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[ ] New tool in the fight against tuberculosis Researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois have developed a way to harness the prodigious quantities…
[ ] A Civil Engineer Takes on Biological Systems Civil engineering is not the most traditional route to tissue regeneration research, but that is how chemical and biomolecular…
[ ] A Different Approach to Fighting Harmful Bacteria As bacteria develop resistance to traditional antibiotics and researchers worldwide seek new ones, Doug Mitchell has explored in…
[ ] Statistician using numbers to paint complete biological pictures Cell biology experiments that used to take months now take one day, the number of labs doing bench science has…
[ ] Microarray Experiments Reveal How Plants Adapt to Climate Changes When school children learn multiplication tables and grammar - before they move on to calculus and physics - they…
[ ] Single Molecule Imaging Reveals Surprising Activity Sua Myong, a member of the Precision Proteomics theme at the IGB, is in the business of shifting paradigms, one molecule at a…
[ ] Nathan Price: Applying systems biology to cell chemistry As a student, Nathan Price had always preferred “quantitative science,” like engineering, to biology. But even so, he had…
[ ] Embracing the Creativity of Art and Science Originally called “the blobs” by Chicago-artist and creator Tony Tasset, the colorful sculptures now known as Darwin’s Playground have…
[ ] Opportunities for Contribution You can support the IGB in two ways: with a current gift, or an endowment. Also known as outright gifts, current gifts provide immediate financial…
[ ] Brain gene expression changes when honey bees go the distance Tricking honey bees into thinking they have traveled long distance to find food alters gene expression in their…
[ ] Researchers Awarded $33.9 Million Grant to Study Enzyme Functions A team of researchers led by University of Illinois biochemistry professor John A. Gerlt has received a five-year…
[ ] IGB Theme Leader Elected to American Academy of Microbiology University of Illinois professor William Metcalf has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of…
[ ] University of Illinois professor William Metcalf has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology, a distinction awarded to microbiologists who have made…
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