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Study investigates the effects of DiNP on the colon

Ananya Sen

Phthalates are commonly used to make products—including artificial leather, footwear, plastic food packaging, and personal care products—more flexible or stable. In particular…

Young Innovator Program Inventor Spotlight: Victoria Kriuchkovskaia

Ananya Sen

Victoria Kriuchkovskaia is a graduate student in the Harley lab at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. In the inaugural Young Innovator Program in…

Team Developing Cancer Drug Delivery Method with Bioengineered Microbes

CCIL Communications Team

An Illinois research team is developing a method of producing and delivering monoclonal antibody treatments for breast cancer through commensal microbes in the gut. If…

Decoding the molecular clock that controls neurogenesis in the visual center of Drosophila

Ananya Sen

The nervous system is made up of diverse cells that arise from progenitors in a specific time-dependent pattern. In a new study, published in Nature Communications, researchers…

Young Innovator Program Inventor Spotlight: Vasiliki Kolliopoulos

Ananya Sen

Vasiliki Kolliopoulos is a graduate student in the Harley lab at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. In the inaugural Young Innovator Program in…

Illinois General Assembly Recognizes IGB for 15 Years of Scientific Contribution


The Illinois General Assembly officially recognized the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) for celebrating fifteen years of genomic research addressing major…

Treatment of liver metastases in breast cancer patients improved by low-carb diets

CCIL Communications Team

A new study by Zeynep Madak-Erdogan (CGD/EIRH/GSP) Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Cancer Center at Illinois Education Program Leader, and her…

Applications open for Kleinmuntz Center Young Innovator Program

Ananya Sen

The Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz Center for Genomics in Business and Society and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology are excited to offer the Young…

15 Years of IGB: The RIPE Project

Ananya Sen

In honor of the IGB's anniversary, we're revisiting some of the history of our institute over the past 15 years with a series of articles highlighting IGB people, projects, and…

Young Innovator Program Inventor Spotlight: Aleczandria Tiffany

Ananya Sen

Aleczandria Tiffany is a graduate student in the Harley lab at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. In the inaugural Young Innovator Program in 2021…

New tests and treatments developed in mice for pulmonary fibrosis

Lauren Quinn

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mie University in Japan have developed monoclonal antibodies that prevent lung cell death in mouse models for…

Team identifies compound with potent antiseizure effects

Diana Yates

Researchers studying epileptic seizures of the temporal lobe – the most common type of epilepsy – discovered a compound that reduces seizures in the hippocampus, a brain region…