[ ] The human genome consists of three billion nucleotides that, when strung together, offer a glimpse into the basic processes of life as well as risk for disease. However,…
[ ] From a global trade and agriculture perspective, the world heavily depends on the Midwest. The United States is the biggest exporter in the world of primary foodstuffs, such as…
[ ] Despite reported differences in appearance and behavior, DNA evidence finds that Namibian desert elephants are not a subspecies, but rather another population of African savanna…
[ ] Researchers at Mayo Clinic, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and from the University of Illinois Macro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL) are collaborating…
[ ] At the University of Illinois, an engineer teamed up with a veterinarian to test a bone cancer drug delivery system in animals bigger than the standard animal model, the mouse.…
[ ] For the last week of June, thirteen middle school girls from as near as Champaign and as far as Putnam County descended on the IGB to learn about plant response to global climate…
[ ] DNA doesn’t exist in a vacuum: even though every cell contains the entire genome of its host organism, they know how to differentiate, to become part of an eye, or a bone, or a…
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] Dr. Sharon Gray
1985-2016
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.Sc. Integrative Biology, 2006
Ph.D. Plant Biology, 2013
It is with…
[ ] The Knowledge Engine for Genomics (KnowEnG) Center at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) at the University of Illinois is partnering with Fisk University in…
[ ] On a bright, hot day this June in Arizona, a vehicle the size of a Golden Retriever, designed and constructed at the University of Illinois, rolls on miniature tank treads between…
[ ] Dr. Brendan Harley, an associate professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s 22nd annual U.S.…
[ ] The Department of Labor recently issued changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act effective December 1, 2016 which could entitle Post Doc employees and AP employees whose annual…
[ ] Stephen A. Boppart, Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering (Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering) will receive the 2016 Technical Achievement Award from the Institute of…
[ ] A new study begins to clarify how brain structure and chemistry give rise to specific aspects of “fluid intelligence,” the ability to adapt to new situations and solve problems…
[ ] Not every student dreams of spending their summer on the beach. Some would rather pursue their passions on campus, spending the long summer days in an air-conditioned lab…
[ ] Madhu Khanna, Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics (Energy Biosciences Institute) has been selected at one of five Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (…
[ ] HPCBio and NCSA changing genetic medicine in Africa The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in collaboration with the HPCBio group led by Director of…
[ ] The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology has formed a new research theme, Microbiome Metabolic Engineering (MME). Led by microbiologist and animal scientist Isaac Cann, the…
[ ] “Jumping genes” are ubiquitous. Every domain of life hosts these sequences of DNA that can “jump” from one position to another along a chromosome; in fact, nearly half the human…
[ ] An eight-year study of soybeans grown outdoors in a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere like that expected by 2050 has yielded a new and worrisome finding: Higher atmospheric CO2…