Steven L. Salzberg

Johns Hopkins University

Full Professor(heuristic)

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · Molecular Biology

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h-index161
i10-index355
Publications600
Citations372,352

Grants

19 total · 2 active

NIH #R35GM130151

Computational Methods for Microbial and Microbiome Sequence Analysis

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2019-02-01 → 2030-01-31
PIs
1

NIH #R01HG006677

Computational Methods for Gene Discovery, Genome Annotation, and Genome Assembly

Active
Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
1999-09-01 → 2029-08-31
PIs
1

NIH #U24EY035078

Development of standardized resources for characterization of the resident ocular surface microbiome.

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
PIs
3

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All Grants

19 total · 2 active

NIH #R35GM130151

Computational Methods for Microbial and Microbiome Sequence Analysis

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2019-02-01 → 2030-01-31
PIs
1

NIH #R01HG006677

Computational Methods for Gene Discovery, Genome Annotation, and Genome Assembly

Active
Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
1999-09-01 → 2029-08-31
PIs
1

NIH #U24EY035078

Development of standardized resources for characterization of the resident ocular surface microbiome.

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
PIs
3

NIH #R01MH123567

Comprehensive Human Expressed Sequences in Brain (CHESS-BRAIN) and their roles in neuropsychiatric illness

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2021-03-02 → 2025-12-31
PIs
1

NSF #1744309

RESEARCH-PGR: Algorithms and Tools for Improving Genome Assemblies

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2018-12-15 → 2022-11-30
PIs
2

NIH #R01HL129239

A Software Framework for Exploring 1,000 Genomes of African Descent

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2015-07-01 → 2018-06-30
PIs
2

NIH #R01HG007196

The Terabase Search Engine

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2014-07-01 → 2018-04-30
PIs
1

NIH #R01HG006102

Alignment Software for Second-Generation Sequencing

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2011-07-06 → 2014-04-30
PIs
1

NIH #R01GM083873

Bioinformatics Software for Analyzing Microbial Genomes

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2008-03-25 → 2012-02-29
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

NIH #R01LM006845

Computational Gene Modeling and Genome Sequence Assembly

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2007-06-01 → 2011-09-20
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

NSF #0333537

A high-speed network connection for genomics research

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2003-09-15 → 2006-08-31
PIs
4

Awarded at Institute for Genomic Research

NSF #0234704

Bioinformatics Analysis of Regulatory Sites in Genomic DNA Sequences

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2003-02-01 → 2006-01-31
PIs
4

Awarded at Institute for Genomic Research

NSF #0314206

2003 Computational Genomics Conference

Amount
<$100K
Period
2003-08-15 → 2005-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at Institute for Genomic Research

NSF #9902923

Collaborative Research: Interpolated Markov Models for DNA Sequence Analysis

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
1999-09-01 → 2002-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Institute for Genomic Research

NSF #0120900

The Fifth Annual Computational Genomics Conference at TIGR, to be held at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, MD, November 29, 2001 through December 1, 2001

Amount
<$100K
Period
2001-07-01 → 2002-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Institute for Genomic Research

NSF #9530462

Finding Genes in DNA using Machine Learning Algorithms

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
1996-08-15 → 2000-07-31
PIs
1

NSF #9421531

CISE Research Instrumentation: Distributed Data Mining in Large Databases

Amount
<$100K
Period
1995-05-01 → 1997-04-30
PIs
4

NSF #9520463

A Proposal to Study the Applicability of Astronomical Image Processing Methods to Low Contrast Digital Images

Amount
<$100K
Period
1995-04-01 → 1997-03-31
PIs
1

NSF #9223591

Knowledge Discovery for Molecular Biology: Algorithms and Experiments

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
1993-03-15 → 1997-02-28
PIs
1

Recent Public Signals

  1. New preprint: Testing the reliability of AI-generated protein structures2026-06-13
  2. New paper: Comparison of unbiased metagenomic next generation sequencing to targeted multiplex diagnostic assays for the detection of respiratory viruses (PLoS ONE)2026-05-07
  3. New NIH award: Computational Methods for Microbial and Microbiome Sequence Analysis2019-02-01

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