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Researchers Work to Put Stem Cells in Their Place


Hyunjoon Kong, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and member of the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering research theme,

University of Illinois Professor Elected Fellow of the Royal Society


Gutgsell Endowed Professor Stephen P. Long to be member of UK’s National Academy of Science

Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Awarded


Saurabh Sinha, Associate Professor of Computer Science and member of the Gene Networks in Neural & Developmental Plasticity research theme, has been selected for the Dean's

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.