University of Illinois iGEM Team: Cleaning up our Crops
Herbicides are an integral component of modern farming. However, glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the United States and the main ingredient in formulations like Roundup™, has recently been classified as a probable carcinogen by the International Agency...
iBioFAB: Reimagining our Approach to Synthetic Biology
Across the University of Illinois campus — and at countless other research universities and institutes — biologists toil away at their lab benches, working on tedious tasks such as DNA assembly and microbe engineering. In the concourse research lab in the Carl R....
Getting to the Root: Finzi Lab Team at the Illinois Energy Farm
When it comes to the future of sustainable bioenergy crops, the most important part might also be the most well-hidden. This past summer, the Illinois Energy Farm hosted a research team hailing from Boston University (BU) working in CABBI Co-PI Adrien Finzi’s lab....
Annual Science Retreat: Collaboration the Key to Year 2 Success
More than 200 scientists, researchers, and students attended the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) annual science meeting. After a year of field work, lab research, and literature reviews, the meeting highlighted Integration through...