Team uses MRI to image epigenetics in the brain
Diana Yates
UPDATE: The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2022 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an…
Shannon Sirk wins NIH Trailblazer Award
Bethan Owen
Professor Shannon Sirk (MME) received the NIH NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award for her ongoing work in engineering both microbes and antibodies for human therapies. This three-…
Bacterial signaling across biofilm affected by surface structure
Shelby Lawson
Similar to how cells within human tissues communicate and function together as a whole, bacteria are also able to communicate with each other through chemical signals, a…
DOE Renews CABBI Five More Years
Tony Mancuso
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed another round of funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to lead the second phase of its Bioenergy Research…
Study models the causes of insomnia in menopausal women
Ananya Sen
One of the most common symptoms that women experience during menopause is sleep disruption. Although this change is thought to be associated with depression, hot flashes, and…
James Sharp new Distinguished Senior Advisor to IGB Core Facilities
Shelby Lawson
James Sharp, one of the industry’s leading authorities in microscopy and former President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Microscopy, has accepted a role as a Distinguished Senior…
Promising new biomaterial for T cell therapy, cancer patients
Jonathan King
An Illinois research team led by scientist Hua Wang (RBTE), a professor of materials science and engineering, has developed a biomaterial for T cell immunotherapy that can…
Illinois chosen to co-lead new CZ Biohub in Chicago
News Bureau
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been chosen to co-lead the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago—a new biomedical hub—with researchers from Illinois, the University of…
Kathy Millage
Ananya Sen
Kathy Millage is an Office Administrator at the IGB.
Walking into the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology can be intimidating. If you’re a researcher, the main…
