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Bo Wang (Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering) received a Career Award at the Scientific Interface by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, designed to support those seeking to…

Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust Funds New Research Focus at IGB


The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has awarded a $2 million grant to the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Team finds gene that helps honey bees find flowers


Honey bees don’t start out knowing how to find flowers or even how to get around outside the hive.

Cradle turns smartphone into handheld biosensor


Researchers and physicians in the field could soon run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, medical diagnostics, food safety and more with their smartphones.

Illinois Biophysicists Measure Mechanism that Determines Fate of Living Cells


Cells in the human body do not function in isolation.

Enzyme Function Initiative Publishes Seminal Paper in PNAS


The Enzyme Function Initiative (EFI), one of the largest collaborative projects hosted at the IGB, has published a seminal paper in PNAS entitled "Prediction of function for…

Researchers Work to Put Stem Cells in Their Place


Hyunjoon Kong, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and member of the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering research theme,

University of Illinois Professor Elected Fellow of the Royal Society


Gutgsell Endowed Professor Stephen P. Long to be member of UK’s National Academy of Science

Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Awarded


Saurabh Sinha, Associate Professor of Computer Science and member of the Gene Networks in Neural & Developmental Plasticity research theme, has been selected for the Dean's…

G. William Arends Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology


William Metcalf, Professor of Microbiology, leader of the Mining Microbial Genomes research theme and member of the EBI, was recently selected by the University of Illinois as…