Outreach

The Art of Science

The Art of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology - exhibits some of the University of Illinois research addressing significant problems in the environment, energy, agriculture and medicine. Research instrumentation in the Core Facilities at the IGB provides a state-of-the-art resource for biological microscopy and image analysis for the faculty and students from across campus, in addition to scientists in Research Park. This illustrates our commitment to scientific discovery and the collaborative spirit that makes it all possible.

We would like to thank Bodywork Associates for supporting this exhibition. Doug Nelson has an outstanding vision that Science is Art. He originated the ideas that brought this show to fruition.

Optical Microscopy Class

This course provides a broad overview of light microscopy. The topics will be introduced in lectures, and the labs will give the student hands-on practice. The labs are coordinated with the lectures, such that the concepts will be introduced before the laboratory exercises.

GAMES (Girls Adventures in Math Engineering and Science)

The Institute for Genomic Biology has partnered with the College of Engineering to host Girls Adventures in Math, Engineering and Science, Bioimaging camp. This week long summer camp introduces 13 and 14 year old girls to research and engineering on the University of Illinois Campus. Girls are given the opportunity to work on a research project using the same research instrumentation available to University of Illinois researchers to look at the effects of environmental changes on plants at the cellular level. The girls harvest and dissected Arabidopsis leaves from plants grown in ambient and elevated Carbon dioxide environments. Using images collected from wide field and confocal microscopes Chloroplast and Mitochondria areas and volumes are measures and compared to elucidate the effects of environmental changes on the energy cycle of plants. By working on current research questions, girls are provided with an opportunity to experience scientific research first hand.