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[ 2011-02 ] Jian Ma, an assistant professor in bioengineering and a member of the Cellular Decision Making in Cancer Research Theme at the Institute for Genomic Biology, has been awarded a…

[ 2011-02 ] IGB Director Harris Lewin is a recipient of the 2011 Wolf Prize in Agriculture. He shares the prize with James R. Cook, of Washington State University. The $100,000 Wolf Prizes…

[ 2011-01 ] A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that…

[ ] While there are thousands of drugs on the market for human diseases, they only hit in the neighborhood of 200 targets, says Paul Hergenrother, professor of chemistry and a member…

[ 2010-10 ] Microbiomes May Hold Key to Better Understanding of Preterm Birth A team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mayo Clinic, and the J. Craig Venter…

[ ] New Way to Make Malaria Medicine Also First Step in Finding New Antibiotics University of Illinois microbiology professor William Metcalf and his collaborators have developed a…

[ ] Mixing and Matching Microbes for Food and Fuel What do cows and termites have in common? “Nada, zip, zilch,” most people would say. But Bryan White, a professor of animal sciences…

[ ] Overcoming mosquito defense systems Each year, millions of people fall victim to insect-borne diseases-but Mary Schuler, an affiliate in the IGB's Genomic Ecology of Global Change…

[ ] Using Genomics to Look at Microbial Evolution Most microbiologists sequence genes in order to determine what a given gene does. Rachel Whitaker, a member of the biocomplexity…

[ ] Glue Grant will Enable Enzyme Function Discovery A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by John Gerlt, Gutgsell Chair, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and a member…

[ ] Exploring Learning, Behavior and Synaptic Plasticity Lisa Stubbs, who joined the University of Illinois in March 2008, adds a key new dimension to IGB: an expertise in mouse…

[ ] Myriad rules and regulations challenge emergent biofuels industry Bryan Endres’s exploration of the legal issues surrounding biofuels and genetically modified plants is tightly…

[ ] New Theme Leader Brings Engineering Background to Biology Many members of the scientific community who know of Paul Kenis’ work in, among other things, microfuel cells, might be…

[ ] Realizing Sustainable Biofuels From media reports, Americans might conclude that surging ethanol production has put the nation well on the road to energy independence – but that…

[ 2010-09 ] 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…