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3D-printed Splint Saves Infant’s Life
Claire Benjamin
Half a millennium after Johannes Gutenberg printed the bible, researchers printed a 3D splint that saved the life of an infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia, a birth de
Chem/Bioengineers Use Adhesion to Combine Silicones & Organic Materials
Introductory chemistry students learn that oil and water repel each other.
Mitochondrial DNA Ties Ancient Remains to Living Descendants
Researchers report that they have found a direct genetic link between the remains of Native Americans who lived thousands of years ago and their living descendants.
IGB Faculty Members Granted Access to Top Supercomputer
Four researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) have been granted access to the Blue Waters supercomputer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, capable
IGB Director to Chair 2014 NAKFI Conference on Social Behavior
IGB Director Gene Robinson will lead efforts to plan conference and award $1M in seed grants.
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust Funds New Research Focus at IGB
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has awarded a $2 million grant to the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Team finds gene that helps honey bees find flowers
Honey bees don’t start out knowing how to find flowers or even how to get around outside the hive.
Cradle turns smartphone into handheld biosensor
Researchers and physicians in the field could soon run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, medical diagnostics, food safety and more with their smartphones.
Illinois Biophysicists Measure Mechanism that Determines Fate of Living Cells
Cells in the human body do not function in isolation.
Enzyme Function Initiative Publishes Seminal Paper in PNAS
The Enzyme Function Initiative (EFI), one of the largest collaborative projects hosted at the IGB, has published a seminal paper in PNAS entitled "Prediction of function for the
