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IGB Profile: Sabrina Abdulla
Katie Brady
Sabrina Abdulla is inspiring and supporting the next generation of scientists. As the Molecule Maker Lab Institute’s Outreach and Partnerships Coordinator, she brings MMLI…
IGB Profile: Jeff Chen
Katie Brady
Growing up in Vancouver, Canada, you could find Jeff Chen visiting the beach to observe fish, starfish, and algae in the tide pools. Throughout his life, Chen had a natural…
The big why: Alison Bell seeks answers to fundamental questions about individual behavior
Trish Barker, Ananya Sen
For evolution, ecology and behavior professor Alison Bell (GNDP leader), asking big questions seems to be a lifelong habit.
As an undergraduate studying the history and…
IGB Profile: Génesis Ríos-Adorno
Ananya Sen
A defining feature of scientific inquiry is that it draws from the knowledge and experience of researchers from different backgrounds. Science belongs to everyone, whether you…
IGB Profile: Kierra Fonner
Ananya Sen
Growing up in Atwood, Illinois, Kierra Fonner didn’t know what career path she wanted to pursue. Although she tried her hand at many things, including law, accounting, nursing…
IGB Profile: Marya Ornelas
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…
Woese Research Scholars announced for 2024
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…
Gabriel Graham selected for the 2024 Tracy Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Ananya Sen
The Mark Tracy Undergraduate Translational Research Fellowship provides undergraduate students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign the opportunity to participate…
Tina Barbasch
Shelby Lawson
Decoding decisions of parental stickleback fish
Growing up in upstate New York, Tina Barbasch spent countless hours catching salamanders and frogs in her backyard woods…
Justine Story
Ananya Sen
Every year, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology is awarded approximately $65 million in sponsored programs funding. The road to getting these awards is often long…
Darci Edmonson
Ananya Sen
The annual holiday party at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology is widely considered to be a must-attend event, and for good reason. All the floors of the main IGB…
Erinn Dady
Ananya Sen
Over the past few decades, the food industry has increasingly leaned on the concept of molecular gastronomy—approaching cooking from the perspective of chemistry. Erinn Dady’s…
