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associate professor of anthropology and IGB member Ripan Malhi

Ripan Malhi featured on Day of Archaeology website

Patricia Blair

University of Illinois researchers have developed a new technique to quickly uncover novel, medically relevant products produced by bacteria.

Innovative Technique Transforms Hunt for Antibiotics and Cancer Therapies

Professor of Physics Nigel Goldenfeld interviews with Susan Mazur of Huffington Post on evolution, Carl Woese, and the need for a theory of life.

Nigel Goldenfeld Interviewed in Huffington Post

Registration open for University of Illinois MOOC (massively open online course) on how life emerged on Earth.

Emergence of Life MOOC

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named Jeffrey S. Moore, the Murchison-Mallory Professor of Chemistry, an HHMI Professor.

Illinois Chemist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor

Jeffrey S. Moore

Professor Ning Wang led a team that found the precise combination of mechanical forces, chemistry and timing to help stem cells differentiate into three germ layers, the first step toward developing specialized tissues and organs.

New Technique First Step to Stem Cell Specialization

University of Illinois researchers establish the university's first rice paddy to test rice performance in Illinois and at Kyoto University in Japan.

Illinois Study May Improve Rice Productivity

Ruby Mendenhall

A new nanoparticle design, inspired by cell membranes, has led to clearer MRI images and paved the way for better diagnostic tools.

Researchers combine weak chemical forces to strengthen imaging tech

This week’s Science Nation video, produced by the NSF, features work from the laboratory of entomologist and IGB Director Gene Robinson.

Gene Robinson featured in latest “Science Nation” video by NSF

Jonathan Sweedler

The Citizen Scientist Program, conceived by IGB, Beckman, and OLLI, brings members into the labs as research assistants.

Collaborative Learning: The OLLI Citizen Scientist Program

Professor of Anthropology Ripan Malhi analyzed DNA from a girl who died 12,000 to 13,0000 years ago in the Yucatan.

Genetic study resolves speculation about first people in Americas