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Illinois to Improve Crop Yield through Photosynthesis in New Global Effort


The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a five–year, $25-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the photosynthetic properties…

Team solves mystery associated with DNA repair


Every time a human or bacterial cell divides it first must copy its DNA. Specialized proteins unzip the intertwined DNA strands while others follow and build new strands, using…

Proteins that work at the end of DNA could provide cancer insight


New insights into a protein complex that regulates the very tips of chromosomes could improve methods of screening anti-cancer drugs.

Led by bioengineering professor and…

Cells power biological machines


They’re soft, biocompatible, about 7 millimeters long – and, incredibly, able to walk by themselves. Miniature “bio-bots” developed at the University of Illinois are making…

Study tracks brain gene response to territorial aggression


With a mate and a nest to protect, the male threespined stickleback is a fierce fish, chasing and biting other males until they go away.

Now researchers are mapping the…

Grant Establishes Bioinformatics Research Network in Africa


Victor Jongeneel, director of the High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio) program and affiliate of the Institute for Genomic Biology and the National Center for…

Grant Establishes a Pan-Continental Bioinformatics Network in Africa


Victor Jongeneel, director of the High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio) program at the University of Illinois, is a key participant in a grant awarded by the Human…

Study identifies prime source of ocean methane


Up to 4 percent of the methane on Earth comes from the ocean’s oxygen-rich waters, but scientists have been unable to identify the source of this potent greenhouse gas. Now…

Illinois chemist named top young innovator


Chemistry professor and IGB affiliate Ryan C. Bailey has been chosen as one of the world’s top young innovators by Technology Review, the world’s oldest technology magazine.…