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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Biosystems Design theme engineers microorganisms and plants to help overcome hurdles in health and sustainability.

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As part of the Tansley Review, the trio discuss their own research in increasing Rubisco in sorghum, as shown in these 2023 field trials. The authors believe improving rubisco could be part of short-term, and long-term efforts to meet the growing global food demand. Credit: Coralie Salesse-Smith
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Rubisco's role in global food security
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Sabrina Abdulla is a microbiologist working in education and outreach. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking, and doing aerial sports.
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IGB Profile: Sabrina Abdulla
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Highly cited researchers this year at Illinois are, clockwise from top left: Ed Deiner, Brent Roberts, Atul Jain, Axel Hoffmann, Stephen Long and Kaiyu Guan. Photos by L. Brian Stauffer and Fred Zwicky
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Six Illinois scientists rank among world's most influential
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NSF to invest nearly $10M in ASAP Global Center
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NSF, international partners to invest nearly $10M in ASAP Global Center
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NSF to invest $5M to the Reliable and Scalable Biofoundries for Biomanufacturing and Global Bioeconomy
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NSF to invest $5M to the Reliable and Scalable Biofoundries for Biomanufacturing and Global Bioeconomy
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Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Huimin Zhao will lead a National Science Foundation iBioFoundry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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NSF funds new iBioFoundry at Illinois
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