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Evaluating a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease using gene editing and fluorescent imaging

Kevin Neumann

Gene editing, brain slicing, and glowing proteins, all in the pursuit of improved treatment for a disease that has befuddled the medical community for years. Methods like this…

Exploring the interactions between archaea and their viruses in extreme environments

Kevin Neumann

Coming into the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Catherine Koterba was a pre-med student with a passion for astronomy. Three years later, she is a microbiologist…

Kenny Jops


Using mathematical models to explain plant community structures

If you have any preconceived notions of what a mathematician is supposed to sound like, perhaps based on…

Joseph Irudayaraj

Ananya Sen

Joseph Irudayaraj (CGD/EIRH) is a Founder Professor in Bioengineering. His lab uses engineering, biology, and computer science to develop smart therapeutics and to understand…

Remembering Carl Woese through the Undergraduate Research Scholar Program

Ananya Sen

Every summer, the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Program helps students conduct research on a full-time basis over the summer. The program is designed to inspire…

Joseph Fernandez

Ananya Sen

Joseph Fernandez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-…

Donor Spotlight: Aarush M. Patel Foundation

Shelby Lawson

In 2018, Mitul Patel and his wife, Aditi Patel, got married and were looking to start a family when they first experienced issues with infertility. Over the course of two years…

Ratna Karatgi

Shelby Lawson

Investigating mechanisms behind variation in color of killifish

Growing up in South India, Ratna Karatgi found herself moving between cities as her dad relocated for…

Lisa Surber

Shelby Lawson

Studying behavioral and morphological responses to environmental cues in poison frogs

Ask Lisa Surber her thoughts on science and the natural world and you’ll find…