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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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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
Left to right: Tingjie Song, Dhanush Gandavadi, Xing Wang, and Abhisek Dwivedy
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
Catastrophic flooding in Central Illinois field in 2008
research members, clockwise from top left: Hua Wang, Shuming Nie, Fan Lam, Timothy Fan, Matthew Berry