HPCBio and NCSA changing genetic medicine in Africa
A collaboration including the HPCBio group, led by Director of Bioinformatics Victor Jongeneel, and NCSA is helping change the way genetic medicine is researched and practiced in Africa.
Endangered venomous mammal predates dinosaurs’ extinction
Researchers have sequenced the mitochondrial genome of the endangered solenodon, a venomous insectivore that diverged from other living mammals 78 million years ago.
Six Illinois professors named Guggenheim Fellows
Six professors at the University of Illinois have been named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows, including Anthropology professor Rebecca Stumpf and Physics professor Karin Dahmen, both of the IGB.
CompGen team builds ancestral trees to determine disease-causing genetic variants
Using novel algorithms, researchers from the CompGen Initiative are employing supercomputing power to scan 2,500 genomes to determine how variants transfer through ancestral ties.
NIH Grant Awarded to Study Skin Virus
Joanna Shisler, Associate Professor of Microbiology, with Dr. Brian Ward from the University of Rochester, awarded grant to study the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) to formulate cures for infections and diseases such as cancer.
Using Game Theory to Help Prevent Pregnancy Disorders
The Computing Genomes in Reproductive Health theme employs game theory - the study of competition and conflict - to better understand how factors such as infection or genetic predisposition can cause preterm birth.
IGB Establishing Research Theme in Computational Genomic Medicine
Derek Wildman, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, is leading the effort to create a new computational genomic medicine research theme at the IGB.