Diana Yates
A new article in the journal Science provides guidance for those intending to study
Claire Benjamin
Although it is erroneously treated as a subspecies, the dwindling African forest elephant is a genetically distinct species.
Diana Yates
An international consortium of scientists is proposing a massive project to sequence, catalog and analyze the genomes of all known eukaryotic species on the planet, an undertaki
Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and connect with other students on campus at the annual Fellows Symposium.
Claire Benjamin
The little-known and smallest member of the rhinoceros family, the Sumatran rhinoceros, is critically endangered.
Laura Schmitt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers recently received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new assay technology that
Diana Yates
Researchers say they can now produce a vast library of unique cyclic compounds, some with the capacity to interrupt specific protein-protein interactions that play a role in dis
Claire Benjamin
Agriculture already monopolizes 90 percent of global freshwater—yet production still needs to dramatically increase to feed and fuel this century’s growing population.
Heather Coit
Beekeepers face challenges when they monitor the health of their honeybee colonies, and winter poses increased risk because opening a hive in cooler temperatures to collect data
Tony Mancuso
The Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) officially launched as a new U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center with a celebration on Feb.
Claire Benjamin
Twelve-foot metal poles with long outstretched arms dot a Midwestern soybean field to monitor an invisible array of light emitted by crops.
Claire Benjamin
The U.S.