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By analyzing these cross sections of leaves, scientists debunked a long-held theory that several grass crops are susceptible to cold because they lack the space in their leaves needed to boost photosynthetic efficiency in low temperatures.

Scientists debunk potential link to crop cold tolerance

Earth BioGenome Project

Global Effort to Sequence All Complex Life on Earth Launches

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announces the appointment of May R. Berenbaum as Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

May Berenbaum Named PNAS Editor-in-Chief

Quantum dots illuminate the locations of individual mRNA as red dots in the cytoplasm of a single HeLa cell. The blue region is the nucleus. This work was a collaborative effort between Illinois Bioengineering and Mayo Clinic researchers.

Novel quantum dots enhance cell imaging

Professor of Crop Sciences Gustavo Caetano-Anollés

Illinois study provides whole-system view of plant cold stress

Dr. Hong-Yan Shih, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics

Hong-Yan Shih wins 2019 APS GSNP Dissertation Award

Megan Dailey, left, and Elizabeth Davis, right, both from the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois, demonstrate the autonomic nervous system has direct control over stem cell proliferation in the intestinal epithelium.

Stem cell proliferation controlled directly by nervous system

Illinois entomology professor Gene Robinson was elected to the National Academy of Medicine “for pioneering contributions to understanding the roles of genes in social behavior.”

IGB Director Gene Robinson elected to National Academy of Medicine

The phylogenetic distribution of specific groups of microbes reveals associations between gut microbiota and mammalian evolutionary history.

Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery  

Harvesting sugarcane or Sugarcane field: Modern sugarcane cultivars are polyploid interspecific hybrids, combining high sugar content from S. officinarum with hardiness, disease resistance and ratooning of S. spontaneum. The sequenced genome is a haploid accession AP85-441 generated by anther culture from octoploid S. spontaneum SES208.

Success is sweet: researchers unlock the mysteries of the sugarcane genome

Biochemistry professor Auinash Kalsotra, second from left, and his team, including, from left, graduate students Waqar Arif, Joseph Seimetz and Sushant Bangru, uncovered the molecular underpinnings of liver regeneration.

Damaged liver cells undergo reprogramming to regenerate

Author David Quammen’s new book details the work of microbiologist Carl R. Woese, whose study of evolution led to the discovery of a third domain of life. Quammen will speak about his book on Sept. 27 at the University of Illinois.

Author David Quammen to speak about new book featuring Carl Woese

Scientists search for coral’s new home

Scientists search for coral’s new home

Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Simon Rogers, left, postdoctoral researchers Jun Pong Park and Yongbeom Seo and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Hyunjoon Kong led an international team that developed hydrogen peroxide-bubbling microparticles that may help eradicate dangerous biofilms.

Researchers develop microbubble scrubber to destroy dangerous biofilms

University of Illinois Crop Sciences Associate Professor D.K. Lee on the Illinois Energy Farm with the ‘Independence’ switchgrass variety he developed.

$5M DOE Grant for Energy Crops Study