News Archive
Cell size and cell-cycle states play key decision-making role in HIV
Laura Schmitt
Thanks to the development of antiretroviral drugs, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered a manageable chronic disease today.
Study links nutrient patterns in blood to better brain connectivity, cognition
Diana Yates
A new study links higher levels of several key nutrients in the blood with more efficient brain connectivity and performance on cognitive tests in older adults.
New approach helps geneticists identify genes responsible for complex traits
Lauren Quinn
In biomedical research, plant breeding, and countless other endeavors, geneticists are on the hunt for the specific genes responsible for disease susceptibility, yield, and othe
Dracula ants possess fastest known animal appendage: the snap-jaw
Diana Yates
Move over, trap-jaw ants and mantis shrimp: There’s a faster appendage in town.
Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold, former student Huimin Zhao celebrate award
Christine des Garennes
On Monday, December 10, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards one half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Dr. Frances H.
New laboratory system allows researchers to probe secret lives of queen bees
Claudia Lutz
More than a decade after the identification of colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon marked by widespread loss of honey bee colonies, scientists are still working to untangle t
The distance of microbial competitions shapes their community structures
Emily Scott
Inside the microbial communities that populate our world, microbes are fighting for their lives.
Nine Illinois researchers rank among world’s most influential
Lois Yoksoulian
Nine faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2018 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list, including four from the IGB
Two IGB faculty elected AAAS Fellows
Diana Yates
Four Illinois professors have been elected 2018 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, including two from the IGB.
RIPE project receives additional $13 million
Claire Benjamin
This week, families across the U.S. will gather around Thanksgiving tables in a traditional celebration of the season’s bounty.
Jumping genes shed light on how advanced life may have emerged
Emily Scott
A previously unappreciated interaction in the genome turns out to have possibly been one of the driving forces in the emergence of advanced life, billions of years ago.
Illinois team wins bronze at 2018 iGEM competition
Emily Scott
The Illinois iGEM team won a bronze medal at the 2018 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for their work
