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Long receives honorary doctorate from University of Essex
Allie Arp
“I have been lucky enough to receive a few awards throughout my career, but none is more special to me than this.”
The founding plant scientist at the University of…
Shannon Sirk wins NIH Trailblazer Award
Bethan Owen
Professor Shannon Sirk (MME) received the NIH NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award for her ongoing work in engineering both microbes and antibodies for human therapies. This three-…
DOE Renews CABBI Five More Years
Tony Mancuso
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed another round of funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to lead the second phase of its Bioenergy Research…
Illinois General Assembly recognizes IGB’s 15th anniversary
Ananya Sen
On February 25th 2022, the Illinois General Assembly adopted House Resolution 0690, commending the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology on its 15th year of societal,…
Students selected for the 2022 Tracy Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Ananya Sen
Two undergraduate students have been selected for a 10-week summer research program to carry out research at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. Karan Samat and…
Madhu Khanna Named Director of iSEE
Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics Madhu Khanna (CABBI) has been named the Alvin H. Baum Family Chair and Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy,…
Huimin Zhao receives 2022 AIChE Award
Claire Benjamin
Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Huimin Zhao (BSD/GSE/CABBI/MMG/CGD) has received the 2022 Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division Award in Chemical…
Hee-Sun Han receives Amy L. Devine Award for commitment to student learning
Tracy Crane
Hee-Sun Han (GNDP/IGOH), a Mark A. Pytosh Scholar and an assistant professor of chemistry, has received the Amy L. Devine Award for her willingness to "go above and beyond" to…
CCIL Researchers Receive Grainger College of Engineering Faculty Awards
CCIL
Tandy Warnow (BCXT/IGOH) and Cecilia Leal (M-CELS), who are both scientists at the Cancer Center, have been recognized for their achievements by the Grainger College of…
Pedron Haba Named 2022 Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar
CCIL
Sara Pedron Haba (RBTE), a research assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering and a member of the Cancer Center at Illinois, was recently named a 2022…
10 IGB members receive Presidential Medallion
U of I System
University of Illinois President Tim Killeen on Monday honored 28 key leaders of the system’s COVID-19 response with the Presidential Medallion, including 10 from the IGB. The…
$2.4M NIH grant will develop biomaterials to repair skulls, promote regeneration
Claire Benjamin
A new research project led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign aims to develop biomaterials that are strong, malleable, and support stem cell growth to transform…