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Brian Cunningham is joined by research project members, from the left, Xiaojing Wang and Skye Shepherd, who were co-first authors on the teams’ recently published research. Team members not pictured include: Nantao Li, Congnyu Che, Tingjie Song, Yanyu Xiong, Isabella Rose Palm, Bin Zhao, Manish Kohli, Utkan Demirci, Yi Lu.

Researchers target prostate cancer with new, rapid biomarker detection method

Two IGB faculty members elected AAAS Fellows

Two IGB faculty members elected AAAS Fellows

OLLI will be partnering with different Illinois researchers for the new course. From left: Yang Zhao, Andrew Smith, Brian Cunningham, Hong Jin , and Xing Wang.

New OLLI workshop focuses on genomics

Researchers make recommendations for diversifying syllabi in higher education.

Researchers make recommendations for diversifying syllabi in higher education

Professor Ning Wang, front right, is joined by researchers, from left, Fazlur Rashid, Kshitij Amar and Parth Bhala.

Probe can measure both cell stiffness and traction, researchers report

Jessica Brinkworth’s daughter, Jordan Brinkworth-Sykes, age 10, plays the game “Stop the Pathogens!” created by U. of I. student Claire von Ebers in the evolutionary immunology class.

Teaching generations of students about outbreaks – with art

From left to right, Wilfred van der Donk, Angad Mehta, Nicholas Wu and Beth Stadtmueller will receive $9.5 million over three years through Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Emerging Pathogens Initiative.

$9.5M award to study emerging pathogens, better understand influenza-antibody interactions

Victoria Kramer is a Field and Greenhouse Technician at the RIPE High-Throughput Phenotyping Facility where she helps with the day-to-day upkeep of the plants. “I believe in getting it done and getting it done right. The researchers rely on me to accurately get the seeds into the correct vials. Their research results, and careers are based on my work.”

IGB Profile: Victoria Kramer

A new paper co-written by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign legal scholar Jacob S. Sherkow argues that the state of California’s proposal to manufacture and distribute insulin at cost could be a game-changer for curbing out-of-control price increases and a boon to public health.

CA's proposal to manufacture insulin could curb prices, improve public health

Remotely controlled miniature biological robots have many potential applications in medicine, sensing and environmental monitoring.

Microelectronics give researchers a remote control for biological robots

A team led by U. of I. postdoctoral researcher Alida de Flamingh, left, and animal sciences professor Alfred Roca developed a new, more efficient approach to obtaining DNA from wild animals without disturbing the animals or putting researchers’ lives at risk.

Team streamlines DNA collection, analysis for elephant conservation

M. capsulatus Bath is currently used commercially to make single cell proteins that are used in animal feed.

How do methanotrophs handle the toxic effects of hydrogen sulfide?

Cari Vanderpool, left, and Sabrina Abdulla uncovered how the small RNAs Spot 42 and SdsR help Salmonella express their virulence genes.

New role of small RNAs in Salmonella infections uncovered

An American Dog Tick, the most commonly found tick in North America and a vector for diseases like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Tularemia. Image owned by the Smith lab.

Researchers design educational course for Illinois practitioners to address lack of knowledge on tick-borne diseases

Illinois professor of veterinary clinical medicine Dr. Timothy Fan, left, and chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother. The U. of I. team found that the compound PAC-1 has therapeutic potential in pet dogs with spontaneously occurring cancers. The animal studies set the stage for the human clinical trials.

First test of anti-cancer agent PAC-1 in human clinical trials shows promise