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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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 A machine-learning labeled cross-section of a sorghum leaf generated with microCT imaging. / James Fischer
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan (left) and Erik Nelson / Cancer Center at Illinois
Bioengineering professors Pablo Perez-Pinera, left, and Thomas Gaj led a team that developed a gene editing tool to treat Huntington’s disease and tested it in mice. Photo by Craig Pessman
A team led by U. of I. chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Huimin Zhao was selected as a Genesis Mission Awardee by the Department of Energy. Photo by Michelle Hassel
Cylindrical microparticles with a catalytic coating release tiny oxygen bubbles that coalesce and burst to disrupt stubborn biofilms on contaminated surgical instruments and infected wounds. / Yujin Ahn
Pictured left to right: Skye Shepherd, Han Keun Lee, Amanda Bacon, My Thi Tra Nguyen, and Brian Cunningham