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    Mowing dry detention basins makes mosquito problems worse, team finds
    2015-07-22 - Researchers, from left, Ephantus Muturi, Andrew Mackay and Brian Allan found that mowing wetland plants in dry-detention basins can increase West Nile virus risk.
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    Camp participants forecast a bright future for women in plant science
    2015-07-20 - Pollen Power! Camp, offered this summer for the third consecutive year, is funded in part by the National Science Foundation. The camp was also co-organized by plant biologist and IGB GEGC theme member Lisa Ainsworth, IGB Core Facilities, and IGB Outreach staff. Many other IGB members contributed their time and efforts to camp activities. Next year’s camp is scheduled for June 27-July 1, 2016;...
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    Evolutionary Trees Reveal Patterns of Microbial Diversification
    2015-07-15 - The results, published in PNAS, reveal microbial family trees with distinct evolutionary patterns that may one day help us understand how harmful microbes evolve.
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    $1.8M grant to create data platform for Big Data in plant breeding
    2015-07-13 - Illinois plant biologists, computer scientists receive $1.8M to create data platform for Big Data in plant breeding. David LeBauer, a plant biologist, will act as principal investigator for the supercomputing pipeline and reference sensing platform components.
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    Gene regulation underlies the evolution of social complexity in bees
    2015-05-14 - Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology faculty members Saurabh Sinha, a professor of computer science, left; and Gene Robinson, a professor of entomology and IGB director; and an international consortium of 52 scientists used comparative genomics to discover that the evolution of bee society is associated with increases in the complexity of gene regulation.
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    Trap-jaw ants jump with their jaws to escape the antlions den
    2015-05-13 - The trap-jaw can increase its survival by jumping with its spring-loaded jaws.
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    Monkey Droppings Complement Field Observations, Researchers Report
    2015-04-28 - University of Illinois researchers, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Paul Garber, Anthropology doctoral candidate Elizabeth Mallott, and Associate Professor of Anthropology and IGB member Ripan Malhi
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    Undergraduate student's research publication in Animal Behavior
    2015-04-22 - IB undergrad Sally Feng (’14) has her research published and spotlighted in the journal Animal Behavior.
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    Cultivated papaya owes a lot to the ancient Maya, research suggests
    2015-03-17 - Plant biology professor Ray Ming and his colleagues discovered that papaya cultivation 4,000 years ago likely led to the evolution of hermaphrodite plants, which are favored by growers today.
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    Survival gardening education goes global via cellphones
    2015-03-16 - Animated videos teach “survival gardening.” From left: Carl Burkybile, agricultural director of Healing Hands International, worked with entomology professor Barry Pittendrigh, animator Benjamin Blalock, Center for African Studies assistant director Julia Bello-Bravo and animator Anna Perez Sabater to develop the videos, which HHI distributes around the world.
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    Long-term nitrogen fertilizer use disrupts plant-microbe mutualisms
    2015-02-23 - University of Illinois plant biology professor Katy Heath and her colleagues found that long-term nitrogen fertilizer use disrupts the mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and soil microbes.
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    Animated videos bring Ebola education to West Africa
    2015-02-19 - Working with international collaborators, Scientific Animations Without Borders created an Ebola prevention video that is now being distributed in Sierra Leone. Pictured, clockwise, from back left: Enrique Rebolledo, the program coordinator for the Sierra Leone/YMCA Partnership; U. of I. entomology professor Barry Pittendrigh; U. of I. YMCA communications director Megan Flowers; SAWBO staffer...
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    Entomology professor May Berenbaum receives National Medal of Science
    2014-11-20 - Entomology professor May Berenbaum received a National Medal of Science award from President Obama at a White House ceremony Nov. 20.

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