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New laboratory system allows researchers to probe secret lives of queen bees
Claudia Lutz
More than a decade after the identification of colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon marked by widespread loss of honey bee colonies, scientists are still working to untangle…
The distance of microbial competitions shapes their community structures
Emily Scott
Inside the microbial communities that populate our world, microbes are fighting for their lives.
These tiny organisms are in the soil, in the oceans, and in the human…
Nine Illinois researchers rank among world’s most influential
Lois Yoksoulian
Nine faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2018 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list, including four from the…
Two IGB faculty elected AAAS Fellows
Diana Yates
Four Illinois professors have been elected 2018 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, including two from the IGB.
Plant biology professors…
RIPE project receives additional $13 million
Claire Benjamin
This week, families across the U.S. will gather around Thanksgiving tables in a traditional celebration of the season’s bounty. By improving how key crops transform sunlight…
Jumping genes shed light on how advanced life may have emerged
Emily Scott
A previously unappreciated interaction in the genome turns out to have possibly been one of the driving forces in the emergence of advanced life, billions of years ago.
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Illinois team wins bronze at 2018 iGEM competition
Emily Scott
The Illinois iGEM team won a bronze medal at the 2018 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for their work on the relationship between lactic acid…
Scientists debunk potential link to crop cold tolerance
Claire Benjamin
When temperatures drop, the enzyme Rubisco that fuels plant growth and yield gets sluggish. Many crops compensate by producing more Rubisco; however, scientists speculated that…
Global Effort to Sequence All Complex Life on Earth Launches
The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a global effort to sequence the genetic code, or genomes, of all 1.5 million known animal, plant, protozoan and fungal species on Earth,…
May Berenbaum Named PNAS Editor-in-Chief
Diana Yates
University of Illinois entomology professor and department head May Berenbaum, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and longtime editorial contributor to the…
Novel quantum dots enhance cell imaging
Laura Schmitt
A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells…
Illinois study provides whole-system view of plant cold stress
Lauren Quinn
When temperatures drop, plants can’t bundle up. Stuck outside, exposed, plants instead undergo a series of biochemical changes that protect cells from damage. Scientists have…