In a new opinion piece published in New Phytologist, Plant Biology Assistant Professor Ya Min (Minya) examines how flowers develop their distinctive shapes and symmetry. Titled “Floral bilateral symmetry: one axis, many...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists used machine-learning and super-resolution microscopy to overcome a challenge that has stymied research into the natural history of grasses for decades. Their method allowed them to detect subtle differences among grass pollen grains and trace changes in grass...
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has named several accomplished faculty members to endowed chair and professorship positions. The positions are some of the highest honors that can be granted by the college. The recipients will be awarded discretionary funding to carry out research...
In the midwestern summer, humans and plants have to breathe through the heat and humidity. Researchers hope that a retooled crop plant—one with an improved ventilation system within its leaves—could thrive while avoiding drought stress by reducing “crop sweat”. Thanks to a next generation...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Five professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named 2026-2027 University Scholars in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service.The program honors faculty excellence and provides $15,000 to each scholar for three years to...
Plant Biology graduate student Angelique Acevedo attended the Botany 2026 conference in Tucson, Arizona, where she received the Katherine Esau Award for her presentation, “Fascinating Fasciation, Whorls, and Spirals: Cellular and Molecular...
In recognition of her outstanding achievements in the transfer of photosynthesis research to the benefit of society at large, Professor of Plant Biology Tracy Lawson (PFS co-leader/CAMBERS) at the University of Illinois and the University of Essex, has won the Innovation Award from the...
The topic of coffee is an extraordinarily lens through which to connect and integrate themes ranging from conservation biology and sustainability, global change, economic development, indigenous rights, supply changes, marketing, commodity processing and industrialization, and historical...
Plant Biology and The School of Integrative Biology (SIB) joins colleagues around the world in remembering Dr. Stephen P. Long, Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair Emeritus of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, who passed...
