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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…
Cracking How Life Arose on Earth May Help Clarify Where Else It Might Exist
Claire Sturgeon
A unique theory about how life arose on Earth may reveal clues to whether and where else it might have arisen in the universe.
Does life exist elsewhere or is our planet…
IGB Director Gives Congressional Testimony on Value of Brain Research
Gene Robinson, Director of the IGB, served as one of five witnesses who gave testimony at the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Technology Hearing in…
Researchers Develop New Approach for Studying Deadly Brain Cancer
Human glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most common, aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, is notoriously difficult to study. Scientists have traditionally studied…
Cancer Drug Tested in Pet Dogs is Now Bound for Human Trials
Thanks to a new $2 million investment, a drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy cells is on the road to human clinical trials. The compound, known…
Middle School Girls Gained Real-world Science Skills at Pollen Power! Camp
Nearly 30 girls attended the Institute for Genomic Biology’s weeklong summer camp that is devoted to the science of pollen
Middle school girls learned that pollen does a…
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…