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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A new IGB research project seeks to solve a $90 billion global problem in the oil industry while making oil drilling less harmful to the environment.     

Research to investigate oil field biosouring with new technology

Researchers at the U. of I. found that plants vary a lot in the efficiency with which they uptake carbon dioxide and conserve water. Plant biology professor Andrew Leakey, left, mentored Kevin Wolz, who was an undergraduate at the time he conducted the research. Wolz now holds degrees in civil engineering and biology and is pursuing a doctorate in biology.

Two undergrads improve plant carbon-cycle models

Illinois Biological Foundry for Advanced Biomanufacturing

How iBioFAB is building on changes in synthetic biology

University of Illinois animal biology professor Alison Bell, graduate student Syed Abbas Bukhari and their colleagues tracked changes in gene expression in the stickleback brain after the fish encountered an intruder.

Brief interactions spur lasting waves of gene activity in the brain

DOE Funds Major Bioenergy Research Center At Illinois Through IGB and iSEE

DOE Funds Major Bioenergy Research Center At Illinois Through IGB and iSEE

A new grant through the National Science Foundation’s Enabling Discovery through GEnomic Tools (EDGE) program promises to expand our knowledge of this foundational fish species

New grant to study fish genomics, behavior

University of Illinois biochemistry professor Auinash Kalsotra

Study identifies key player in heart enlargement

New 3D model predicts best planting practices for farmers

New 3D model predicts best planting practices for farmers

Report evaluates computational genomics skills of African scientists

Report evaluates computational genomics skills of African scientists

The Morris Animal Foundation and Dr. Tim Fan, a professor of medical oncology at Illinois, are running the innovative 5/5/5 trial to test five drugs, in five years, for less than $5 million.

Tim Fan and Morris Animal Foundation to test new cancer therapies

Stephen Long Receives Visiting Professorship at Oxford

Stephen Long Receives Visiting Professorship at Oxford

Rachel Whitaker Receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award

Rachel Whitaker Receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award

Assistant Professor of Plant Biology Amy Marshal Colón

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Supports Crops in Silico

Yuhao Min

New Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar

World of Genomics at the field Museum

World of Genomics brings IGB research to Chicago