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Forest elephant nuclear DNA is genetically diverse, and this diversity is consistent across populations throughout Central Africa--which should be conserved to protect their habitats rather than their DNA.

Protect forest elephants to conserve ecosystems, not DNA

The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence all eukaryotic species. This superkingdom of life includes all organisms except bacteria and archaea. The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence all eukaryotic species. This superkingdom of life includes all organisms except bacteria and archaea.

Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence genomes of 1.5M species

IGB 2018 Fellows Symposium

Registration Open - IGB Fellows Symposium, May 3, 2018

To save the Sumatran rhino, researchers urge conservationists to translocate the remaining rhinos and create a cell bank to preserve the species’ remaining genetic diversity.

Humans are Sumatran rhinoceros’ biggest threat—and last hope

Bioengineering Assistant Professor Andrew Smith and fellow Illinois researchers are bringing their expertise in light-emitting quantum dots to the development of a new assay technology that could enhance prostate cancer outcomes, under a new $1.8 million NIH grant.

New NIH-funded research aims to improve prostate cancer outcomes

Chemistry professor Wilfred van der Donk and his colleagues developed a new method for generating large libraries of unique cyclic compounds. Chemistry professor Wilfred van der Donk and his colleagues developed a new method for generating large libraries of unique cyclic compounds.

Study yields million-plus new compounds, pharmaceutical potential

Stephen P. Long, a professor of crop sciences and of plant biology (center), with postdoctoral researchers Johannes Kromdijk, (left) and Katarzyna Glowacka, developed crops that use water 25 percent more efficiently by boosting the level of a protein.

Scientists engineer crops to conserve water, resist drought

Chris Schmitz (left) and Ali Sankey slot a sensor into an outdoor beehive. A second sensor is housed inside the lab’s Waggle World so Sankey can compare the bees’ overwintering survival in hives both indoors and outdoors.

Students develop wireless monitoring system for beehives

CABBI Celebrates Official Launch with Talks, Tours, Science Meeting

CABBI Celebrates Official Launch with Talks, Tours, Science Meeting

Scientists evaluate the photosynthetic performance of soybeans using these towers, which use hyperspectral cameras to capture light invisible to the human eye that may one day help us predict yield on a grand scale.

Scientists monitor crop photosynthesis, performance using invisible light

Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane (ROGUE)

DOE grants $10.6 million to produce more biodiesel, biojet fuel

PhD student Veronika Dubinkina, left, with Bliss Faculty Scholar and Professor of Bioengineering Sergei Maslov, applied the theoretical concept of the “stable marriage problem” to microbial communities.

Researchers use economic concept to understand microbial communities

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Omics Nanotechnology for Cancer Precision Medicine

Gene Robinson, IGB Director

IGB Director Awarded 2018 Wolf Prize in Agriculture

By tagging bees with custom barcodes, researchers were able to automatically track all members of a small honeybee colony.

Reach out and feed someone: Automated system finds rapid honey bee networks