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African elephant and infant. Research points to the need for reclassification to two endangered species of African elephant.

New Petition Seeks to Save Elephants, End Ivory Importation in U.S.

Saurabh Sinha.

Many Experiments for Price of One: Gene Regulation Breakthrough Study

The aqueducts of Roma Vecchia delivered water from the Apennines into Imperial Rome.

Travertine Reveals Ancient Roman Aqueduct Supply

Evan DeLucia

Professor Huimin Zhao with professor Charles Schroeder.

Genome-editing Proteins Seek and Find with a Slide and a Hop

Douglas Mitchell

Collaborative Research Team Solves Cancer-Cell Mutation Mystery

Collaborative Research Team Solves Cancer-Cell Mutation Mystery

IGB faculty member Saurabh Sinha, a professor of computer science (left), with Director and professor of entomology Gene Robinson and an international consortium of 52 scientists used comparative genomics to discover the evolution of bee society is associated with increases in the complexity of gene regulation.

Study: Gene Regulation Underlies the Evolution of Social Complexity in Bees

Derek Wildman

Sandra Rodriguez-Zas

iGEM team wins silver medal

Escherichia coli, rod-shaped bacteria found in the digestive systems of humans and many other animals.

From the Depths of A Microscopic World, Spontaneous Cooperation

Princess Imoukhuede, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and one of the many IGB faculty and affiliates who represent multiple disciplines from over 30 departments across campus.

Bringing It All Together - The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Associate Professor of Animal Sciences Alfred Roca

Are We Exterminating One African Elephant by Not Recognizing Two?

Associate Professor of Anthropology and IGB member Ripan Malhi.

Monkey Droppings Complement Field Observations, Researchers Report