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Taekjip Ha Wins Ho-Am Prize
Cellular Decision Making in Cancer Theme Leader Taekjip Ha has been awarded the 2011 Ho-Am Prize in Science by the Ho-Am Foundation in Korea. The Prize was established by Kun-…
New IGB Director Takes the Helm
Genomics of Neural and Behavioral Plascticity Theme Leader Gene E. Robinson has accepted the position of Interim Director of the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), pending…
Team Overcomes Major Obstacle to Cellulosic Biofuel Production
A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar…
Paul Hergenrother: Finding New Targets by Way of Novel Pathways
While there are thousands of drugs on the market for human diseases, they only hit in the neighborhood of 200 targets, says Paul Hergenrother, professor of chemistry and a…
Microbiomes May Hold Key to Better Understanding of Preterm Birth
Microbiomes May Hold Key to Better Understanding of Preterm Birth—A team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mayo Clinic, and the J. Craig Venter…
Bill Metcalf: Tackling Infectious Disease
New Way to Make Malaria Medicine Also First Step in Finding New Antibiotics—University of Illinois microbiology professor William Metcalf and his collaborators have developed a…
Bryan White: Breaking Down Barriers to Biofuels
Mixing and Matching Microbes for Food and Fuel—What do cows and termites have in common? “Nada, zip, zilch,” most people would say. But Bryan White, a professor of animal…
Mary Schuler: Targeting Malaria at the Molecular Level
Overcoming mosquito defense systems—Each year, millions of people fall victim to insect-borne diseases-but Mary Schuler, an affiliate in the IGB's Genomic Ecology of Global…
Rachel Whitaker: Geography influences microbe genetic diversity
Most microbiologists sequence genes in order to determine what a given gene does. Rachel Whitaker, a member of the biocomplexity theme at IGB and assistant professor of…