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INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Fundamental research that drives advances in medicine
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View Institute Events
Please check this page frequently for information about IBBS seminars and major IBBS symposia.
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Basic Science Departments
Among nine basic science departments, more than 150 faculty make discoveries to transform medicine.
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Core Services
The Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences is home to several centralized fee-for-service facilities open to all researchers at Johns Hopkins and beyond.
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Research Centers
Several research centers are supported by the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences.
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Meet our Faculty
Learn about the research of some of the 150 faculty members affiliated with the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences.
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For mRNA Vaccines, COVID-19 Is Just the Beginning
Easy to manufacture and update, these new vaccines may be a powerful tool against emerging variants and other infectious diseases.
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Image of the Month: ‘Cilia’ Little Fingers
Cilia are tiny fingerlike protrusions that sweep away debris and mucus. In these 3D images of epithelial cells in a mouse’s trachea, scientist and Johns Hopkins University President’s Frontier Award winner Andrew Holland, and Ph.D. candidate Gina LoMastro, demonstrate how cells build cilia.
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Video of the Month: Nanodrugs Assemble
Getting therapeutics to slip inside a tumor cell is tricky business.
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Five Things You May Not Know About Vaccine Science
COVID-19 vaccines have officially arrived at health care centers and nursing homes all over the country. As the vaccines become widely available, learn more about the science behind them.
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Image of the Month: Losing your smell
Why do some people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell? Researchers believe it could be because the virus first enters through a certain type of cell in our noses.
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Q&A - If Genetic Test Kits Top Your Holiday Shopping List, Here Are 5 Things You Should Know Before You Buy
Just in time for holiday shopping, when you might be thinking about giving one of the popular genetic test kits, Johns Hopkins Medicine genetic counselors provide an in-depth look behind at-home testing.
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Fruit Flies and Mosquitos Are ‘Brainier’ Than Most People Suspect, Say Scientists Who Counted the Bugs’ Brain Cells
Findings provide baseline number of brain cells likely needed for complex behaviors
Announcements
Congratulations to neuroscience graduate student Thomas Burnett for receiving a 2020 MLK Community Service Award. Burnett is a student in the Nielsen and O’Connor labs. He was recognized for his work with Project Bridge and the Baltimore Underground Science Space, both of which help make science more accessible to underrepresented minorities in the Baltimore community. Read more.
Steven Salzberg has been named a 2020 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. The honor recognizes scientists who have made transformative contributions and advances to technology. Salzberg was recognized for his contributions to computational biology, including software for DNA sequencing. Read more.