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Cancer Center at Illinois Earns Prestigious National Cancer Institute Designation
Cancer Center at Illinois
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) announced it has been designated as a Basic Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This national recognition places CCIL…
Elephant genomes reveal a past of continental connectivity and a future of increasing isolation
Lauren Quinn
In the largest genomic study of African elephants to date, an international team of researchers analyzed 232 whole genomes from both savanna and forest elephants, collected…
Researchers collaborate to develop red blood cell tagging technology
Jonathan King
Hua Wang (RBTE) is leading a collaborative research project to develop a technology that will target and tag red blood cells in the human body. Wang, a professor of materials…
IGB Profile: Core Facilities
Claudia Lutz
A foundational step in the scientific process is observation. The more we learn about the natural world, the further scientists have to go to make novel observations—to see…
Spatial Mapping Technique Allows Researchers to Understand Tumor Architecture
Hailee Munno
Tumors contain many different types of cells organized in complex spatial patterns that can influence how the disease progresses. Because of this, it is hard to predict how a…
Scaling African biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics to achieve the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Hawwa Gabier, Fatu Badiane Markey
The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), an ambitious Pan-African initiative, in alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), is advancing large-…
Engineered yeast gives the U.S. a green edge in the critical minerals market
Lois Yoksoulian
There is a new, U.S.-based, environmentally friendly method for mining rare-earth elements used in consumer electronics, clean energy, defense and biomedical imaging. By using…
Shukla receives Pivot Research Award to advance next-generation crop engineering
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Diwakar Shukla (BSD/CAMBERS/MMG), professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a five-year, $1.75 million…
New study finds deep ocean microbes already prepared to tackle climate change
Lois Yoksoulian
Deep-sea waters are warming due to heat waves and climate change, and it could spell trouble for the oceans’ delicate chemical and biological balance. A new study, however,…
