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Illinois study identifies a key to soybean cyst nematode growth
Lauren Quinn
The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop’s most destructive pests, isn’t like most of its wormy relatives. Whereas the vast majority of nematodes look like the microscopic…
Brendan Harley inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows
Christine des Garennes
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Dr. Brendan Harley, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular…
Neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture
Leslie Vosshall, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, and Director of the Kavli Neural Systems Institute at The Rockefeller…
Cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic' for lung protein
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or defective in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis,…
Crops in silico 2.0: Project Extended
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Crops in silico (Cis) project has received a $5 million grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (…
Archaeologists find 200-year-old African DNA on tobacco pipe
MDOT SHA Communications
DNA found on tobacco pipe stems uncovered by archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) and Anne Arundel County from…
Fatty acids rewire cells to promote obesity-related breast cancer
Sharita Forrest
Scientists at the University of Illinois have found that free fatty acids in the blood appear to boost proliferation and growth of breast cancer cells. The finding could help…
Donovan named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Stephanie Henry
Sharon Donovan (MME), a professor of nutrition and the Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health at the University of Illinois, has been appointed to the USDA’s…
When temp drops, Siberian Miscanthus plants surpass main bioenergy variety
Claire Benjamin
Photosynthesis drives yields, but in cold conditions, this process that turns sunlight into biomass takes a hit. Miscanthus is a popular, sustainable, perennial feedstock for…