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Researchers Work to Put Stem Cells in Their Place
Hyunjoon Kong, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and member of the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering research theme,
G. William Arends Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology
William Metcalf, Professor of Microbiology, leader of the Mining Microbial Genomes research theme and member of the EBI, was recently selected by the University of Illinois as t
Digging Down Below the Tree of Life
Originally published at www.astrobio.net
Study: Odd biochemistry yields lethal bacterial protein
While working out the structure of a cell-killing protein produced by some strains of the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis, researchers stumbled on a bit of unusual bioc
New Supercomputer to Aid Genomics Research
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has gifted the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) a highly parallel shared memory supercomputer named Ember.
Victor Jongeneel
Victor Jongeneel, HPCBio Director, has been appointed to the PubMed Central Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
First BGI-IGB Workshop Takes Place in Shenzen, China
As part of an international exchange of knowledge and ideas, the Institute for Genomic Biology and BGI (formerly known as the Beijing Genomics Institute) are engaging in a serie
Victor Jongeneel appointed to NIH PubMed Central Advisory Committee
Victor Jongeneel, director of High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio), has been appointed to the PubMed Central Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health (N
Stem-cell approach shows promise for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers have shown that transplanting stem cells derived from normal mouse blood vessels into the hearts of mice that model the pathology associated with Duchenne muscular d
Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop
The Institute for Genomic Biology will once again be hosting the Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop.
Illinois to Improve Crop Yield through Photosynthesis in New Global Effort
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a five–year, $25-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the photosynthetic properties