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Novel phage alters transcriptome of a common human gut microbe

Alisa King

The human gut is home to a dense and diverse microbial community that represents a vital component of human health, development, and disease states. Within those communities,…

Cholesterol metabolite causes immune system to attack T cells, not breast cancer

Liz Ahlberg Touchstone

In breast cancer tumors, a molecule produced when the body breaks down cholesterol hijacks the myeloid immune cells that normally arm T cells to fight cancer, a new study in…

ARPA-E awards $4.5M to develop commercial carbon credit tools

Lauren Quinn

The University of Illinois has been awarded $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) through its “Systems for…

Cell-autonomous immunity shaped human evolution

Diana Yates

Every human cell harbors its own defenses against microbial invaders, relying on strategies that date back to some of the earliest events in the history of life, researchers…

New IGB Research Theme Aims To Improve Reproductive Health

Alisa King

Environmental exposures, particularly during pregnancy, can have long-lasting and devastating health impacts and exert long-ranging effects on maternal and child health.…

Collaborative team awarded $12.5 million for new NSF Biology Integration Institute

GEMS

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a five-year, $12.5 million grant to integrate biology to a collaborative team based in the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic…

Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab

Liz Ahlberg Touchstone

As COVID-19 continues to spread, bottlenecks in supplies and laboratory personnel have led to long waiting times for results in some areas. In a new study, University of…

Illinois study tracks evolution of SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations

Lauren Quinn

Since COVID-19 began its menacing march across Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and then across the world, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has taken a “whatever works” strategy to ensure…

$20M NSF grant, new artificial intelligence institute for molecule synthesis

Alisa King

A team led by Steven L. Miller Chair professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Huimin Zhao (BSD leader/CABBI/MMG) was awarded a five-year $20 million grant from the…