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Integration of gene regulatory networks in understanding animal behavior
Alisa King
For years, scientists have attributed animal behavior to the coordinated activities of neuronal cells and its circuits of neurons, known as the neuronal network (NN).
Donovan to direct new Personalized Nutrition Initiative
Sharon Donovan and Stephanie Henry
Sharon Donovan, professor and Melissa M.
Intimate partner violence, history of abuse worsen trauma for new moms
Diana Yates
A study assessed the interaction of new and old relationship traumas among women three to 18 months after the birth of their child – one of the most challenging periods of their
Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees
Diana Yates
Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms to try to tease out the relationship between genes and behavior.
Volunteers at Illinois produce supplies for 200,000 COVID-19 tests
Therese Pokorney and Dave Evensen
A collaborative effort at the University of Illinois to support COVID-19 testing is winding down, but not before it produced enough materials to support some 200,000 coronavirus
Engineered immune cells recognize, attack solid-tumor cancer cells
Diana Yates
A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia.
Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology
Alisa King
In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species – the “family tree” of Life.
Thank you to our VTM team
IGB Communications
The IGB has been proud to help support the efforts to make COVID-19 testing more broadly available to those in need.
Illinois study identifies a key to soybean cyst nematode growth
Lauren Quinn
The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop’s most destructive pests, isn’t like most of its wormy relatives.
Brendan Harley inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows
Christine des Garennes
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Dr.
Neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture
Leslie Vosshall, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, and Director of the Kavli Neural Systems Institute at The Rockefeller Un
Cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic' for lung protein
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or defective in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, op