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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Underway at the IGB
The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) values equality and respect for every member of its community. Investigators, students and staff from diverse backgrounds…
Investigating the role of Brd4 in diet-induced obesity
Ananya Sen
A new study, published in JCI insight, looks at how Brd4, a regulator of the innate immune response, influences diet-induced obesity. The researchers believe that Brd4 could be…
Development of microsatellite markers for censusing of endangered rhinoceros
Alisa King-Klemperer
Today, the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is critically endangered, with fewer than 100 individuals surviving in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo…
Piecing together the LanCL puzzle
Ananya Sen
Researchers from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology in collaboration with scientists at Oxford University have published a paper in Cell reporting the…
Study maps COVID-19 health disparities in Greater Santiago
Diana Yates
People up to age 40 living in economically depressed municipalities in the Greater Santiago, Chile, metropolitan area were three times more likely to die as a result of the…
IGB member elected to National Academy of Sciences
Lois Yoksoulian
Wilfred van der Donk (MMG), the Richard E. Heckert Endowed Chair in Chemistry and director of graduate studies in chemistry at Illinois, was elected to the National Academy of…
K-12 Shield Playbook offers guidance for reopening schools
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
A new resource is available to help guide teachers and school administrators as they reopen schools amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, assembled by researchers and experts at…
In pig brain development, nature beats nurture
Lauren Quinn
Before humans can benefit from new drug therapies and nutritional additives, scientists test their safety and efficacy in animals, typically mice and rats. But, as much as they…
COVID-19 peaks reflect time-dependent social activity, not herd immunity
Ahmed Elbanna
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a new mathematical…