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Painting a molecular portrait of the brain with mass spectrometry and deep learning
Samantha Jones Toal
Jonathan Sweedler (BSD/CABBI/MMG), a professor of chemistry, and Fan Lam (GNDP), a professor of bioengineering, outlined how spatial omics technologies can reveal the molecular…
Illinois project creates first insulin-producing cow
Lauren Quinn
An unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the first transgenic cow capable of producing human insulin in her milk. The advancement, led by…
Researchers identify key regulators underlying regeneration in Drosophila
Shelby Lawson
Some animals possess the remarkable ability to regenerate lost structures, exemplified by a lizard regrowing its tail. However, this regenerative process must be tightly…
New grant to study Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ananya Sen
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have recently received a three-year commitment of $250,000 for examining Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The labs of…
NIH grant to support research into connections between autism, sensory hypersensitivity
Lauren Otolski
Supported by a $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Auerbach Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology will examine how…
Concerns of genetic determinism of behavior by linking environmental influences, genetic research
Shelby Lawson
It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences in shaping behavior. Recently it has been found that genes…
Mice study suggests metabolic diseases may be driven by gut microbiome, loss of ovarian hormones
Sharita Forrest
The gut microbiome interacts with the loss of female sex hormones to exacerbate metabolic disease, including weight gain, fat in the liver and the expression of genes linked…
Despite uncertainties, cellulosic biofuels still a win for ground transportation
Lauren Quinn
Despite the fervor around electric vehicles and their potential to reduce the transportation sector’s carbon footprint, 2023 projections suggest EVs won’t edge out gas-powered…
Erinn Dady
Ananya Sen
Over the past few decades, the food industry has increasingly leaned on the concept of molecular gastronomy—approaching cooking from the perspective of chemistry. Erinn Dady’s…
Machine learning used to classify fossils of extinct pollen
Shelby Lawson
In the quest to decipher the evolutionary relationships of extinct organisms from fossils, researchers often face challenges in discerning key features from weathered fossils,…
Cape Lion was genetically diverse prior to extinction, researchers find
Shelby Lawson
Cape lions used to roam the Cape Flats grassland plains of South Africa, in what is now known as Western Cape Providence. When Europeans arrived in South Africa in the mid-…
Taher Saif elected to National Academy of Engineering
Lois Yoksoulian
Taher Saif (M-CELS/RBTE), the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, has been elected to the …
