Institute for Genome Sciences
@genomescience.bsky.social
Leading-edge research in all-things 'omics, including #microbiomes, #neurogenomics, #genomics, #fungi, #parasites, #cancer, and more. Visit us: igs.umaryland.edu & our sister site Maryland Genomics: marylandgenomics.org for #sequencing & #bioinformatics.
We're hiring! Senior Budget & Financial Analyst for our Institute for Genome Sciences in the University of Maryland School of Medicine. @medschool.umaryland.edu #accounting #finance #budget
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/srbfanalyst
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/srbfanalyst
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We're hiring! Senior Budget & Financial Analyst for our Institute for Genome Sciences in the University of Maryland School of Medicine. @medschool.umaryland.edu #accounting #finance #budget
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/srbfanalyst
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/srbfanalyst
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We're hiring! Lab Research Assistant for our MD Genomics Core at @medschool.umaryland.edu in #Baltimore! Full-time/Contractual. Must know scientific lab procedures, prefer next-gen sequencing & library prep.
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We're hiring! Lab Research Assistant for our MD Genomics Core at @medschool.umaryland.edu in #Baltimore! Full-time/Contractual. Must know scientific lab procedures, prefer next-gen sequencing & library prep.
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
We're hiring! Lab Research Assistant for our MD Genomics Core at @medschool.umaryland.edu in #Baltimore! Full-time/Contractual. Must know scientific lab procedures, prefer next-gen sequencing & library prep.
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We're hiring! Lab Research Assistant for our MD Genomics Core at @medschool.umaryland.edu in #Baltimore! Full-time/Contractual. Must know scientific lab procedures, prefer next-gen sequencing & library prep.
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
Learn/Apply: bit.ly/LabResMDG
Learn more about IGS's Maryland Genomics: bit.ly/MDGenomics
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🚨 NEWS: @genomescience.bsky.social awarded $14.5M by
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🚨 NEWS: @genomescience.bsky.social awarded $14.5M by
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
WE'RE HIRING!
Lead Financial & Budget Analyst @ the Institute for Genome Sciences @ the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/finbudana
Lead Financial & Budget Analyst @ the Institute for Genome Sciences @ the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/finbudana
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
WE'RE HIRING!
Lead Financial & Budget Analyst @ the Institute for Genome Sciences @ the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/finbudana
Lead Financial & Budget Analyst @ the Institute for Genome Sciences @ the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/finbudana
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October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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What an amazing day at Biofestival! 👏🧪🔬
Thanks so everyone that came out and joined us!
Thanks so everyone that came out and joined us!
Congrats to the winners at our Zymo-IGS Biofestival for best lightning talks: Suhana Marfatiya, Ian O'Keefe, and Kevin Tu! @zymoresearch.bsky.social @medschool.umaryland.edu Each winner won cash and free Zymo credit for lab supplies!
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What an amazing day at Biofestival! 👏🧪🔬
Thanks so everyone that came out and joined us!
Thanks so everyone that came out and joined us!
Congrats to the winners at our Zymo-IGS Biofestival for best lightning talks: Suhana Marfatiya, Ian O'Keefe, and Kevin Tu! @zymoresearch.bsky.social @medschool.umaryland.edu Each winner won cash and free Zymo credit for lab supplies!
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Congrats to the winners at our Zymo-IGS Biofestival for best lightning talks: Suhana Marfatiya, Ian O'Keefe, and Kevin Tu! @zymoresearch.bsky.social @medschool.umaryland.edu Each winner won cash and free Zymo credit for lab supplies!
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We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
October 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
October 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
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We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
October 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
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We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
Learn more: bit.ly/CAMRIpostdoc
Learn more: bit.ly/CAMRIpostdoc
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We're hiring a #postdoc with knowledge of the #microbiome, #microbiology, #bioinformatics, #computationalbiology to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in women's health. #Baltimore #womenshealth
Learn more: bit.ly/CAMRIpostdoc
Learn more: bit.ly/CAMRIpostdoc
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🧠 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM scientists just visualized axon bubbles — mysterious, electrolucent structures in the developing cerebellum — for the first time.
Captured using a new method called Stereo-Tracking.
📄 Read more in @cellpress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4m0aNav
#Neuroscience #Brain #MedEd #Research
Captured using a new method called Stereo-Tracking.
📄 Read more in @cellpress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4m0aNav
#Neuroscience #Brain #MedEd #Research
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🧠 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM scientists just visualized axon bubbles — mysterious, electrolucent structures in the developing cerebellum — for the first time.
Captured using a new method called Stereo-Tracking.
📄 Read more in @cellpress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4m0aNav
#Neuroscience #Brain #MedEd #Research
Captured using a new method called Stereo-Tracking.
📄 Read more in @cellpress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4m0aNav
#Neuroscience #Brain #MedEd #Research
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Are you looking for a great postdoc/fellow opportunity studying the gut #microbiome and #immunity? CAMRI might just be the place for you!
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
August 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Are you looking for a great postdoc/fellow opportunity studying the gut #microbiome and #immunity? CAMRI might just be the place for you!
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
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Come work with us in #Baltimore! We're hiring Postdoc/Fellows in #Microbiome, #Immunology, #Bioinformatics studying the gut microbiome’s role in immune tolerance development.
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Come work with us in #Baltimore! We're hiring Postdoc/Fellows in #Microbiome, #Immunology, #Bioinformatics studying the gut microbiome’s role in immune tolerance development.
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Learn more or Apply: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Congrats to our IGS team @fertiglab.bsky.social @danielrbergman.bsky.social @jeanettejohnson.bsky.social and the whole scientific team including @mathcancer.bsky.social for this research published in @cp-cell.bsky.social and written up in @genomeweb.bsky.social.
www.genomeweb.com/informatics/...
www.genomeweb.com/informatics/...
Computational Model Predicts Tissue-Specific Cell Activity Over Time
The software translates plain language into computer code, allowing biologists with little computational experience to create cell interaction models.
www.genomeweb.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Congrats to our IGS team @fertiglab.bsky.social @danielrbergman.bsky.social @jeanettejohnson.bsky.social and the whole scientific team including @mathcancer.bsky.social for this research published in @cp-cell.bsky.social and written up in @genomeweb.bsky.social.
www.genomeweb.com/informatics/...
www.genomeweb.com/informatics/...
Our IGS researchers Lynn Schriml & Johanna Holm have made it into The Greek City Times with their historic one-day island-wide soil microbiome study on Crete published in the journal Environmental Microbiome! #microbiome #Greece #Crete #soil
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July 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our IGS researchers Lynn Schriml & Johanna Holm have made it into The Greek City Times with their historic one-day island-wide soil microbiome study on Crete published in the journal Environmental Microbiome! #microbiome #Greece #Crete #soil
greekcitytimes.com/2025/07/25/h...
greekcitytimes.com/2025/07/25/h...
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🧬 New from @genomescience.bsky.social: Research led by @fertiglab.bsky.social created software that predicts cancer cell behavior using genomics + modeling.
This tech could revolutionize oncology!
📄 Published in @cellpress.bsky.social: shorturl.at/I5GON
#Cancer #Research #DigitalTwins #Genomics
This tech could revolutionize oncology!
📄 Published in @cellpress.bsky.social: shorturl.at/I5GON
#Cancer #Research #DigitalTwins #Genomics
July 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🧬 New from @genomescience.bsky.social: Research led by @fertiglab.bsky.social created software that predicts cancer cell behavior using genomics + modeling.
This tech could revolutionize oncology!
📄 Published in @cellpress.bsky.social: shorturl.at/I5GON
#Cancer #Research #DigitalTwins #Genomics
This tech could revolutionize oncology!
📄 Published in @cellpress.bsky.social: shorturl.at/I5GON
#Cancer #Research #DigitalTwins #Genomics
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New Research Simulates Cancer Cell Behavior
@medschool.umaryland.edu @univofmaryland.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social
oncodaily.com/science/canc...
#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews
@medschool.umaryland.edu @univofmaryland.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social
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#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews
New Research Simulates Cancer Cell Behavior - OncoDaily
New Research Simulates Cancer Cell Behavior / cancer, Cancer Cell Behavior, Daniel Bergman, Elana J. Fertig, Genevieve Stein-O’Brien, IGS, Institute for
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July 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
New Research Simulates Cancer Cell Behavior
@medschool.umaryland.edu @univofmaryland.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social
oncodaily.com/science/canc...
#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews
@medschool.umaryland.edu @univofmaryland.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social
oncodaily.com/science/canc...
#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews
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Dr. @fertiglab.bsky.social is redefining clinical trial research. 🧬👩🔬✨
From multi-omics to digital twins, her work in computational biology at @genomescience.bsky.social is transforming how we treat & understand disease.
⏯️ Watch her vision for team science & precision medicine!
From multi-omics to digital twins, her work in computational biology at @genomescience.bsky.social is transforming how we treat & understand disease.
⏯️ Watch her vision for team science & precision medicine!
July 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dr. @fertiglab.bsky.social is redefining clinical trial research. 🧬👩🔬✨
From multi-omics to digital twins, her work in computational biology at @genomescience.bsky.social is transforming how we treat & understand disease.
⏯️ Watch her vision for team science & precision medicine!
From multi-omics to digital twins, her work in computational biology at @genomescience.bsky.social is transforming how we treat & understand disease.
⏯️ Watch her vision for team science & precision medicine!
We're hiring Postdoc/Fellows in #Microbiome, #Immunology, #Bioinformatics studying the gut microbiome’s role in immune tolerance development.
Learn more: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Learn more: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
July 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We're hiring Postdoc/Fellows in #Microbiome, #Immunology, #Bioinformatics studying the gut microbiome’s role in immune tolerance development.
Learn more: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Learn more: bit.ly/3UnA5DU
Some of our IGS undergraduate summer interns gave talks on their research. Topics: simulation modeling of pancreatic cancer; immune markers in premature infants with leaky gut; enzyme-coding genes in breast milk; and understanding why the fungus C. albicans adheres to human cells.
July 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Some of our IGS undergraduate summer interns gave talks on their research. Topics: simulation modeling of pancreatic cancer; immune markers in premature infants with leaky gut; enzyme-coding genes in breast milk; and understanding why the fungus C. albicans adheres to human cells.
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM researchers win $250K NIH prize for tech that delivers CRISPR across the blood-brain barrier. 🧠🧬
Led by Dr. Poulopoulos, the Crisaptics Trans-BBB Team’s work could transform treatment for Huntington’s & glioblastoma.
🔗 bit.ly/44NGUDP
#CRISPR #NIH #Neuroscience #MedEd #MedSky
Led by Dr. Poulopoulos, the Crisaptics Trans-BBB Team’s work could transform treatment for Huntington’s & glioblastoma.
🔗 bit.ly/44NGUDP
#CRISPR #NIH #Neuroscience #MedEd #MedSky
July 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM researchers win $250K NIH prize for tech that delivers CRISPR across the blood-brain barrier. 🧠🧬
Led by Dr. Poulopoulos, the Crisaptics Trans-BBB Team’s work could transform treatment for Huntington’s & glioblastoma.
🔗 bit.ly/44NGUDP
#CRISPR #NIH #Neuroscience #MedEd #MedSky
Led by Dr. Poulopoulos, the Crisaptics Trans-BBB Team’s work could transform treatment for Huntington’s & glioblastoma.
🔗 bit.ly/44NGUDP
#CRISPR #NIH #Neuroscience #MedEd #MedSky
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Join me at BUGSS on Sat August 9th for a approachable and interactive "lecture" on the theory of Nanopore Sequencing, discuss pros and cons, potential applications, answer your questions, and more. See you there! #ONTsequencing #CitizenScience @genomescience.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Join me at BUGSS on Sat August 9th for a approachable and interactive "lecture" on the theory of Nanopore Sequencing, discuss pros and cons, potential applications, answer your questions, and more. See you there! #ONTsequencing #CitizenScience @genomescience.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com