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Pollen Power camp inspires new generation of budding young scientists

Shelby Lawson

Everyone knows about space camp, but have you heard of plant camp? Pollen Power summer camp, hosted by the Carl R.

Donor Spotlight: Aarush M. Patel Foundation

Shelby Lawson

In 2018, Mitul Patel and his wife, Aditi Patel, got married and were looking to start a family when they first experienced issues with infertility.

New drug delivery method can reverse senescence of stem cells

Shelby Lawson

As we age, our bodies change and degenerate over time in a process called senescence.

IGB Profile: Ratna Karatgi

Shelby Lawson

Investigating mechanisms behind variation in color of killifish

Illinois researchers, Native American tribes working together to curate, increase access to oral histories

Jodi Heckel

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are working with Native American tribes across the country to digitize oral histories and ethnographic materials colle

STEAM TRAIN pulls into the station for another successful year

Shelby Lawson

An engineered bazooka designed to launch candy, a 3D-printed novel board game, an ecological experiment with fish, and a magnetically powered trebuchet.

Team finds reliable predictor of plant species persistence, coexistence

Diana Yates

Like many ecological scientists, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plant biology professor James O’Dwyer (CAIM) has spent much of his career searching for ways to measure

Genomics for Faith kicks off, connecting scientists and faith members in the community

Shelby Lawson

Scientific and technological advancements, particularly in the area of genomics research, continue to penetrate nearly all areas of society.

Honey bee colony aggression linked to gene regulatory networks

Shelby Lawson

Collective behaviors are present across many different animal groups: schools of fish swimming in a swirling pattern together, large flocks of birds migrating through the night,

New initiative to improve forensic science practices in Illinois

Ananya Sen

The landscape of forensic DNA has shifted in recent years to not only include different types of genetic data, but also expand how DNA can help improve the science and the inves

IGB profile: Lisa Surber

Shelby Lawson

Studying behavioral and morphological responses to environmental cues in poison frogs

Two novel effects paired for superior biomarker detection method

Jonathan King

Researchers from Brian Cunningham’s lab, in collaboration with researchers at W