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Shelby Lawson

Studying behavioral and morphological responses to environmental cues in poison frogs

Two novel effects paired for superior biomarker detection method

Jonathan King

Researchers from Brian Cunningham’s lab, in collaboration with researchers at W

Illinois researchers create 3D images of C4 plant cellular components

Allie Arp

A team from the University of Illinois has quantified the plant cell properties in two C4 species, including cell shape, chloroplast size, and

Researchers track antimicrobial resistance in E. coli isolated from swine

Ananya Sen

The spread of drug-resistant microbes has become a global health concern that threatens our ability to treat infections.

RIPE researchers model ‘link’ between improved photosynthesis and increased yield

Allie Arp

A team from the University of Illinois has modeled improving photosynthesis through enzyme modification and simulated soybean growth with realistic climate conditions, determini

Poison frog call to feed tadpole evolutionarily derived from other calls, research finds

Shelby Lawson

Many animals produce sounds to communicate with others, often for the purpose of attracting mates, or warning others of nearby predators.

Understanding the long-term impact of climate change on Indian crops

Ananya Sen

Over the past few decades, it has become obvious that climate change, and consequent extreme weather events, can wreak havoc on crop yields.

Bioethicist Françoise Baylis to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics


Françoise Baylis, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Dalhousie University, will speak as part of the IGB Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics series at 4:00 p.

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Jason Wang

Ananya Sen, Shelby Lawson

Jason Wang, a graduate student in the Kong (GNDP/M-CELS) lab, won third place in the 2022 Young Innovator program and received $5000 to advance his proposal.

Researchers design AI method to predict metabolomic profiles of microbial communities

Shelby Lawson

Human bodies contain trillions of microbes, so much that the number of microbes rival the number of human cells in a body.

AI predicts enzyme function better than leading tools

Liz Ahlberg Touchstone

A new artificial intelligence tool can predict the functions of enzymes based on their amino acid sequences, even when the enzymes are unstudied or poorly understo

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Skye Shepard

Ananya Sen, Shelby Lawson

Skye Shepherd is a graduate student in the Cunningham (CGD/MMG) group, where she develops new detection tools for proteins that can be used to identify diseases including cancer