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Group develops gene circuit design strategy to advance synthetic biology
Bioengineering communications office
Over the last 17 years, scientists and engineers have developed synthetic gene circuits that can program the functionality, performance, and behavior of living cells. Analogous…
Join us for The Enduring Legacy of Sol Spiegelman
In honor of University of Illinois microbiologist Sol Spiegelman and his work with recombinant DNA technology, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology is hosting the…
Researchers awarded NSF grant to fund 3D bioprinter
Emily Scott
A team of researchers from the IGB’s Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering (RBTE) theme was awarded a NSF grant that will provide funding for a new 3D-bioprinting…
Researchers discover unique property of critical methane-producing enzyme
Emily Scott
An unexpected discovery has given scientists a greater understanding of an important methane-producing enzyme.
A team of IGB researchers published a paper in eLife that…
The time is RIPE to transform agriculture and feed the world
Claire Benjamin
University of Illinois receives grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, FFAR, and DFID to catalyze photosynthetic improvements, increase yields for farmers…
Airlines could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from new promising feedstock
Claire Benjamin
A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from researchers at the University of Illinois estimate that this aircraft could fly for 10 hours on…
Researchers use computation and genomics to battle tooth decay
Laura Schmitt
An expert in using computational and experimental techniques to combat infectious diseases, Illinois Bioengineering faculty and MMG member Paul Jensen is taking aim at one of…
Seeing Emergent Physics Behind Evolution
Jordana Cepelewicz
Quanta magazine recently interviewed Swanlund Professor of Physics and leader of IGB's Biocomplexity research theme, Nigel Goldenfeld.
The physicist Nigel Goldenfeld…
Scientists discover spring-loaded mechanism in unusual species of trap-jaw ant
Diana Yates
Researchers reveal how a group of trap-jaw ants can snap their jaws shut at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour – just fast enough to capture their elusive prey.
They…
NSF awards Illinois $3M for interdisciplinary graduate student training
Samantha Jones Toal
The National Science Foundation recently granted the University of Illinois $3 million for an interdisciplinary graduate student training program to help form new insight on…
Workshop “bridges” empirical, theoretical understandings of climate and crop yield
Claudia Lutz.
The societal stakes for assessing climate change impacts on agriculture and food supply are incredibly high. To meet this need, sophisticated computer models have been…
Combating antiviral drug resistance with dynamic therapeutics
Emily Scott
Antiviral drug resistance has long been a problem in modern society. As viruses evolve, they develop resistance to antiviral drugs, which become less effective at treating…