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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…
3D-printed Splint Saves Infant’s Life
Claire Benjamin
Half a millennium after Johannes Gutenberg printed the bible, researchers printed a 3D splint that saved the life of an infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia, a birth…
Chem/Bioengineers Use Adhesion to Combine Silicones & Organic Materials
Introductory chemistry students learn that oil and water repel each other. So do other hydrophobic substances, which carry no electric charge, and hydrophilic substances, which…
Institute for Genomic Biology Director Gene Robinson honored with iCON Innovator Award
Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) Director Dr. Gene Robinson of the University of Illinois has been chosen to receive the iBIO® Institute’s 2013 iCON Innovator Award. The…
Mitochondrial DNA Ties Ancient Remains to Living Descendants
Researchers report that they have found a direct genetic link between the remains of Native Americans who lived thousands of years ago and their living descendants. The team…
IGB Faculty Members Granted Access to Top Supercomputer
Four researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) have been granted access to the Blue Waters supercomputer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, capable…
IGB Fellow receives Career Award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Bo Wang, IGB Fellow in the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering theme, has received a Career Award at the Scientific Interface by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Designed…
IGB Director to Chair 2014 NAKFI Conference on Social Behavior
IGB Director Gene Robinson will lead efforts to plan conference and award $1M in seed grants.
Gene Robinson, Director of the Institute for Genomic Biology, will chair…