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New laboratory system allows researchers to probe secret lives of queen bees

Claudia Lutz

More than a decade after the identification of colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon marked by widespread loss of honey bee colonies, scientists are still working to untangle…

The distance of microbial competitions shapes their community structures

Emily Scott

Inside the microbial communities that populate our world, microbes are fighting for their lives.

Nine Illinois researchers rank among world’s most influential

Lois Yoksoulian

Nine faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2018 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list, including four from the…

Two IGB faculty elected AAAS Fellows

Diana Yates

Four Illinois professors have been elected 2018 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, including two from the IGB.

RIPE project receives additional $13 million

Claire Benjamin

This week, families across the U.S. will gather around Thanksgiving tables in a traditional celebration of the season’s bounty.

Jumping genes shed light on how advanced life may have emerged

Emily Scott

A previously unappreciated interaction in the genome turns out to have possibly been one of the driving forces in the emergence of advanced life, billions of years ago.

Illinois team wins bronze at 2018 iGEM competition

Emily Scott

The Illinois iGEM team won a bronze medal at the 2018 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for their work

Scientists debunk potential link to crop cold tolerance

Claire Benjamin

When temperatures drop, the enzyme Rubisco that fuels plant growth and yield gets sluggish.

Global Effort to Sequence All Complex Life on Earth Launches


The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a global effort to sequence the genetic code, or genomes, of all 1.5 million known animal, plant

May Berenbaum Named PNAS Editor-in-Chief

Diana Yates

University of Illinois entomology professor and department head May Berenbaum, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and longtime editorial contributor to the…

Novel quantum dots enhance cell imaging

Laura Schmitt

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells…

Illinois study provides whole-system view of plant cold stress

Lauren Quinn

When temperatures drop, plants can’t bundle up. Stuck outside, exposed, plants instead undergo a series of biochemical changes that protect cells from damage.