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Six Illinois scientists rank among world's most influential
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Six researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2024 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list, with three from the IGB. The list…
Revisiting the Myriad gene patenting case a decade after decision
Katie Brady
In 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that isolated human genes were not patentable when it issued its decision for the patent case Association for…
State Farm Center Unveils Concourse Art Installation in Conjunction with IGB
Brad Swanson
State Farm Center is excited to unveil a brand-new collaborative art installation with its campus partners at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. The artwork was…
New NSF grant seeks to understand resilience to stress
Ananya Sen
Neuroscientists have always been interested in what drives an individual’s resilience to stress. While the detrimental effects of prolonged stress have been well documented,…
World of Genomics Returns to Chicago
Katie Brady
Usually, the rotunda of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago acts as a beautiful central space, teasing the museum’s different exhibits in all four directions…
Gut microbiome research sheds light on oligosaccharide breakdown, prebiotics
Jeni Bushman
The human gut is a diverse and densely populated environment filled with bacteria and other microbes in fierce competition for resources. One major colonizer in the human colon…
Tissue Engineering Based Study Investigates Important Player in Glioblastoma Cell Growth
Jonathan King
Sara Pedron Haba (RBTE) and Brendan Harley (RBTE leader/EIRH), both professors of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, are making strides in the long march to better…
IGB Profile: Jeff Chen
Katie Brady
Growing up in Vancouver, Canada, you could find Jeff Chen visiting the beach to observe fish, starfish, and algae in the tide pools. Throughout his life, Chen had a natural…
Anthropologist Jennifer Raff to give IGB-HRI Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics
HRI and IGB Communications
Jennifer Raff, PhD, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas will give the IGB-HRI Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics "Linking Life Sciences…
Genomic study identifies human, animal hair in ‘man-eater’ lions’ teeth
Diana Yates
In a new study, Field Museum researchers collaborated with scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on an in-depth analysis of hairs carefully extracted from…
NSF, international partners to invest nearly $10M in ASAP Global Center
Ananya Sen
The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom announced funding of new…
NSF to invest $5M to the Reliable and Scalable Biofoundries for Biomanufacturing and Global Bioeconomy
Ananya Sen
The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom announced funding awards in…
