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Enzyme Function Initiative Publishes Seminal Paper in PNAS. Photo copyright (2013) National Academy of Sciences, USA.

The Enzyme Function Initiative (EFI), one of the largest collaborative projects hosted at the IGB, has published a seminal paper in PNAS on the functional prediction of polyprenyl transferases.

Hyunjoon Kong, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and IGB faculty member, and colleagues are developing a polymer coating that could help an individual's stem cells target inflamed cells to regrow healthy tissue and calm inflammation.

Hyunjoon Kong, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and IGB faculty, and colleagues are developing a polymer coating to help stem cells target inflamed cells, regrow healthy tissue and calm inflammation.

Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology and IGB faculty member Stephen P. Long has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology and IGB faculty member Stephen P. Long has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Award recognizes Saurabh Sinha, Associate Professor of Computer Science and member of the Gene Networks in Neural & Developmental Plasticity research theme.

Award recognizes Saurabh Sinha, Associate Professor of Computer Science and member of the Gene Networks in Neural & Developmental Plasticity research theme.

William Metcalf, Professor of Microbiology and leader of the Mining Microbial Genomes research theme selected as the G. William Arends Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology.

William Metcalf, Professor of Microbiology and leader of the Mining Microbial Genomes research theme selected as the G. William Arends Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Brandon Burkhart, a graduate student in Doug Mitchell's lab, was recently awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

Brandon Burkhart, a graduate student in chemical biology from Doug Mitchell's lab, was recently awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

IGB faculty and Swanlund Professor of Physics Nigel Goldenfeld is leading a new interdisciplinary NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) team including many IGB members with the aim to provide a clearer understanding of the early stages of evolution.

IGB faculty and Swanlund Professor of Physics Nigel Goldenfeld is leading a new interdisciplinary NASA Astrobiology Institute team including many IGB members to provide a clearer understanding of the early stages of evolution.

While working out the structure of a cell-killing protein produced by some strains of the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis, IGB member Wilfred van der Donk (L) with grad Weixin Tang (R) stumbled on a bit of unusual biochemistry. They found that a single enzyme helps form distinctly different, three-dimensional ring structures in the protein, one of which had never been observed before.

While working out the structure of a cell-killing protein produced by some strains of the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis, IGB member Wilfred van der Donk (L) with grad Weixin Tang (R) stumbled on a bit of unusual biochemistry.

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has gifted the IGB a highly parallel shared memory supercomputer named Ember. Originally funded by the NSF, Ember will be managed by the HPCBio group.

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has gifted the IGB a highly parallel shared memory supercomputer named Ember. Originally funded by the NSF, Ember will be managed by the HPCBio group.

Professor of microbiology and a founding member of the University’s Institute for Genomic Biology, Carl Woese was a giant among scientists. Best known for his discovery of Archaea, a third domain of life, his wider work and theories have transformed scientific thinking about the very origins of life and the nature of evolution.

Professor of microbiology and a founding member of the University’s Institute for Genomic Biology, Carl Woese was a giant among scientists. Best known for his discovery of Archaea, a third domain of life, his wider work and theories have transformed scientific thinking about the very origins of life and the nature of evolution.