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Remembering Professor Gabriel Popescu
Gabriel Popescu (M-CELS), the William L.
Remembering Carl Woese
Professor of microbiology and a founding member of the University’s Institute for Genomic Biology, Carl Woese was a giant among scientists.
Carl R. Woese Remembrances
Carl R.
Rachel Whitaker: Geography influences microbe genetic diversity
Most microbiologists sequence genes in order to determine what a given gene does.
Lisa Stubbs: Exploring What Makes Us Different
Lisa Stubbs, who joined the University of Illinois in March 2008, adds a key new dimension to IGB: an expertise in mouse genetics.
Bryan Endres: The Legal Implications of Biofuels, Other Crops
Bryan Endres’s exploration of the legal issues surrounding biofuels and genetically modified plants is tightly integrated with the efforts of IGB scientists to unlock the key…
Paul Kenis: Engineering Tools to Enable Biological Studies
Many members of the scientific community who know of Paul Kenis’ work in, among other things, microfuel cells, might be surprised to find him affiliated with the Regenerative…
Hyun Joon Kong: Revascularization in Service of Tissue Regeneration
Civil engineering is not the most traditional route to tissue regeneration research, but that is how chemical and biomolecular engineering professor and IGB researcher Hyun…
Doug Mitchell: Removing Bacteria From Between Rock and Hard Place
As bacteria develop resistance to traditional antibiotics and researchers worldwide seek new ones, Doug Mitchell has explored in directions few others have.
Ping Ma: Letting the Data Speak
Cell biology experiments that used to take months now take one day, the number of labs doing bench science has exploded, as have the number of research techniques available and…
Andrew Leakey: Harnessing the Power of Photosynthesis
When school children learn multiplication tables and grammar - before they move on to calculus and physics - they also learn about photosynthesis.