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Pollen Power camp inspires new generation of budding young scientists
Shelby Lawson
Everyone knows about space camp, but have you heard of plant camp? Pollen Power summer camp, hosted by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, offers local middle…
Donor Spotlight: Aarush M. Patel Foundation
Shelby Lawson
In 2018, Mitul Patel and his wife, Aditi Patel, got married and were looking to start a family when they first experienced issues with infertility. Over the course of two years…
New drug delivery method can reverse senescence of stem cells
Shelby Lawson
As we age, our bodies change and degenerate over time in a process called senescence. Stem cells, which have the unique ability to change into other cell types, also experience…
Ratna Karatgi
Shelby Lawson
Investigating mechanisms behind variation in color of killifish
Growing up in South India, Ratna Karatgi found herself moving between cities as her dad relocated for…
Illinois researchers, Native American tribes working together to curate, increase access to oral histories
Jodi Heckel
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are working with Native American tribes across the country to digitize oral histories and ethnographic materials…
STEAM TRAIN pulls into the station for another successful year
Shelby Lawson
An engineered bazooka designed to launch candy, a 3D-printed novel board game, an ecological experiment with fish, and a magnetically powered trebuchet. You may guess that…
Team finds reliable predictor of plant species persistence, coexistence
Diana Yates
Like many ecological scientists, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plant biology professor James O’Dwyer (CAIM) has spent much of his career searching for ways to measure…
Genomics for Faith kicks off, connecting scientists and faith members in the community
Shelby Lawson
Scientific and technological advancements, particularly in the area of genomics research, continue to penetrate nearly all areas of society. Yet most of the public do not have…
Honey bee colony aggression linked to gene regulatory networks
Shelby Lawson
Collective behaviors are present across many different animal groups: schools of fish swimming in a swirling pattern together, large flocks of birds migrating through the night…
