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Neuronal network (NN)–gene regulatory network (GRN) interactions.

Integration of gene regulatory networks in understanding animal behavior

University of Illinois food science and human nutrition professor Sharon Donovan

Donovan to direct new Personalized Nutrition Initiative

With her colleagues, graduate student Patricia Cintora examined how women with infants up to 18 months old respond to intimate partner violence.

Intimate partner violence, history of abuse worsen trauma for new moms

Researchers studied a unique population of gentle Africanized honey bees in Puerto Rico.

Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees

From left: Max Simon, Kyle Shelton, Laura Daigh, Auroni Gupta, Jana Radin, Katie Frye, and Xiaorui Guo stand next to a shipment of viral transfer media (VTM) prior to shipment. The group was among the almost 50 volunteers at Illinois who helped produce enough VTM for 200,000 COVID-19 tests.

Volunteers at Illinois produce supplies for 200,000 COVID-19 tests

U. of I. postdoctoral researcher Preeti Sharma and her colleagues engineered a molecule that targets both human and mouse solid-tumor cancer cells.

Engineered immune cells recognize, attack solid-tumor cancer cells

IGB 2019 Annual Report

IGB 2019 Annual Report Now Available

Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology

Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology

Researchers used a variety of techniques, including genome mining, to identify bacteria that produce defensive compounds in response to hormone exposure. Their approach will help in the discovery of new antibiotics and other medically useful molecules.

New approach drives bacteria to produce potential antibiotic, antiparasitic compounds

A new study finds that cowbirds adjust the sex of their offspring throughout the nesting season. A female, left, and male cowbird perch on a wire fence. Both birds are adults.

Cowbirds change their eggs’ sex ratio based on breeding time

Former Illinois Summer Fellow from the University of Oxford Robert Collison, former post-doctoral researcher Charles Pignon, and former Illinois Summer Fellow from Oxford Emma Raven discovered that altered light conditions were the cause of a maladaptation that limits photosynthesis in the bottom leaves of maize and the bioenergy crop Miscanthus.

Undergrad-led study suggests environment modifications could maximize productivity

The simulated sea slug, ASIMOV, monitors its own internal state and makes decisions about what to consume. Its options are: a tasty and nutritious food (blue), a nutritious food that comes with a painful sting (green), and an intoxicating drug that has no nutritious value (yellow).

Simulated sea slug gets addicted to drug

Assistant Professor Mohammed El-Kebir and Assistant Professor Jian Peng

Research Finds Multiple COVID-19 Strains Can Co-Exist in Patients

Gene Robinson

Gene Robinson named interim dean of the College of LAS

Xiaoqiang Huang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Postdoctoral researcher in the Zhao lab, led the study. 

Researchers Shed Light on New Enzymatic Reaction