2016-02-12
- Study measures speed of trap-jaw ant boxing
2016-02-12 - Applications accepted through March 10, 2016.
2016-02-09 - Deadline for submissions: Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 5 pm Exhibit of Entries: 2-4 PM, April 29, 2016 277 Morrill Hall
2016-02-09 - Biologists and mathematicians at the University of Illinois work together to examine the developmental sources of variation within and between species
2016-01-29 - Plant biology professor Evan DeLucia and co-authors found that the renewable fuel standard’s greater emphasis on second-generation biofuel can reduce emissions greatly despite economic considerations.
2015-12-23 - Seven University of Illinois researchers have been named to the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list for 2015. Among them are two faculty members of the School of Integrative Biology.
2015-10-19 - U. of I. professor Feng Sheng Hu led a study of carbon cycling and forest fires in the boreal forests of the Yukon Flats in Alaska.
2015-09-16 - Computer artist Donna Cox, left, entomologist May Berenbaum, center, and athlete Jean Driscoll were featured in the Big Ten Network documentary "Making Their Mark."
2015-09-14 - How farmers can sustainably, and affordably, meet humanity's growing demand for food and fuel-
2015-09-08 - Biologists and mathematicians at the University of Illinois work together to examine the developmental sources of variation within and between species. Karen Sears, Associate Professor at the School of Integrative Biology and IGB faculty member, coauthored the new study.
2015-07-28 - U. of I. postdoctoral researcher Katarzyna Glowacka, left, crop sciences professor Erik Sacks, visiting scholar Shailendra Sharma and their colleagues found that chill-tolerant sugarcane hybrids, called “miscanes,” also photosynthesize at lower temperatures.
2015-07-22 - A plan to increase crop productivity by making crop plants more efficient, and better neighbors. Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology Donald Ort led a diverse group of researchers who propose a roadmap to achieve global food production goals by redesigning photosynthesis.
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.
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;...
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.