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Illinois is leading a new center with colleagues at Mayo Clinic and the Center for Computational Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine (CCBGM) that seeks to develop a new platform for generating, interpreting, and applying genomic data for a wide variety of applications.

New center to apply computing to large-scale genomic problems

SoyFACE, the Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment project, at the University of Illinois.

Team calls for integrated Midwest field research network

Namibian elephants are an important species to conserve as their ability to thrive in a desert environment is critical to the survival of future generations of elephants living in arid habitats.

Desert elephants pass on knowledge—not mutations—to survive

ONC-PM theme members include (from top left) theme leader Brian Cunningham (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering); Rashid Bashir (Bioengineering); Timothy M. Fan (Veterinary Clinical Medicine); Auinash Kalsotra (Biochemistry); Benita S. Katzenellenbogen (Molecular & Integrative Physiology); Manish Kohli (Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic); Zeynep Madak-Erdogan (Food Science and Human Nutrition); Olgica Milenkovic (Electrical and Chemical Engineering); Andrew Smith (Bioengineering); and Liang Wan

New Research Theme to Develop Precision Medicine Tools

Illinois veterinary clinical medicine professor Dr. Timothy Fan is leading efforts to advance cancer treatments available to dogs and humans by testing promising new approaches in companion-animal dogs with spontaneously occurring cancers.

Scientists test nanoparticle drug delivery in dogs with osteosarcoma

Campers wrote and performed newscasts in front of a green screen to produce final videos at the conclusion of the week.

Campers Explore Past and Future of Global Climate at Summer Camp

Professor of Bioengineering and Bliss Faculty Scholar Sergei Maslov with first author and Brookhaven National Laboratory research associate Fei He (right) used over 7000 samples from more than 200 labs to create a standardized atlas.

Study Uses Computer Learning to Provide QC for Genetic Databases

Sharon Gray

In Memoriam: Dr. Sharon Gray

The Knowledge Engine for Genomics (KnowEnG) Center at the IGB is partnering with Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., in an innovative program to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce.

Collaborating to Strengthen the Research Workforce of Tomorrow

Research Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Illinois Joshua Peschel demonstrates the TERRA-Mobile Energy-Crop Phenotyping Platform (MEPP) at the Maricopa Agricultural Center in Arizona.

Something new under the Arizona sun: a robotic revolution in plant breeding

Brendan Harley, Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s 22nd annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium.

Brendan Harley selected for NAE’s Frontiers of Engineering

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Overtime Rule

Stephen A. Boppart

Psychology professor Aron Barbey, with research scientist Ryan Larsen and postdoctoral researcher study lead Erick Paul, linked specific brain markers to specific intellectual capabilities.

Study finds brain markers of numeric, verbal and spatial reasoning abilities

IGB Welcomes Two Woese Undergraduate Research Scholars

IGB Welcomes Two Woese Undergraduate Research Scholars