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Fertig, PhD, <br />Appointed Associate Director <br />for Quantitative Science <br />at UMGCCC</h1> <p id="feature_text_small">The Director of the Institute for <br /> Genome Sciences at the University <br /> of Maryland School of Medicine is <br /> the first person to hold this role </p> </div> <a href="/doc/misc/IGS-Fertig-UMGCC-PressRelease.pdf" target="_blank" class="learn_more">Learn More <i class="fa-solid fa-file-pdf" style="margin-left:6px;"></i></a> </div> </div> <div class="slideshow"> <ul class="buttons transparency"> <li title="play/pause" id="play_pause"></li> <li class="active" id="button1"><a title="Slide 1">1</a></li> <li id="button2"><a title="Slide 2">2</a></li> <li id="button3"><a title="Slide 3">3</a></li> <li id="button4"><a title="Slide 4">4</a></li> <li id="button5"><a title="Slide 5">5</a></li> <li id="button6"><a title="Slide 6">6</a></li> </ul> <ul class="slides"> <li style="visibility:visible" class="slide" id="image1"> <div class="slide__contents" > <div class="slide__image"><img src="/images/slideshow/slideshow.webp" alt=""></div> <a class="slide__transparency left" title="link to article" href="https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/doc/misc/Vaginal_Microbiome_Communities.pdf" target="_blank"> <span class="slide__contents--title">New Research Uses Composition and Function to Identify Clinically Important Vaginal Microbiomes</span> <span class="slide__contents--text">Researchers from the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have applied metagenomic sequencing to understand the function of the bacterial strain...</span> </a> </div> </li> <li class="slide" id="image2"> <div class="slide__contents" > <div class="slide__image"><img src="/images/slideshow/seth-slide-disorders.webp" alt=""></div> <a class="slide__transparency left" title="link to article" href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2023/new-research-shows-how-brain-inflammation-in-children-may-cause-neurological-disorders-such-as-autism-or-schizophrenia.html" target="_blank"> <span class="slide__contents--title">New Research Shows How Brain Inflammation in Children May Cause Neurological Disorders</span> <span class="slide__contents--text">Findings show inflammation stops some neurons from maturing in the developing brain, which could open the door to new treatments.</span> </a> </div> </li> <li class="slide" id="image3"> <div class="slide__contents" > <div class="slide__image"><img src="/images/slideshow/baby-breastfed-article.jpg" alt=""></div> <a class="slide__transparency left" title="link to article" href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2022/-Why-Breast-Fed-Premature-Infants-Have-A-Healthier-Gut-Than-Formula-Fed-Ones.html" target="_blank"> <span class="slide__contents--title">Probiotic Bacteria Strain in Preemies Seems to Protect and Strengthen the Gut</span> <span class="slide__contents--text">New research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), published online in the journal mBio...</span> </a> </div> </li> <li class="slide" id="image4"> <div class="slide__contents" > <div class="slide__image"><img src="/images/slideshow/mapping-cortex-slide.png" alt=""></div> <a class="slide__transparency left narrow" title="link to article" href="https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-021-00067-2/index.html" target="_blank"> <span class="slide__contents--title">Mapping the Motor Cortex</span> <span class="slide__contents--text">IGS researchers take part in a landmark research initiative on categorizing brain cells highlighted in Nature</span> </a> </div> </li> <li class="slide" id="image5"> <div class="slide__contents" > <div class="slide__image"><img src="/images/slideshow/capturing-diversity-slideshow.jpg" alt=""></div> <a class="slide__transparency left" title="link to article" href="https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/topics/landmark-study-detailing-sequencing-of-full-human-genomes-to-capture-genetic-diversity/" > <span class="slide__contents--title">IGS Researchers Participate in Landmark Study</span> <span class="slide__contents--text">IGS Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) co-authored a study that details the sequencing...</span> </a> </div> </li> <li class="slide" id="image6"> <div class="slide__contents" > <div class="slide__image"><img src="/images/slideshow/transcriptome-slideshow.jpg" alt=""></div> <a class="slide__transparency left" title="link to article" href="https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/topics/tettelin-and-transcriptome-data-atlas/" > <span class="slide__contents--title">Transcriptome Data Atlas</span> <span class="slide__contents--text">Researchers generate extensive transcriptome data atlas of Streptococcus pneumoniae Host-Pathogen Interactions...</span> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="newsarea"> <div 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