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Researchers determined key molecular events that lead to heart abnormalities in myotonic dystrophy. The team included, from left, bioengineering professor Lawrence Dobrucki, postdoctoral fellow Jamila Hedhli, biochemistry professor Auinash Kalsotra, graduate student Sushant Bangru, research scientist Chaitali Misra and graduate student Kin Lam.

Team deciphers how myotonic dystrophy generates lethal heart dysfunctions

CRISPR base editing decreased the amount of a mutant protein (blue) that contributes to ALS in the spinal cord. Left, a spinal cord section from an untreated mouse. Right, a spinal cord section from an animal treated by base editing.

New CRISPR base-editing technology slows ALS progression in mice

Postdoctoral Researcher Yu Wang (left) and Ikenberry Endowed Professor Stephen Long (right)

Adapting photosynthesis to fleeting shadows boosts soybean yields

Fisk University students Skye Faucher (left) and Jaia Holleman return to campus as part of the KnowEnG collaboration with Mayo Clinic.

Collaboration provides research-based training of under-represented minorities

Drs. Martha Oehmke Loustaunau and Joaquin O. Loustaunau

Honoring their walk of life through fellowships in genomic biology

An analytical platform developed through an Illinois-Mayo Clinic partnership offers unique capabilities to biological researchers

Knowledge Engine is ready to accelerate genomic research

Provost Andreas Cangellaris places a medallion around the neck of Ikenberry Endowed Chair Stephen Long in recognition of his investiture.

Stephen Long invested as Ikenberry Chair Professor, Plant Biology & Crop Sciences

Brian Cunningham

New Center for Genomic Diagnostics will reimagine disease detection technologies

Seeking to reverse engineer interaction dynamics of microbial communities, researchers construct their own

Researchers reverse engineer interaction dynamics of microbial communities

Zachary Stephens

Student improves bioinformatics software to better analyze human DNA

Justina Zurauskiene, left, is a Birmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, Engagement and Education (BRIDGE) fellow collaborating with Assistant Professor in Food Science and Human Nutrition Zeynep Madak-Erdogan (ONC-PM/GSP). Zurauskiene is also a fellow at the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences in Birmingham, England.

BRIDGE-ing the gap between diagnostics and gestational diabetes

Researchers including, from left, graduate student Valeria Sanabria Guillen, research scientist Sung Hoon Kim, researcher Kathy Carlson, chemistry professor John Katzenellenbogen, research specialist Yvonne Ziegler, and molecular and integrative physiology professor Benita Katzenellenbogen developed new drug agents to inhibit a pathway that contributes to cancer. The compounds killed cancer cells and reduced the growth of breast cancer tumors in mice.

New compounds block master regulator of cancer growth, metastasis

Professor Huimin Zhao led a team that achieved the highest reported efficiency of inserting genes into human cells with CRISPR-Cas9.

For CRISPR, tweaking DNA fragments yields highest efficiency rates yet

University of Illinois researchers have honed a technique called the Stokes trap, which can handle and test the physical limits of tiny, soft particles using only fluid flow. From left, undergraduate student Channing Richter, professor Charles Schroeder and graduate student Dinesh Kumar.

Scientists develop gentle, microscopic hands to study tiny, soft materials

Illinois researchers developed a method to detect cancer markers called microRNA with single-molecule resolution, a technique that could be used for liquid biopsies. From left: postdoctoral researcher Taylor Canady, professor Andrew Smith, graduate student Nantao Li, postdoctoral researcher Lucas Smith and professor Brian Cunningham.

Single-molecule detection of cancer markers brings liquid biopsy closer to clinic