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IGB Profile - Tina Barbasch
Shelby Lawson
Decoding decisions of parental stickleback fish
Growing up in upstate New York, Tina Barbasch spent countless hours catching salamanders and frogs in her backyard woods…
Justine Story
Ananya Sen
Every year, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology is awarded approximately $65 million in sponsored programs funding. The road to getting these awards is often long…
IGB Profile: Darci Edmonson
Ananya Sen
The annual holiday party at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology is widely considered to be a must-attend event, and for good reason. All the floors of the main IGB…
IGB Profile: Erinn Dady
Ananya Sen
Over the past few decades, the food industry has increasingly leaned on the concept of molecular gastronomy—approaching cooking from the perspective of chemistry. Erinn Dady’s…
Charles Schroeder
Amber Rose
To solve the problems of today’s society, an interdisciplinary approach to research is necessary. Charles Schroeder(BSD), a professor of materials science and engineering (…
Evaluating a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease using gene editing and fluorescent imaging
Kevin Neumann
Gene editing, brain slicing, and glowing proteins, all in the pursuit of improved treatment for a disease that has befuddled the medical community for years. Methods like this…
Exploring the interactions between archaea and their viruses in extreme environments
Kevin Neumann
Coming into the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Catherine Koterba was a pre-med student with a passion for astronomy. Three years later, she is a microbiologist…
Kenny Jops
Using mathematical models to explain plant community structures
If you have any preconceived notions of what a mathematician is supposed to sound like, perhaps based on…
Joseph Irudayaraj
Ananya Sen
Joseph Irudayaraj (CGD/EIRH) is a Founder Professor in Bioengineering. His lab uses engineering, biology, and computer science to develop smart therapeutics and to understand…