Diana Yates
By giving artificial intelligence simple associative learning rules based on the brain circuits that allow a sea slug to forage — and augmenting it with better…
Ananya Sen
Researchers have consistently shown that prenatal exposure to Di (2-ethyhexyl) phthalate harms the reproductive system in male mice and causes fertility defects. In a new study…
Tony Mancuso
Feeding an ever-growing human population is one of the major grand challenges we face — especially with the impact agriculture can have on climate change. University of…
Jonathan King
Joseph Irudayaraj (CGD/EIRH), a professor of bioengineering, published new research in Nature Communications, demonstrating the potential of a new therapeutic to accelerate and…
Ananya Sen
The landscape surrounding the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is unlike anything else in the United States. The flat vistas of cornfields are especially jarring for…
Ananya Sen
Sarah Kim and Vanessa Quan have been selected for the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Program. Over a ten-week period in the summer, they will carry out research…
Diana Yates
When scientists transplanted the gut microbes of aged mice into young “germ-free” mice — raised to have no gut microbes of their own — the recipient mice experienced an…
Shelby Lawson
The NSF Molecule Maker Lab Institute, hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a cutting-edge research institute focused on advancing the creation and study of…
Lauren Quinn
New research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has linked multiple types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals”) with…
Diana Yates
Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while…
Shelby Lawson
What do marine ecosystems, worm regeneration, and a soccer-themed video game have in common? On the surface, perhaps nothing, but these are some of the fascinating projects…
Ananya Sen
The Mark Tracy Undergraduate Translational Research Fellowship provides undergraduate students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign the opportunity to participate…