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Visiting Research Specialist School of Integrative Biology and Department of Animal Biology JOB OPENING
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Assistant OR Associate Professor in Integrative Insect Biology, School of Integrative Biology and Department of Entomology JOB OPENING
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Research Programmer School of Integrative Biology/School of Molecular and Cellular Biology JOB OPENING
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SIB major, Muhammed Fazeel, is one of five finalists five finalists for the Lemelson-MIT $30,000 Illinois Student Prize for innovation
--Muhammed is working on an innovation called “In Case of Emergency” or I.C.E. This is a device that can call emergency services in case of major cardiac events that is affordable and non-invasive. He is also working on another project called Tabule, an instructor-student communication tool that is simple, efficient and ready to use on any smartphone or laptop. Tabule is currently in its beta-testing phase. Visit Muhammed's website for more information: http://www.wix.com/muhammedfuzail/1#!
The winner of the prize will be announced and awarded the prize at a ceremony scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on March 7, 2012 in the auditorium of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA; 1205 W. Clark, Urbana), on the University of Illinois campus. The awards ceremony is open to the public, and will be immediately followed by a reception for all attendees. We’re rooting for you, Muhammed!
SIB and the Institute for Genomic Biology receive major NSF training grant
--The National Science Foundation has awarded the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and the School of Integrative Biology a $3.2 million training grant. NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) is a highly regarded grant program that was founded in 1998 and has, thus far, provided interdisciplinary research training to approximately 5,000 graduate students. More......
May Berenbaum Receives Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
--May Berenbaum, Entomology Professor and Head has been chosen to receive the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is the premier award for environmental science, environmental health and energy conferring great benefit upon mankind. More......
Lisa Ainsworth Named 2011-2012 I. C. Gunsalus Scholar
--Lisa Ainsworth, Assistant Professor is Plant Biology, has been selected by LAS to serve as the 2011-2012 I. C. Gunsalus Scholar. Professor Gunsalus provided an endowment for the development of the scholarship and teaching of young faculty members in the physical and life sciences. Based on her extraordinary record, Dean Watkins on behalf of the LAS executive committee has bestowed this prestigious award on Lisa.
Art DeVries Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
--Art DeVries has been chosen by the Organizing Committee of the International Ice Binding Protein Conference to receive the first Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding and sustained contributions to research on ice-binding proteins. More....
Josie Chambers, 2010 SIB Graduate, Named Marshall Scholar
--Josephine (Josie) Chambers, SIB summa cum laude graduate, has been named a Marshall Scholar. Each year about 40 students from the United States are chosen as Marshall Scholars to study in the United Kingdom for two years. Josie is the first U of I Marshall Scholar since 2007. More......
Becky Fuller Awarded NSF Career Award
--Becky Fuller has been awarded an NSF Career Award: A comparative study of extrinsic and intrinsic isolation in killifish-using studies of speciation to develop resources for teaching speciation. More......
Suarez named University Professor
--Andy Suarez, professor of animal biology and entomology, has been recognized as a University Scholar. The program recognizes excellence while helping to identify and retain the univesity's most talented teachers, scholars and researchers. More......
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