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Victor Jongeneel appointed to NIH PubMed Central Advisory Committee
Victor Jongeneel, director of High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio), has been appointed to the PubMed Central Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health (…
Carl R. Woese: 1928 – 2012
Carl R. Woese, who overturned one of the major dogmas of biology with the discovery of Archaea, the third domain of life, passed away following complications from pancreatic…
Stem-cell approach shows promise for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers have shown that transplanting stem cells derived from normal mouse blood vessels into the hearts of mice that model the pathology associated with Duchenne muscular…
Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop
The Institute for Genomic Biology will once again be hosting the Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop. The workshop will take place from August 4-…
Illinois to Improve Crop Yield through Photosynthesis in New Global Effort
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a five–year, $25-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the photosynthetic properties…
Team solves mystery associated with DNA repair
Every time a human or bacterial cell divides it first must copy its DNA. Specialized proteins unzip the intertwined DNA strands while others follow and build new strands, using…
Proteins that work at the end of DNA could provide cancer insight
New insights into a protein complex that regulates the very tips of chromosomes could improve methods of screening anti-cancer drugs.
Led by bioengineering professor and…
Cells power biological machines
They’re soft, biocompatible, about 7 millimeters long – and, incredibly, able to walk by themselves. Miniature “bio-bots” developed at the University of Illinois are making…
Study tracks brain gene response to territorial aggression
With a mate and a nest to protect, the male threespined stickleback is a fierce fish, chasing and biting other males until they go away.
Now researchers are mapping the…
Grant Establishes Bioinformatics Research Network in Africa
Victor Jongeneel, director of the High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio) program and affiliate of the Institute for Genomic Biology and the National Center for…
Grant Establishes a Pan-Continental Bioinformatics Network in Africa
Victor Jongeneel, director of the High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio) program at the University of Illinois, is a key participant in a grant awarded by the Human…
Study identifies prime source of ocean methane
Up to 4 percent of the methane on Earth comes from the ocean’s oxygen-rich waters, but scientists have been unable to identify the source of this potent greenhouse gas. Now…