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Finding these molecules and discovering new chemical identities represents slow and painstaking work.

Gone fishin’ for natural products, with a new dragnet

IGB Clean Up

Illinois and Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, have signed an agreement to implement a commercialization strategy for IP developed under the Gates RIPE project.

Illinois and Syngenta Sign Agreement for Access to RIPE IP

Joanna Shisler, Associate Professor of Microbiology, with Dr. Brian Ward from the University of Rochester, awarded grant to study the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) to identify ways to regulate its underlying proteins to formulate cures for infections and diseases such as cancer.

NIH Grant Awarded to Study Skin Virus

Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering Ning Wang, left, with Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Andrew Belmont, are exploring how mechanical signaling can be used for gene regulation or to identify targets for cancer therapies.

Force triggers gene expression by stretching chromatin

Highly Cited Researchers

Seven University of Illinois researchers have been named to the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list for 2015.

Seven Illinois researchers rank among the world’s most influential

The Computing Genomes in Reproductive Health theme employs game theory - the study of competition and conflict - to better understand how factors such as infection or genetic predisposition can cause preterm birth.

Using Game Theory to Help Prevent Pregnancy Disorders

Andrew Leakey, Associate Professor of Plant Biology, will lead a multi-institutional team to increase the water use efficiency of sorghum

Illinois awarded $5M to increase water use efficiency in bioenergy sorghum

Okhovat et al. report behavioral, neurobiological, genomic, and evolutionary analyses that explain individual differences in male prairie vole monogamy. They attribute the finding that less faithful (EPF) males range more widely than more faithful (IPF) males to poorer spatial memory skills, which are related to striking differences in the regulation of avpr1a and the expression of V1aR in the brain.

Can male prairie voles blame promiscuity on poor memory?

Professor of Crop Science and Plant Biology Stephen Long to speak at public session of the Paris Climate Change Conference concerning the research challenges associated with developing a climate-smart agri-food system.

Stephen Long to Speak at Paris Climate Convention

Rashid Bashir

Six researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), including William Metcalf, G. William Arends Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology in the department of microbiology and leader of the IGB Mining Microbial Genomes research theme.

Prof. of Molecular and Cellular Biology William Metcalf Named AAAS Fellow

USDA Agricultural Research Service scientist Elizabeth Ainsworth

Ground-level ozone reduces maize and soybean yields

Left to right are: Edrees H. Rashan, Auinash Kalsotra (Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Medical Biochemistry), Waqar Arif, Amruta Bhate, and Sandip Chorghade.

Scientists uncover mechanism that propels liver dev. after birth