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Fatty acids rewire cells to promote obesity-related breast cancer
Sharita Forrest
Scientists at the University of Illinois have found that free fatty acids in the blood appear to boost proliferation and growth of breast cancer cells. The finding could help…
Donovan named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Stephanie Henry
Sharon Donovan (MME), a professor of nutrition and the Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health at the University of Illinois, has been appointed to the USDA’s…
When temp drops, Siberian Miscanthus plants surpass main bioenergy variety
Claire Benjamin
Photosynthesis drives yields, but in cold conditions, this process that turns sunlight into biomass takes a hit. Miscanthus is a popular, sustainable, perennial feedstock for…
Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells
Laura Schmitt
Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely dictated by growth factor molecules, which bind to receptors on the cells. For example…
Launch of new Center for Genomics in Business and Society at IGB
Emily Scott
The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) is excited to announce the launch of the Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz Center for Genomics in Business and Society, which…
Bees and Beekeeping Short Course
Bees and Beekeeping Short Course at the University of Illinois - May 21st, 2022 Registration Instructions
You can register for the short course by following this link.
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In responding to predation risk, secondhand experience can be as good as new
Claudia Lutz
Throughout the living world, parents have many ways of gifting their offspring with information they will need to help them survive. A new study in Nature Ecology and Evolution…
In microbe populations, bioengineers find balance of opposing genomic forces
Claudia Lutz
Sergei Maslov, a professor of bioengineering and physics at the University of Illinois, sees a “universe in a grain of sand.” His research seeks to explore that universe by…
A new way to do metabolic engineering
Emily Scott
A novel method developed by a group of IGB researchers could change the way metabolic engineering is done.
Researchers from the IGB’s Biosystems Design theme, including…