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The Biosystems Design theme engineers microorganisms and plants to help overcome hurdles in health and sustainability.

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Illinois is at the forefront of precision fermentation, an emerging technology that can develop tailored food ingredients in the laboratory. Yong-Su Jin leads PreFerS, a research institute based in Singapore that focuses on bringing these engineered foods to market.
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Q&A: Does the future of food production start in the lab?
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Pictured from left: researcher Yi Zhou, Professor Huimin Zhao, researcher Yifei Ge
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Illinois Researchers Engineer Enzyme to make Valuable Agricultural Chemicals
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Pictured left to right: bioengineering professor Fan Lam, postdoctoral researcher Timothy Trinklein, and chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler / Jenna Kurtzweil
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Illinois Researchers Explore Intersection of Imaging Technology and AI
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Na Wei
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IGB faculty receives NSF grant to continue research on phosphate recovery
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From left to right: Sarah Schwartz, Iyke Nnaji, Shah-Al Emran, Jacob Kinsey, Cindy Yang, Zhengyi Zhang, Siun Lee, Frithjof Gressmann, and Abhishek Pandey / Kelly Darr
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Early Innovator Program announces 2026 pitch contest winners
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Bioengineering professors Pablo Perez-Pinera, left, and Thomas Gaj led a team that developed a gene editing tool to treat Huntington’s disease and tested it in mice. Photo by Craig Pessman
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Genetic base editing treats Huntington’s disease in mice
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