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Researchers design educational course for Illinois practitioners to address lack of knowledge on tick-borne diseases
Shelby Lawson
Anyone who enjoys taking walks through the woods or grassy fields when the weather is warm knows that checking for ticks afterward is a must. Ticks can spread numerous diseases…
Anthony Digrado and Jessica Brinkworth to feature on Story Collider Podcast “Flora”
IGB Comms
Science storytelling organization The Story Collider develops “true, personal stories about science” as part of their mission to reveal the vibrant role that science plays in…
Cluster hires facilitate long-term institutional success
Ananya Sen
In light of long-standing inequities in STEM representation, many universities are now recognizing the value of diversity in higher education. Achieving such diversity involves…
15 Years of IGB: Highlights from IGB Institutes past and present
Shelby Lawson
Building molecules, studying symbioses between species, and exploring how life evolved
At the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, scientific questioning occurs…
Helping crime laboratories become more efficient
Dave Evensen
The Illinois Forensic Science Commission relies on U of I to debate pressing issues facing police investigators
Since March, some of the most pressing issues of forensic…
New therapeutic target identified for triple-negative breast cancer
Ananya Sen
Breast cancer is categorized into three major subtypes: hormone receptor-positive, HER2-positive, and triple-negative. Although there are targeted therapeutic approaches for…
15 Years of IGB: Accelerating biological engineering through automation and artificial intelligence
Ananya Sen
One of the biggest challenges in traditional laboratory settings is performing countless hours of error-prone lab work: handling reagents, incubating reactions or living cells…
Ultra-sensitive biosensing technique can spot individual molecules that reveal cancer
Jenny Applequist
Despite recent years’ dramatic improvements in cancer treatment, cancer remains second only to heart disease as a leading cause of death for Americans. But a new Nature…
RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for first time ever
Allie Arp
For the first time, RIPE researchers have proven that multigene bioengineering of photosynthesis increases the yield of a major food crop in field trials. After more than a…