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New technologies launched the genomic era. Now, progress in genomic research depends on further innovations in the tools that allow us to probe, manipulate, and analyze biological molecules. Whether focused on software or hardware, biomaterials or microfluidics, DNA editors or molecular motors, our technological research pushes the boundaries of the physically possible and paves the way for future discovery.

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Alma Therapeutics, a new public-private partnership between the U. of I. and Deerfield Management, aims to translate U. of I. research to meaningful clinical advances. Photo by Fred Zwicky
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Alma Therapeutics partnership launches to accelerate translational research
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Illinois is at the forefront of precision fermentation, an emerging technology that can develop tailored food ingredients in the laboratory. Yong-Su Jin leads PreFerS, a research institute based in Singapore that focuses on bringing these engineered foods to market.
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Q&A: Does the future of food production start in the lab?
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Pictured from left: researcher Yi Zhou, Professor Huimin Zhao, researcher Yifei Ge
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Illinois Researchers Engineer Enzyme to make Valuable Agricultural Chemicals
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Diwakar Shukla, right, and graduate student Diego E. Kleiman worked together to map the moving parts of more than 18,000 proteins in the human body in less than two days, a feat that used to take months on a supercomputer. Photo by Fred Zwicky
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AI model offers a faster way to explore how proteins move, study finds
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Pictured left to right: bioengineering professor Fan Lam, postdoctoral researcher Timothy Trinklein, and chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler / Jenna Kurtzweil
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Illinois Researchers Explore Intersection of Imaging Technology and AI
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The visual abstract from the paper, entitled “Macrophage-Targeted Quantum Dots with Short-Wave Infrared Emission for In Vivo Breast Cancer Imaging,” published in Bioconjugate Chemistry.
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Bioengineering Lab Develops Innovative Method of Macrophage Imaging
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