffnagle, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
"The Dynamics of the Lung Microbiome During Health and Disease"
| Host: David Rasko, Ph.D. | |