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Belmont Developes New Imaging Technique
Andrew Belmont and his team developed a live-cell labeling technique for imaging chromatin at high resolution.
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Schuler Solves DDT Insecticide Resistance
CDB professor Mary Schuler and her team discovered an enzyme that metabolizes DDT in malarial mosquitoes.
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Robinson, Clayton Review Published
Professors Gene Robinson and David Clayton review the link between genes and behavior in the latest issue of Science.
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UI researcher named Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
William T. Greenough was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 24. His research has crossed across the disciplines and he holds multiple faculty appointments. He is a Swanlund Endowed Chair, director of the university's Center for Advanced Study and a professor in the...
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Research involving adult stem cells receives state grants
Stephen J. Kaufman was awarded a state grant last week for his research on stem cells. "Kaufman, a professor of cell and developmental biology and member of the university's neuroscience program, — received $250,000 to focus on mesoangioblasts adult stem cells that have the capacity to become...
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Planarian Stem Cells
Phillip A. Newmark, professor of cell and developmental biology, has found a novel way to study stem cell generation. In a paper to be published in Developmental Cell this month, Newmark and other researchers show how planarians use stem cells to regenerate.
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Honey bee genome holds clues to social behavior
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - By studying the humble honey bee, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have come a step closer to understanding the molecular basis of social behavior in humans.
"The honeybee (Apis mellifera) has been called a model system for social behavior," said...
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Honey bee chemoreceptors found for smell and taste
Hugh M. Robertson, professor of entomology and of cell and developmental biology, and postdoctoral research associate, Kevin W. Wanner, report the finding of a family of honey bee chemoreceptors that deals with smell and taste. "'This moves us an important step closer to understanding the molecular...
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Ten professors at Illinois elected as 2006 Fellows
Akria Chiba, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, and of entomology, and Mark E. Nelson, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, biophysics, bioengineering and neuroscience, are two of ten faculty members at the U. of I. to have been have been awarded the distinction of...
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Treating Brain Disorders
William Greenough, professor of cell and developmental biology, and psychology and psychiatry, debates the the treatment of brain disorders, proposing that computer-based techniques, though advanced in technology, may are not always the best option over low-tech solutions like surveys and medicines.