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Neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture


Leslie Vosshall, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, and Director of the Kavli Neural Systems Institute at The Rockefeller…

Cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic' for lung protein

Liz Ahlberg Touchstone

An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or defective in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis,…

Crops in silico 2.0: Project Extended

Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Crops in silico (Cis) project has received a $5 million grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (…

Archaeologists find 200-year-old African DNA on tobacco pipe

MDOT SHA Communications

DNA found on tobacco pipe stems uncovered by archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) and Anne Arundel County from…

Fatty acids rewire cells to promote obesity-related breast cancer

Sharita Forrest

Scientists at the University of Illinois have found that free fatty acids in the blood appear to boost proliferation and growth of breast cancer cells. The finding could help…

Donovan named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Stephanie Henry

Sharon Donovan (MME), a professor of nutrition and the Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health at the University of Illinois, has been appointed to the USDA’s…

When temp drops, Siberian Miscanthus plants surpass main bioenergy variety

Claire Benjamin

Photosynthesis drives yields, but in cold conditions, this process that turns sunlight into biomass takes a hit. Miscanthus is a popular, sustainable, perennial feedstock for…

Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells

Laura Schmitt

Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely dictated by growth factor molecules, which bind to receptors on the cells. For example…

Launch of new Center for Genomics in Business and Society at IGB

Emily Scott

The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) is excited to announce the launch of the Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz Center for Genomics in Business and Society, which…