News Archive
G. William Arends Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology
William Metcalf, Professor of Microbiology, leader of the Mining Microbial Genomes research theme and member of the EBI, was recently selected by the University of Illinois as t
Bruce Fouke
Bruce Fouke (Biocomplexity, Energy Biosciences Institute) received the 2013 Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the 2013 LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in
Student Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
Graduate student Brandon Burkhart, chemical biology, who is a member of Professor Doug Mitchell's lab was recently awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Scien
Digging Down Below the Tree of Life
Originally published at www.astrobio.net
Study: Odd biochemistry yields lethal bacterial protein
While working out the structure of a cell-killing protein produced by some strains of the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis, researchers stumbled on a bit of unusual bioc
New Supercomputer to Aid Genomics Research
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has gifted the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) a highly parallel shared memory supercomputer named Ember.
Gene Robinson
Gene Robinson, IGB Director, has been elected by the Animal Behavior Society as the 2013 Distinguished Animal Behaviorist.
Remembering Carl Woese
Professor of microbiology and a founding member of the University’s Institute for Genomic Biology, Carl Woese was a giant among scientists.
Victor Jongeneel
Victor Jongeneel, HPCBio Director, has been appointed to the PubMed Central Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
First BGI-IGB Workshop Takes Place in Shenzen, China
As part of an international exchange of knowledge and ideas, the Institute for Genomic Biology and BGI (formerly known as the Beijing Genomics Institute) are engaging in a serie
Victor Jongeneel appointed to NIH PubMed Central Advisory Committee
Victor Jongeneel, director of High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio), has been appointed to the PubMed Central Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health (N