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Team awarded $2M to develop new separation membranes inspired by biological cells
University of Massachusetts Amherst
For more than 60 years, synthetic separation membranes—manufactured barriers that selectively filter out unwanted substances in industrial, biomedical, desalination, gas…
New AI tool helps match enzymes to substrates
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
A new artificial intelligence-powered tool can help researchers determine how well an enzyme fits with a desired target, helping them find the best enzyme and substrate…
Learning the language of lasso peptides to improve peptide engineering
Katie Brady
In the hunt for new therapeutics for cancer and infectious diseases, lasso peptides prove to be a catch. Their knot-like structures afford these molecules high stability and…
Continued support builds momentum for a unique interdisciplinary training program
Claudia Lutz
The grand scale of present-day biological research has made team science a necessity. Career scientists have learned collaborative skills on the fly; last year, with support…
IGB inks new partnership with Sri Lanka
Sarah Schwartz
The IGB and the Sri Lanka Institute of Biotechnology (SLIBTEC) have taken the first steps to create a new international training program.
Professor Chrishantha Abeysena…
Epigenetic Switches Behind PFAS Cell Damage Identified
Cancer Center at Illinois
One of the biggest health concerns for consumers today is the proliferation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are commonly known as “forever chemicals”…
Durbin discusses critical bee research at University of Illinois
Clare Jennings
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today held a roundtable discussion at the University of Illinois with scientists,…
New model can accurately predict a forest’s future
Diana Yates
One of the great challenges of ecology is to understand the factors that maintain, or undermine, diversity in ecosystems, researchers write in a new report in the journal…
IGB celebrates opening of iBioFoundry, National Institute for Biofoundry Applications
Diana Yates
Scientists, government officials and participants from around the world gathered on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus for the grand opening of the National…
