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Environmental contaminants alter gut microbiome, health
Diana Yates
The microbes that inhabit our bodies are influenced by what we eat, drink, breathe and absorb through our skin, and most of us are chronically exposed to natural and human-made…
Rapid Screening Method Targets Fatty Acids in Yeast
Julie Wurth
Scientists engineering valuable microbes for renewable fuels and bioproducts have developed a fast, efficient way to identify the most promising varieties.
Researchers…
New IGB Theme Develops Engineered Living Systems with Novel Functionalities
Alisa King
For years, artificial systems - such as robots and machines - have been used for industrial applications, making a tremendous impact on society. However, steady progress made…
Faculty Receive Three NSF Rapid Grants For COVID-19 Testing
Allie Arp
Three Nick Holonyak Jr., Micro and Nanotechnology Lab (HMNTL) and IGB faculty members have received NSF Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program grants, all of which aim to…
Nanostimulators boost stem cells for muscle repair
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
In regenerative medicine, an ideal treatment for patients whose muscles are damaged from lack of oxygen would be to invigorate them with an injection of their own stem cells.…
Thank you to our VTM team
IGB Communications
The IGB has been proud to help support the efforts to make COVID-19 testing more broadly available to those in need. Our recent efforts to create Viral Transport Medium (VTM)…
Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Miniature biological robots are making greater strides than ever, thanks to the spinal cord directing their steps.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers…
Virus-infected honey bees more likely to gain entrance to healthy hives
Diana Yates
Honey bees that guard hive entrances are twice as likely to allow in trespassers from other hives if the intruders are infected with the Israeli acute paralysis virus, a deadly…
Lisa Ainsworth of USDA-ARS elected to NAS
Claire Benjamin
Lisa Ainsworth (CABBI/GEGC), a research plant physiologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and adjunct professor of plant biology and crop sciences at the…