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The Biosystems Design theme engineers microorganisms and plants to help overcome hurdles in health and sustainability.

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The research team included, back row, from left, Shih-I (Harry) Tan, Nilmani Singh, Aashutosh Boob, and front row, from left, Teresa Martin, Li-Qing Chen, and Huimin Zhao. / Julia Pollack
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Harnessing generative AI to expand the mitochondrial targeting toolkit
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The four new members are, from left: Paul Braun, Antoinette Burton, Aida El-Khadra and Jonathan Sweedler. Photos courtesy University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Four Illinois faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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From left: Graduate student Matthew Albritton, Prof. Scott E. Denmark, and postdoctoral researcher Tapas Adak.
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Researchers discover a way to reduce waste and save energy in making an industrial chemical
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Front row, Graduate Student Seth Croslow and Research Scientist Jia Dong. Back row, from left: Co-PIs Mathew Hudson, Jonathan Sweedler, Huimin Zhao and Biofoundry Manager Stephan Lane.
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CABBI Team Deploys Robotic Lab to Revolutionize Plant Bioengineering
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A research team led by food science and human nutrition professor Yong-Su Jin combined the special attributes of E. coli with the photosynthetic capabilities of microalgae to take in carbon dioxide and convert it to useful biological chemicals. Photo by Craig Pessman
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Microalgae and bacteria team up to convert CO2 into useful products
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Nilmani Singh, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor Huimin Zhao, and Yujie Yuan developed the automated platform FAST-NPS to accelerate bioactive natural product discovery. / Isaac Mitchell
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New automated method increases the efficiency of bioactive natural product discovery
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