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Illinois Team Tracks COVID ‘Spike’ Protein for 2020 iGEM Competition
Julie Wurth
UPDATE: The Illinois team’s “Viralizer” web tool brought home a silver medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) 2020…
Integration of gene regulatory networks in understanding animal behavior
Alisa King
For years, scientists have attributed animal behavior to the coordinated activities of neuronal cells and its circuits of neurons, known as the neuronal network (NN). However,…
Donovan to direct new Personalized Nutrition Initiative
Sharon Donovan and Stephanie Henry
Sharon Donovan, professor and Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health at University of Illinois, will assume the role of director of the newly established…
Intimate partner violence, history of abuse worsen trauma for new moms
Diana Yates
A study assessed the interaction of new and old relationship traumas among women three to 18 months after the birth of their child – one of the most challenging periods of…
Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees
Diana Yates
Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms to try to tease out the relationship between genes and behavior. A new study of Africanized honey bees reveals,…
Volunteers at Illinois produce supplies for 200,000 COVID-19 tests
Therese Pokorney and Dave Evensen
A collaborative effort at the University of Illinois to support COVID-19 testing is winding down, but not before it produced enough materials to support some 200,000…
Engineered immune cells recognize, attack solid-tumor cancer cells
Diana Yates
A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. It modifies a patient’s own T-cells by adding a piece…
Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology
Alisa King
In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species – the “family tree” of Life. Phylogenetic trees not only describe the evolution…
Thank you to our VTM team
IGB Communications
The IGB has been proud to help support the efforts to make COVID-19 testing more broadly available to those in need. Our recent efforts to create Viral Transport Medium (VTM)…