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Three IGB faculty named Illinois Center for Advanced Study Professors


IGB faculty members Nigel Goldenfeld, Stephen Long, and Jonathan Sweedler were among nine Illinois faculty who have been named as the Center for Advanced Study’s most recently e

Gene Robinson


IGB Director Gene Robinson has been chosen to receive the iBIO Institute’s 2013 iCON Innovator Award.

Institute for Genomic Biology Director Gene Robinson honored with iCON Innovator Award


Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) Director Dr.

IGB Fellow receives Career Award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund


Bo Wang, IGB Fellow in the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering theme, has received a Career Award at the Scientific Interface by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Bo Wang


Bo Wang (Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering) received a Career Award at the Scientific Interface by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, designed to support those seeking to

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

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

Gene Robinson


Gene Robinson, IGB Director, has been elected by the Animal Behavior Society as the 2013 Distinguished Animal Behaviorist.

Gene Robinson elected to NIMH Council


IGB Director Gene Robinson has been elected to the National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Stephen Long


Stephen Long has received the Marsh Award for Climate Change Research by the British Ecological Society, an annual award recognizing outstanding contributions to climate change