Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture
IGB Communications
Thomas R. Cech, PhD, Nobel Laureate and Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder will give the IGB Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics "The…
Three Illinois faculty named AAAS Fellows
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Three faculty members at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, including two from IGB, have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of…
Traditional breeding falls short in boosting soybean photosynthesis
Allie Arp
A team from the University of Illinois has determined that improving a key component of soybean photosynthesis is unlikely to come from traditional breeding methods, and that…
Team finds regional, age-related trends in exposure to drug-resistant pathogen
Diana Yates
Campylobacter infections are the most common foodborne illnesses in the U.S., sickening an estimated 1.5 million people each year. A new study examined records of Campylobacter…
New automated method increases the efficiency of bioactive natural product discovery
Katie Brady
From caffeine to penicillin, natural products have become a mainstay in modern society and are used for numerous applications such as medicine and pesticides. There are tens of…
Researchers develop enhanced method for wastewater surveillance of antibiotic resistance
Katie Brady
Antibiotic resistance is a global concern that threatens our ability to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. To better monitor the emergence and spread…
Mutation increases enzyme in mouse brains linked to schizophrenia behaviors
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct…
Long/Ort step back from RIPE leadership roles they helped create
Allie Arp
After decades of impactful and prolific research, two photosynthesis trailblazers are passing the torch, Stephen Long and Donald Ort are retiring from their leadership roles…
New study sheds light on liver maturation, specialization
Jeni Bushman
Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, a state in which cells carry more than two sets of…
