News Archive
‘Drug Depot’: A Novel Technology for Prevention of Post-Surgical Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence
Jonathan King
Hua Wang (RBTE), professor of materials science and engineering, published new research in Materials Today Bio demonstrating the development of a novel technology to prevent…
IGB researchers awe Congress leaders with iBioFAB
Ananya Sen
The Computing Research Association, in collaboration with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Carnegie Mellon University, hosted Members of Congress and…
Researchers enhance efficiency of CRISPR-Cas12a system using base Z
Shelby Lawson
CRISPR, (short for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats”), is a groundbreaking gene-editing tool that empowers scientists to finely manipulate DNA,…
IGB Profile - Tina Barbasch
Shelby Lawson
Decoding decisions of parental stickleback fish
Growing up in upstate New York, Tina Barbasch spent countless hours catching salamanders and frogs in her backyard woods…
Nerves prompt muscle to release factors that boost brain health
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Exercise prompts muscles to release molecular cargo that boosts brain cell function and connection, but the process is not well understood. New research from the…
Understanding the language of proteins
Stuart Robbins
Architecturally, Large Language Models are the basis for Generative AI popularized by ChatGPT from OpenAI, and similar products from Meta, Google, Microsoft, and C3.AI. …
Engineered increase in mesophyll conductance improves photosynthetic efficiency in field trial
RIPE Communications
It is possible to engineer increased mesophyll conductance in plants according to new research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Mesophyll conductance plays a…
IGB faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty members, including three from the IGB, have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and…
New photonic crystal approach can enable sensitive and affordable detection of biomarkers
Shelby Lawson
Biomarkers are small molecules of interest to researchers, because they can indicate underlying diseases, often even before symptoms even appear. However, detecting these…
