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Students selected for the 2022 Woese Research Scholar Program

Ananya Sen

Zubin Havewala and Garrett McPheron have been selected for the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Program. They will carry out research projects over a 10-week period…

Nicholas Wu named 2022 Searle Scholar


Nicholas Wu (IGOH), an assistant professor of biochemistry, has been selected for the new class of Searle Scholars to pursue ground-breaking research in chemistry and…

CCIL Researchers Receive Grainger College of Engineering Faculty Awards

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Tandy Warnow (BCXT/IGOH) and Cecilia Leal (M-CELS), who are both scientists at the Cancer Center, have been recognized for their achievements by the Grainger College of…

No photosynthetic improvement in ictB transformants in field-grown model crop

Amanda Nguyen

It is projected that by the year 2050, the global food supply will need to increase by 50-80% to keep up with the growing population. Researchers all over the world have been…

Pedron Haba Named 2022 Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar

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Sara Pedron Haba (RBTE), a research assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering and a member of the Cancer Center at Illinois, was recently named a 2022…

Douglas Mitchell named John and Margaret Witt Professor of Chemistry

Tracy Crane

Known for ground-breaking research blending chemical and biological approaches to address antibiotic resistance, professor Douglas Mitchell (MMG) was celebrated as the John and…

New imaging, machine-learning methods can reduce crops’ need for water

Diana Yates

Scientists have developed and deployed a series of new imaging and machine-learning tools to discover attributes that contribute to water-use efficiency in crop plants during…

Bioprocess developed for converting plant materials into valuable chemicals

Sharita Forrest

A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a bioprocess using engineered yeast that completely and efficiently converted plant matter…

Exploring RNA Splicing’s Role in Liver Cancer

Jordan Goebig

When Auinash Kalsotra (CGD/GNDP), member of the Cancer Center at Illinois, Associate Professor and the William C. Rose Scholar of Biochemistry, attended college at Birla…