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Tech + Society

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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Stephen Long, Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair Emeritus (deceased)
Illinois researcher Diwaker Shukla shows how deep learning and large-scale computer simulations can help lead the search for safe synthetic cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals. Photo by Fred Zwicky
Illinois professor Ying Diao led a multi-institutional study that positions synthetic polymers as a potential alternative to expensive, unsustainable minerals for use in semiconductors and other electronic devices. Photo by Brian Stauffer
A diagram from the lab's published paper in JACS.
Photorespiration bypass soybean field trials at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Energy Farm / Katherine Meacham-Hensold
Erik Nelson (left) and Postdoctoral researcher Natalia Krawczynska