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Model predicts where ticks, Lyme disease will appear next in Midwest
Diana Yates
By drawing from decades of studies, scientists created a timeline marking the arrival of black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, in hundreds of counties across 10…
Brain gene expression patterns predict behavior of individual honey bees
Diana Yates
An unusual study that involved bar coding and tracking the behavior of thousands of individual honey bees in six queenless bee hives and analyzing gene expression in their…
Light signal emitted during photosynthesis used to quickly screen crops
Claire Benjamin
An international effort called Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) aims to transform crops' ability to turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into higher yields. To…
Antifungal drug improves key cystic fibrosis biomarkers in clinical study
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
A drug widely used to treat fungal infections improved key biomarkers in lung tissue cultures as well as in the noses of patients with cystic fibrosis, a clinical study by…
Gene biomarkers indicate liver toxicity quickly and accurately
Marianne Stein
When agrochemical and pharmaceutical companies develop new products, they must test extensively for potential toxicity before obtaining regulatory approval. This testing…
Study tracks elephant tusks from 16th century shipwreck
Diana Yates
In 1533, the Bom Jesus – a Portuguese trading vessel carrying 40 tons of cargo including gold, silver, copper and more than 100 elephant tusks – sank off the coast of Africa…
Chancellor, Provost offer reflections on 1 million COVID-19 tests
Chancellor Robert Jones and Provost Andreas Cangellaris
It sometimes seems a million doesn’t command quite the same attention that it used to. It isn’t mathematically special. And in today’s society, it isn’t even unusually large.…
Initiative offers COVID-19 testing, explores virus transmission's social factors
Sharita Forrest
An interdisciplinary team of Illinois scientists is working with clinicians and community researchers to expand access to COVID-19 testing by providing pop-up testing clinics…
STEAM TRAIN: Middle Schoolers Perform Student-Driven Research
Elizabeth Innes
Every Tuesday afternoon after school, six groups of around 24 excited Franklin STEAM Academy students hang around online a bit longer to conduct independent research on topics…
Supporting new research areas through seed funds
Alisa King-Klemperer
From the beginning, Kim and Robert Benziger shared a desire to spread positivity and to give back to the community so that others would have the same opportunities. In line…
Unexpected similarity between honey bee and human social life
Alisa King-Klemperer
Bees and humans are about as different organisms as one can imagine. Yet despite their many differences, surprising similarities in the ways that they interact socially have…
Two IGB faculty members elected AAAS Fellows
Diana Yates
Six faculty members at Illinois, including two from IGB, have been elected 2020 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Evolution, ecology…