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15 Years of IGB: Welcoming increased representation through DEI efforts
Ananya Sen
Scientific pursuits often require examining a problem from different angles in order to gain a complete understanding.
Students selected for the 2022 Woese Research Scholar Program
Ananya Sen
Zubin Havewala and Garrett McPheron have been selected for the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Program.
Winners of the IGB DEI Awards announced
Ananya Sen
For the inaugural DEI Award, two projects have been selected for funding by the Committee on Diversity at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.
Hee-Sun Han receives Amy L. Devine Award for commitment to student learning
Tracy Crane
Hee-Sun Han (GNDP/IGOH), a Mark A. Pytosh Scholar and an assistant professor of chemistry, has received the Amy L.
Nicholas Wu named 2022 Searle Scholar
Nicholas Wu (IGOH), an assistant professor of biochemistry, has been selected for the new class of Searle Scholars to pursue ground-breaking research in chemistry and biomedical
CCIL Researchers Receive Grainger College of Engineering Faculty Awards
CCIL
Tandy Warnow (BCXT/IGOH) and Cecilia Leal (M-CELS), who are both scientists at the Cancer Center, have been recognized for their achievements by the Grainger College of Engineer
No photosynthetic improvement in ictB transformants in field-grown model crop
Amanda Nguyen
It is projected that by the year 2050, the global food supply will need to increase by 50-80% to keep up with the growing population.
Pedron Haba Named 2022 Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar
CCIL
Sara Pedron Haba (RBTE), a research assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering and a member of the Cancer Center at Illinois, was recently named a 2022 awardee
Douglas Mitchell named John and Margaret Witt Professor of Chemistry
Tracy Crane
Known for ground-breaking research blending chemical and biological approaches to address antibiotic resistance, professor Douglas Mitchell (MMG) was celebrated as the John and
STEAM TRAIN 2022 adventure completed
Ananya Sen
When one imagines what 6th-8th grade students might be interested in, these projects may not immediately come to mind: studying metabolism in the Minecraft universe, investigati
NIH BRAIN Initiative supporting development of a probe to monitor brain chemistry
Jenny Applequist
The human brain remains mysterious, and any progress towards solving that mystery may bring enormous benefits.
CABBI Team Develops Automated Platform for Plasmid Production
April Wendling
Plasmids have extensive use in basic and applied biology. These small, circular DNA molecules are used by scientists to introduce new genes into a target organism.