[ ] Oil- and metal-munching microbes dominate deep sandstone formations Halomonas are a hardy breed of bacteria. They can withstand heat, high salinity, low oxygen, utter darkness and…
[ ] Assistant Professor of Plant Biology Carl Bernacchi has been selected as a 2014-2015 Helen Corley Petit Scholar, an endowment which funds development of the scholarship and…
[ ] Carl Bernacchi Selected as a 2014-2015 Helen Corley Petit Scholar Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and IGB faculty member Carl Bernacchi has been selected as a 2014-2015 Helen…
[ ] New Method of DNA Editing Allows Synthetic Biologists to Unlock Secrets of a Bacterial Genome A group of Illinois researchers, led by Centennial Chair Professor of the Department…
[ ] Brendan Harley has been selected to receive the 2014 Young Investigator Award of the Society for Biomaterials. This award is given to recognize an individual within ten…
[ ] May Berenbaum to serve on NSF advisory committee This October, Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise nominated May Berenbaum, professor and head of the Department of Entomology, to the…
[ ] Illinois Initiative Creates Futuristic Facility Through the CompGen initiative, the University’s Institute for Genomic Biology and the Coordinated Science Laboratory in the…
[ ] Brian Cunningham was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America “for the invention, development, and commercialization of biosensors and detection instrumentation based…
[ ] Charles Schroeder (Biosystems Design) was named a Center for Advanced Study 2014-15 Fellow, pending BOT approval in January.
[ ] Ancient, modern DNA tell story of first humans in the Americas University of Illinois anthropology professor Ripan Malhi looks to DNA to tell the story of how ancient humans first…
[ ] C. Victor Jongeneel C. Victor Jongeneel is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Director of Bioinformatics at the Institute…
[ ] IGB Member Chosen for Top Paper at Regulatory and Systems Genomics Conference Saurabh Sinha, Associate Professor of Computer Science, and colleagues chosen for Top Ten Paper Award…
[ ] Abigail Salyers: 1942 - 2013 During her 40-year career, Abigail Salyers revolutionized how we think about the bacteria that live in the human intestinal tract, helped design…
[ ] Slow and steady: A drug delivery implant that folds – and paces – itself Researchers who seek to improve drug delivery systems encounter a principle that evokes the fabled race…
[ ] Researchers Unmask Centuries-old Elephant Imposter Through state-of-the-art ancient DNA and protein research and an exhaustive investigation of historical literature, researchers…
[ ] New York Times Science Journalist Speaks on Health and Science Gina Kolata, Science Journalist for The New York Times, will present a special seminar on Friday, November 15, 3:…
[ ] Energy farm tour reveals bioenergy crops’ sustainability On a crisp fall day, students, faculty and staff learned about ongoing research projects at the Energy Biosciences…
[ ] Jonathan Sweedler (Mining Microbial Genomes) has won the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry, recognizing "outstanding contributions to the science of analytical chemistry" for his…
[ ] Top University members and IGB leadership gathered for the first meeting of the IGB External Advisory Board On Friday, October 25, 2013 top University of Illinois members…
[ ] CompGen: Using High-Performance Computing to Unlock the Mysteries of Genetics When scientists first mapped the human genome in 2000, the promise of personalized medicine went from…