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10 IGB members receive Presidential Medallion

U of I System

University of Illinois President Tim Killeen on Monday honored 28 key leaders of the system’s COVID-19 response with the Presidential Medallion, including 10 from the IGB. The…

$2.4M NIH grant will develop biomaterials to repair skulls, promote regeneration

Claire Benjamin

A new research project led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign aims to develop biomaterials that are strong, malleable, and support stem cell growth to transform…

New grant awarded to develop better in vivo DNA-editing techniques

Ananya Sen

The National Institutes of Health have awarded a $2.2 million grant to researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. The four-year grant will be used to…

Brendan Harley inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

Christine des Garennes

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Dr. Brendan Harley, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular…

Five Illinois researchers rank among world’s most influential


Five faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2017 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list (previously known as the…

Three IGB faculty named Illinois Center for Advanced Study Professors


IGB faculty members Nigel Goldenfeld, Stephen Long, and Jonathan Sweedler were among nine Illinois faculty who have been named as the Center for Advanced Study’s most recently…

Institute for Genomic Biology Director Gene Robinson honored with iCON Innovator Award


Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) Director Dr. Gene Robinson of the University of Illinois has been chosen to receive the iBIO® Institute’s 2013 iCON Innovator Award. The…

IGB Fellow receives Career Award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund


Bo Wang, IGB Fellow in the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering theme, has received a Career Award at the Scientific Interface by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Designed…

University of Illinois Professor Elected Fellow of the Royal Society


Gutgsell Endowed Professor Stephen P. Long to be member of UK’s National Academy of Science

University of Illinois Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant…