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New grant awarded to develop better in vivo DNA-editing techniques
Ananya Sen
The National Institutes of Health have awarded a $2.2 million grant to researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. The four-year grant will be used to…
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. Brendan Harley, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular…
Five Illinois researchers rank among world’s most influential
Five faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2017 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list (previously known as the…
Nigel Goldenfeld, Stephen Long, and Jonathan Sweedler
Nigel Goldenfeld (Biocomplexity), Stephen Long (Genomic Ecology of Global Change), and Jonathan Sweedler (Mining Microbial Genomes) have been named as Center for Advanced Study…
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…
Gene Robinson
IGB Director Gene Robinson has been chosen to receive the iBIO Institute’s 2013 iCON Innovator Award. The award recognizes excellence in both teaching and scholarship of…
Institute for Genomic Biology Director Gene Robinson honored with iCON Innovator Award
Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) Director Dr. Gene Robinson of the University of Illinois has been chosen to receive the iBIO® Institute’s 2013 iCON Innovator Award. The…
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. Designed…
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
University of Illinois Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant…
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…