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New grant to study fish genomics, behavior
Kathryne Metcalf.
The three-spined stickleback is a funny sort of a fish. They’re somewhat non-distinct: drabbish silver, small, and minnow-like, native to salt- and freshwater bodies throughout…
Study identifies key player in heart enlargement
Steph Adams.
The heart is a dynamic muscle that grows and shrinks in response to stressors such as exercise and disease. The secret to its malleability lies in individual cells, which get…
New 3D model predicts best planting practices for farmers
Claire Benjamin.
As farmers survey their fields this summer, several questions come to mind: How many plants germinated per acre? How does altering row spacing affect my yields? Does it make a…
Report evaluates computational genomics skills of African scientists
Emily Scott.
A new paper co-authored by Illinois and African scientists describes how an African bioinformatics network tested researchers’ ability to perform computational genomics tasks…
Stephen Long Receives Visiting Professorship at Oxford
Stephen Long, Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the departments of crop sciences and plant biology, has been appointed to the Newton Abraham Visiting Professorship in the…
Rachel Whitaker Receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today announced five new Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) awards to researchers conducting pioneering research in epigenetics, aging,…
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Supports Crops in Silico
Olivia Harris
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) has awarded Principal Investigator Amy Marshall-Colón, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology at the University of…
New Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar
Emily Scott
Since his freshman year of college, Yuhao Min has been passionate about research.
Now a rising senior at the University of Illinois, he’s getting to pursue what he loves…
World of Genomics brings IGB research to Chicago
Kathryne Metcalf
From May 18th to 20th in Chicago, over 15,000 visitors experienced the World of Genomics at the Field Museum of Natural History, a three-day event presented by the Carl R.…
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Ruby Mendenhall
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Assistant Professor of Nutrition (ONC-PM) and Ruby Mendenhall, Associate Professor in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and Regional Planning,…
Social experience tweaks genome function, behavior
Claudia Lutz
Mice have a reputation for timidity. Yet when confronted with an unfamiliar peer, a mouse may respond by rearing, chasing, grappling, and biting—and come away with altered…