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[ 2016-03 ] A new class of miniature biological robots, or bio-bots, has seen the light – and is following where the light shines. The bio-bots are powered by muscle cells that have been…

[ 2016-03 ] IGB Fellows Symposium, May 5, 2016 Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and connect with other students on campus at the annual Fellows…

[ 2016-03 ] Arundo donax, a giant reed that grows in the Mediterranean climate zones of the world, isn’t like other prolific warm-weather grasses, researchers report. This grass, which can…

[ ] Ting Lu, Assistant Professor in Bioengineering (Biosystems Design) received a 2016 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research for his proposal "Developing Designer…

[ 2016-02 ] Martha Gillette, professor of cell and development biology at Illinois, has studied the brain for most of her life. Her current work focuses on improving the lives of those…

[ ] Ting Lu, Assistant Professor in Bioengineering (Biosystems Design) received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to further his research…

[ 2016-02 ] Despite dramatic advances in diagnostics and treatment, cancer still accounts for nearly 1 in 4 U.S. deaths, as well as over half of disease-related pet mortality. Using…

[ ] Karen Sears, Associate Professor of Animal Biology (Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering) has won the Lynn Martin Award for Distinguished Women Teachers from the College…

[ 2016-01 ] The first human farmers needed hundreds of years and a lot of good luck to shape the first domesticated crops. Modern plant breeders wait weeks or months, not centuries, to…

[ ] Joint Genome Institute Events and Opportunities Register Now for the 11th Annual JGI User Meeting

Since 2004, JGI has provided free access to its DNA sequencing, analysis…

[ 2016-01 ] ­Nature contains a treasure trove of substances that could help fight human disease. Just this year, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honored the development of drugs…

[ ] IGB Clean Up Day March 11, 2016 The IGB will be holding a clean up day on March 11, 2016 to provide you the opportunity to clean out offices, laboratories, storage spaces, and…

[ 2016-01 ] The University of Illinois (Illinois) and Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, have signed an agreement to implement a commercialization strategy for intellectual property developed…

[ 2016-01 ] Dr. Joanna Shisler, Associate Professor of Microbiology and researcher at the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Beckman Institute, and member of the Computing Genomes…

[ 2016-01 ] How genes in our DNA are expressed into traits within a cell is a complicated mystery with many players, the main suspects being chemical. However, a new study by University of…

[ ] Stephen Long, Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the departments of crop sciences and plant biology (GEGC), and Donald Ort, Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences…

[ 2016-01 ] Seven Illinois researchers rank among the world’s most influential Seven University of Illinois researchers have been named to the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list…

[ 2015-12 ] Life is a game. From the moment sperm fertilizes egg, you are either winning or losing. Using game theory--the study of competition and conflict--researchers can quantify the…

[ 2015-12 ] The University of Illinois has been awarded a 3-year, $5 million grant from the DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy as part of its OPEN 2015 funding initiative (ARPA-E…

[ 2015-12 ] Once male prairie voles have found a mate, what makes some stay at home, while others stray? The latest insight in a canonical scientific saga of genes, brain, social behavior,…