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New NSF grant seeks to understand resilience to stress

Ananya Sen

Neuroscientists have always been interested in what drives an individual’s resilience to stress. While the detrimental effects of prolonged stress have been well documented,…

Gut microbiome research sheds light on oligosaccharide breakdown, prebiotics

Jeni Bushman

The human gut is a diverse and densely populated environment filled with bacteria and other microbes in fierce competition for resources. One major colonizer in the human colon…

Tissue Engineering Based Study Investigates Important Player in Glioblastoma Cell Growth

Jonathan King

Sara Pedron Haba (RBTE) and Brendan Harley (RBTE leader/EIRH), both professors of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, are making strides in the long march to better…

Anthropologist Jennifer Raff to give IGB-HRI Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics

HRI and IGB Communications

Jennifer Raff, PhD, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas will give the  IGB-HRI Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics "Linking Life Sciences…

Genomic study identifies human, animal hair in ‘man-eater’ lions’ teeth

Diana Yates

In a new study, Field Museum researchers collaborated with scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on an in-depth analysis of hairs carefully extracted from…

NSF, international partners to invest nearly $10M in ASAP Global Center

Ananya Sen

The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom announced funding of new…

NSF to invest $5M to the Reliable and Scalable Biofoundries for Biomanufacturing and Global Bioeconomy

Ananya Sen

The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom announced funding awards in…

Spotted Science in CU: Poison Dart Frogs Take Over Neil Street

Katie Brady

If you have recently driven down Neil Street, you may have noticed that some new, and colorful, neighbors moved in at Dixon Graphics. Alerted by the bright colors and patterns…

Center for Genomic Diagnostics Receives First USDA Grant

Katie Brady

Foreign animal diseases are a global threat to swine production with the potential for detrimental economic implications. Recently, researchers at the University of Illinois…

The big why: Alison Bell seeks answers to fundamental questions about individual behavior

Trish Barker, Ananya Sen

For evolution, ecology and behavior professor Alison Bell (GNDP leader), asking big questions seems to be a lifelong habit.

As an undergraduate studying the history and…

New IGB research education program for undergraduate students

Ananya Sen

The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology is renowned for its interdisciplinary research that spans various departments across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…

'Roots of Genomics' installation celebrates the diverse history within the field of genomics

Shelby Lawson

Explore the rich history of genomics in the latest installation inside the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, titled ‘Roots of Genomics’. This new artwork beckons…