News Archive [2014]
[ ] Registration Now Open for 2014 IGB Fellows Symposium Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and connect with other students on campus at the…
[ ] The ‘Art of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology,’ now in its fourth year, is a meeting place between the University and our community as a whole, and a…
[ ] Interdisciplinary collaboration is a fundamental tenet of the IGB, and also central to the work of Mechanical Science and Engineering Professor Amy Wagoner Johnson, a faculty…
[ ] What won’t kill you, might make you stronger New research seeks to find out if viruses can be friends as well as foes Viruses are responsible for much more than sore throats and…
[ ] Special Issue of RNA Biology Dedicated to Carl Woese Landes Bioscience, publisher of the journal RNA Biology, has dedicated their entire March 2014 issue to articles on Carl Woese…
[ ] IGB Art of Science Images Featured at O’Hare Airport The traveling art exhibition featuring research images from the Institute for Genomic Biology makes its way to Chicago’s O’…
[ ] Team Converts Sugarcane to a Cold-Tolerant, Oil-Producing Crop A multi-institutional team reports that it can increase sugarcane’s geographic range, boost its photosynthetic rate…
[ ] Advanced techniques yield new insights into ribosome self-assembly Ribosomes, the cellular machines that build proteins, are themselves made up of dozens of proteins and a few…
[ ] Department of Bioengineering announces first Founder Professor, Jun S. Song Bioengineering at Illinois is pleased to announce the department’s first Founder Professor, Jun S. Song…
[ ] War Elephant Myths Debunked by DNA Through DNA analysis, Illinois researchers have disproved years of rumors and hearsay surrounding the ancient Battle of Raphia, the only known…
[ ] Three IGB faculty receive recognition from Illinois’ Center for Advanced Study IGB faculty members Nigel Goldenfeld, Stephen Long, and Jonathan Sweedler were among nine Illinois…
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