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Cracking How Life Arose on Earth May Help Clarify Where Else It Might Exist
Claire Sturgeon
A unique theory about how life arose on Earth may reveal clues to whether and where else it might have arisen in the universe.
Does life exist elsewhere or is our planet…
IGB Director Gives Congressional Testimony on Value of Brain Research
Gene Robinson, Director of the IGB, served as one of five witnesses who gave testimony at the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Technology Hearing in…
Researchers Develop New Approach for Studying Deadly Brain Cancer
Human glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most common, aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, is notoriously difficult to study. Scientists have traditionally studied…
Cancer Drug Tested in Pet Dogs is Now Bound for Human Trials
Thanks to a new $2 million investment, a drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy cells is on the road to human clinical trials. The compound, known…
3D-printed Splint Saves Infant’s Life
Claire Benjamin
Half a millennium after Johannes Gutenberg printed the bible, researchers printed a 3D splint that saved the life of an infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia, a birth…
Chem/Bioengineers Use Adhesion to Combine Silicones & Organic Materials
Introductory chemistry students learn that oil and water repel each other. So do other hydrophobic substances, which carry no electric charge, and hydrophilic substances, which…
Mitochondrial DNA Ties Ancient Remains to Living Descendants
Researchers report that they have found a direct genetic link between the remains of Native Americans who lived thousands of years ago and their living descendants. The team…
IGB Faculty Members Granted Access to Top Supercomputer
Four researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) have been granted access to the Blue Waters supercomputer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, capable…
IGB Director to Chair 2014 NAKFI Conference on Social Behavior
IGB Director Gene Robinson will lead efforts to plan conference and award $1M in seed grants.
Gene Robinson, Director of the Institute for Genomic Biology, will chair…
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. Under the leadership…
IGB-BGI Summer Institute in Evolutionary Genomics
As part of an international exchange of knowledge and ideas, the Institute for Genomic Biology held the second in a series of learning and discussion workshops with BGI (…
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. Before they can forage, they must learn how to navigate a changing landscape…