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Reach out and feed someone: Automated system finds rapid honey bee networks
Claudia Lutz
“Only connect”—E. M. Forster’s pithy quotation captures an essential feature of any society, human or animal: the patterns of interactions among individuals out of which…
Two IGB faculty members selected for distinguished chairs
News Bureau
Four faculty members, including two from the IGB, have been selected for endowed chairs deemed to be among the most distinguished honors on the campus. Stephen P. Long, a…
Novel chip-based gene expression tool analyzes RNA quickly and accurately
Laura Schmitt
A University of Illinois and Mayo collaboration has demonstrated a novel gene expression analysis technique that can accurately measure levels of RNA quickly and directly from…
Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees, study finds
Diana Yates
When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide chlorothalonil over sugar syrup alone, researchers report in the journal…
Virus-bacteria coevolution solves diversity paradox by 'Killing the Winner'
Siv Schwink
There is remarkable biodiversity in all but the most extreme ecosystems on Earth. When many species are competing for the same finite resource, a theory called competitive…
Reach out and feed someone: Automated system finds rapid honey bee networks
Claudia Lutz
“Only connect”—E. M. Forster’s pithy quotation captures an essential feature of any society, human or animal: the patterns of interactions among individuals out of which…
Unsuspected flexibility offers new pathway to cancer drug development
Claudia Lutz
Illinois research uncovers cross-system signaling activity by growth factors that direct blood vessel growth and influence the progression of cancer, stroke recovery, and other…
Alumnus funds graduate students researching brain tissue cultures
Emily Scott
Scott Fisher believes learning how to solve a problem can be as valuable as solving one.
This belief is what drove him to create a fund that will support IGB research in…
Researchers establish long-sought source of ocean methane
Anne Trafton, MIT News Office, and Claudia Lutz
An abundant enzyme in marine microbes may be responsible for production of the greenhouse gas.
The following is a modified version of an article that originally appeared on MIT…