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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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Engineered tumor models may be too stiff, as a study led by Illinois professor Bumsoo Han, left, and graduate student Seamus Mellican found that increased collagen and fibrin proteins characteristic of tumor environments actually make tissue softer. Photo by Michelle Hassel
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research members, clockwise from top left: Hua Wang, Shuming Nie, Fan Lam, Timothy Fan, Matthew Berry
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“To have such high-impact work, there should be research teams that include people from different sides of the sciences: cancer expertise, computational expertise, biology, and now AI and analytics tools.”  ZEYNEP MADAK-ERDOGAN
African BioGenome Project proposed Digital Sequence Infrastructure roadmap to enable Africa implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework