CABBI Team Deploys Robotic Lab to Revolutionize Plant Bioengineering
Julie Wurth
As the global population grows, the demand for food and energy is increasing even as extreme weather events make crops more vulnerable to stress. While traditional breeding…
Genomics for Faith explores the theory of evolution
Katie Brady
The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology recently hosted its sixth installment of the Genomics for Faith series. During the workshop, scientists and faith leaders…
Lawson brings renowned plant science expertise to Illinois
Maria Raza
Growing up on an arable and livestock farm in Northumberland, the northernmost county in England, Tracy Lawson's (CABBI/PFS) childhood experience sparked a lifelong fascination…
Bioengineers Create Revolutionary New Nanocrystals
Ben Libman
From medical imaging to solar panels, many technologies of the future rely on nanocrystals. Nanocrystals are tiny particles of material, often only a few nanometers (one…
Drug-delivering aptamers target leukemia stem cells for one-two knockout punch
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer relapses, researchers at the University…
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan Leads New ‘Voices of Cancer’ Project
Cancer Center at Illinois
Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer and Associate Professor of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan (CGD/EIRH/GSP) will lead a new “Voices of…
Exploring the Gut’s Potential to Treat Disease
Ben Libman
Our microbiome is critical to our overall health. Scientists have only recently begun to understand the depths to which our overall wellbeing can be affected by the…
Brendan Harley elected to Board of Directors of AIMBE
Kristina Shidlauski
Brendan Harley, Robert W. Schaefer Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (RBTE Theme Leader/EIRH) has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American…
Microalgae and bacteria team up to convert CO2 into useful products
Diana Yates
Scientists have spent decades genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products. Most methods…
