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Global Change Biology (GCB) and its sister journal GCB Bioenergy received record high impact ratings from the Institute for Scientific Information last month. Edited by Assistant Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute and IGB faculty member Steve Long, GCB and GCB Bioenergy are two of several journals put out by the IGB.

Record high impact ratings for journals Global Change Biology and GCB Bioenergy

Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Management Grads Share Their Experience

Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Management Grads Share Their Experience

IGB faculty and co-PI Andrew Leakey, with PI and Director of the Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels Tom Brutnell, are working to develop a model plant system to improve drought tolerance and advance the sustainable capabilities of bioenergy grasses.

Improving Drought-Resistance of Biofuel Grasses

Alison Bell receives Animal Behavior Society Young Investigator Award

Alison Bell receives Animal Behavior Society Young Investigator Award

University of Illinois researchers (from left) Glenn Fried, Luke Mander, Surangi W. Punyasena and Mayandi Sivaguru release findings on what microscopy techniques are needed to identify the shape and texture of pollen grains.

Evaluation of Microscopy Techniques May Help Scientists to Better Understand Ancient Plants

The sequencing of the human genome has provided a wealth of genetic information, yet the goal of understanding the function of every gene remains outstanding. New research led by Sheng Zhong from the University of Illinois suggests determining the purpose of genes through a new method they call “comparative epigenomics.”

Lessons from Epigenome Evolution: Exploring the epigenome’s regulatory function

IGB Proof of Concept Program

IGB Proof of Concept Funding

Chemical Incident on May 28th

Energy Biosciences Institute program leader and University of Illinois crop sciences professor Stephen Moose and his colleagues mapped the Miscanthus sinensis genome

Maps of miscanthus genome offer insight into grass evolution

H. Rex Gaskins elected President-elect of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine

H. Rex Gaskins elected President-elect of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine

Harris Lewin has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Lewin, an emeritus faculty member in the Department of Animal Sciences and founding director of the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), was recognized for research he conducted during his 27 years at the University of Illinois.

Harris Lewin Elected to National Academy of Sciences

University of Illinois engineers including Stephen Boppart developed a method to computationally correct aberrations in three-dimensional tissue microscopy.

Computing the best high-resolution 3-D tissue images

A new antibiotic, an analog of the widely used food preservative nisin, has the potential to combat food-borne diseases as well as be a boon to the dairy industry as a treatment for bovine mastitis.

New antibiotic could make food safer and cows healthier

A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic, through modifying a common “housekeeping” enzyme to recognize and disarm the antibiotic.

Team discovers how bacteria resist a 'Trojan horse' antibiotic

A new study in Science suggests that thrill-seeking is not limited to humans and other vertebrates. Some honey bees, too, are more likely than others to seek adventure.

Insects Have Personalities Too, Research on Honey Bees Indicates