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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…
Remembering Carl Woese through the Undergraduate Research Scholar Program
Ananya Sen
Every summer, the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Program helps students conduct research on a full-time basis over the summer. The program is designed to inspire…
Joseph Fernandez
Ananya Sen
Joseph Fernandez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-…
Donor Spotlight: Aarush M. Patel Foundation
Shelby Lawson
In 2018, Mitul Patel and his wife, Aditi Patel, got married and were looking to start a family when they first experienced issues with infertility. Over the course of two years…
Ratna Karatgi
Shelby Lawson
Investigating mechanisms behind variation in color of killifish
Growing up in South India, Ratna Karatgi found herself moving between cities as her dad relocated for…
Lisa Surber
Shelby Lawson
Studying behavioral and morphological responses to environmental cues in poison frogs
Ask Lisa Surber her thoughts on science and the natural world and you’ll find…
Kathure Mugambi
Ananya Sen
Kathure Mugambi is a senior undergraduate student in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She is also the undergraduate assistant for the IGB Lunchbox series.
Growing up in…
