Allie Arp
A team from the University of Illinois has quantified the plant cell properties in two C4 species, including cell shape, chloroplast size, and
Ananya Sen
The spread of drug-resistant microbes has become a global health concern that threatens our ability to treat infections.
Allie Arp
A team from the University of Illinois has modeled improving photosynthesis through enzyme modification and simulated soybean growth with realistic climate conditions, determini
Shelby Lawson
Many animals produce sounds to communicate with others, often for the purpose of attracting mates, or warning others of nearby predators.
Ananya Sen
Over the past few decades, it has become obvious that climate change, and consequent extreme weather events, can wreak havoc on crop yields.
Ananya Sen
Kathure Mugambi is a senior undergraduate student in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She is also the undergraduate assistant for the IGB Lunchbox series.
Ananya Sen, Shelby Lawson
Shelby Lawson
Human bodies contain trillions of microbes, so much that the number of microbes rival the number of human cells in a body.
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
A new artificial intelligence tool can predict the functions of enzymes based on their amino acid sequences, even when the enzymes are unstudied or poorly understo
Ananya Sen, Shelby Lawson
Lois Yoksoulian
For the first time, researchers have observed the process of nanoparticles self-assembling and crystalizing into solid materials.