School of Integrative Biology

Brian Allan named University Scholar for Urbana-Champaign campus

2019-09-12

Five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus, including Brian Allan, have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. They will be honored at a Sept. 12 ceremony at the I Hotel and...

Honey Bees Remember Happy and Sad Times, Scientists Discover

2019-09-10

While the brains of honey bees are tiny compared to those of humans, the insects are capable of some surprisingly advanced thinking.

Trelease Woods: Mapping a centuries-old forest (video)

2019-08-30

Trelease Woods, a centuries-old forest on the cusp of Champaign-Urbana, offers lessons to students and professors alike at the University of Illinois. A fragment of a once much larger forest around the city of Urbana, the woods contain trees that are 400 years old and tell a story of the history of...

Illinois Units, Foundation Fund Purchase of Animal MRI at Beckman Institute

2019-06-27

A Bruker 9.4 Tesla preclinical animal MRI system will be sited at the Beckman Institute. The addition of the system to the institute’s Biomedical Imaging Center will aid in research in many areas, including brain development and function, and cellular mechanisms in cancer. The installation project...

Improved model could help scientists better predict crop yield, climate change effects

2019-08-01

A new computer model incorporates how microscopic, mouth-like pores on leaves (pictured) may open in response to light—an advance that could help scientists create virtual plants to predict how higher temperatures and rising levels of carbon dioxide will affect food crops.

Left eye? Right eye? American robins have preference when looking at decoy eggs

2019-07-24

Just as humans are usually left- or right-handed, other species sometimes prefer one appendage, or eye, over the other. A new study reveals that American robins that preferentially use one eye significantly more than the other when looking at their own clutch of eggs are also more likely to detect...