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Bioethicist Françoise Baylis to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics


Françoise Baylis, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Dalhousie University, will speak as part of the IGB Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics series at 4:00 p…

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Jason Wang

Ananya Sen, Shelby Lawson

Jason Wang, a graduate student in the Kong (GNDP/M-CELS) lab, won third place in the 2022 Young Innovator program and received $5000 to advance his proposal. He will develop a…

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Skye Shepard

Ananya Sen, Shelby Lawson

Skye Shepherd is a graduate student in the Cunningham (CGD/MMG) group, where she develops new detection tools for proteins that can be used to identify diseases including…

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Alejandra Zeballos

Ananya Sen, Shelby Lawson

Alejandra Zeballos works on creating new therapies for neurological disorders. She is developing a platform that will select virus-based vectors that can deliver DNA-based…

Kathy Millage

Ananya Sen

Kathy Millage is an Office Administrator at the IGB.

Walking into the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology can be intimidating. If you’re a researcher, the main…

Erik Nelson: A milestone in my career

Christine des Garennes

Several days following the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of a new cancer drug, Erik Nelson (ACPP) was still processing the news.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet that…

Colby Behrens

Shelby Lawson

It would be challenging to find someone who became interested in animal behavior at a younger age than Colby Behrens, a current PhD candidate in the Evolution, Ecology, and…

IGB Profile: Victoria Kramer

Ananya Sen

If you walked into the RIPE HTPF, located on the southern part of the Illinois campus, the first thing you would notice is the never-ending rows of plants. At any given time,…

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. Best known for his discovery of…