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IGB Profile: Tracy Parish
Claudia Lutz
Tracy Parish has a knack for performance, whether as a trumpet player in the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, an extra in The Dark Knight, or as the director of external…
Early Innovator Program announces 2026 pitch contest winners
Katie Brady
On July 28, aspiring entrepreneurs from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology wrapped up another successful summer of the Early Innovator Program. After 10 weeks of…
New publication charts a path to democratized molecular innovation
Ramona Rudzinski
A paper published in the journal Science lays out a roadmap for broadening access to the process of discovering molecular tools that can benefit society, including medicines,…
High resolution x-ray analysis reveals the inner life of leaves while advancing engineering efforts to reduce crop sweat
Claudia Lutz
In the midwestern summer, humans and plants have to breathe through the heat and humidity. Researchers hope that a retooled crop plant—one with an improved ventilation system…
Tracy Lawson wins ISPR Innovation Award
Brittany Prempin
In recognition of her outstanding achievements in the transfer of photosynthesis research to the benefit of society at large, Professor of Plant Biology Tracy Lawson (PFS co-…
Liver Cancer Breakthrough: Untapped Potential in Combining Approved Drugs with Dietary Changes
Florence Lin
Liver metastases are one of the most common sites of cancer spread, and the survival rates are very low. However, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers recently…
Genetic base editing treats Huntington’s disease in mice
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
A gene editing tool designed to precisely rewrite the gene that causes Huntington’s disease reduced toxic protein fragments and symptoms associated…
Illinois-Led Team Selected for DOE Genesis Mission Award
Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation
A multidisciplinary team led by U. of I. chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Huimin Zhao (BSD leader/CAMBERS/CGD/MMG) has received a…
Scrubbing bubbles: Microparticles clean wounds, surgical instruments with tiny bubbles
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Newly developed microparticles can infiltrate stubborn bacterial matrices and release tiny oxygen bubbles to clean surfaces and wounds more efficiently than hydrogen peroxide…
