Maryland Genomics Teams Pilot Grant

One UMB researcher will win support for a single-cell genomics pilot project sponsored by Maryland Genomics, Illumina, and 10x Genomics. Maryland Genomics is part of the Institute for Genome Sciences within the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Applicants must hold a primary research position in any school within the University of Maryland, Baltimore, be a new user of single-cell genomics technologies and need pilot data to support a grant proposal or to expand a manuscript in development.

The winner will receive:

• Project consultation with Maryland Genomics and 10x Genomics
• One 10x Genomics’ 4-reaction kit for Chromium Single Cell 3’ or 5’ Gene Expression or Chromium Single Cell ATAC
• Library preparation
• Sequencing using an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 SP flow cell for up to four samples
• Bioinformatics support from Maryland Genomics