Organization profile

The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to transformative research and technology in life sciences using team-based strategies to tackle grand societal challenges. Members conduct genomic research in the areas of food security, energy, health, technology, and environmental conservation within collaborative research themes. These themes draw faculty from many schools and departments, including biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, sociology, and business, who remain an integral part of their home departments while also pursuing research at the IGB.

In each theme, the common goal of a particular grand challenge in research—developing more effective cancer therapeutics, creating more efficient and robust food and fuel crops, uncovering the origins of life—creates synergy among diverse groups of scientists. Our work ranges from basic research that expands the horizons of human knowledge to applied research that builds on this foundational knowledge to create new technologies. The IGB’s complement of research themes is dynamic, adapting to new discoveries, methods, and needs.

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Genes Medicine & Life Sciences

Genome Medicine & Life Sciences

Proteins Medicine & Life Sciences

Enzymes Medicine & Life Sciences

Peptides Medicine & Life Sciences

Escherichia coli Medicine & Life Sciences

Bees Medicine & Life Sciences

Zea mays Medicine & Life Sciences

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Profiles

Elizabeth Ainsworth

Crop Sciences - USDA Agricultural Research Service Scientist
Plant Biology - Adjunct Professor
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology - Institute Affiliate

Person: Academic

Aleksei Aksimentiev

aksiment@illinois.edu

Physics - Professor
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) - Professor
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology - Affiliate
Bioengineering - Professor
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology - Professor

Person: Academic

Brian F Allan

ballan@illinois.edu

Entomology - Associate Professor
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) - Associate Professor
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology - Affiliate

Person: Academic

Research Output 1967 2020

A computational framework to explore large-scale biosynthetic diversity

Navarro-Muñoz, J. C., Selem-Mojica, N., Mullowney, M. W., Kautsar, S. A., Tryon, J. H., Parkinson, E. I., De Los Santos, E. L. C., Yeong, M., Cruz-Morales, P., Abubucker, S., Roeters, A., Lokhorst, W., Fernandez-Guerra, A., Cappelini, L. T. D., Goering, A. W., Thomson, R. J., Metcalf, W. W., Kelleher, N. L., Barona-Gomez, F. & Medema, M. H., Jan 1 2020, In : Nature chemical biology. 16, 1, p. 60-68 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Multigene Family

Biological Products

Cluster Analysis

Genome

Metabolomics

Assessing the transition effects in a drinking water distribution system caused by changing supply water quality: an indirect approach by characterizing suspended solids

Chen, L., Ling, F., Bakker, G., Liu, W. T., Medema, G., van der Meer, W. & Liu, G., Jan 1 2020, In : Water Research. 168, 115159.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Water distribution systems

Potable water

Water quality

drinking water

water quality

Bacterial enrichment in highly-selective acetate-fed bioreactors and its application in rapid biofilm formation

Sun, H., Mei, R., Zhang, X. X., Ren, H., Liu, W. T. & Ye, L., Mar 1 2020, In : Water Research. 170, 115359.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Biofilms

Bioreactors

bioreactor

biofilm

acetate

Datasets

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Y-Chromosome Sequence

Rando, H. (Creator), Wadlington, W. (Creator), Johnson, J. (Creator), Stutchman, J. (Creator), Trut, L. (Creator), Farré, M. (Creator), Kukekova, A. V. (Creator), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jun 3 2019

DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-4447017_V1

Dataset

Datasets from the study "OCTAL: Optimal Completion of Gene Trees in Polynomial Time"

Christensen, S. (Creator), Molloy, E. K. (Creator), Vachaspati, P. (Creator), Warnow, T. (Creator), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Feb 22 2018

DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-1616387_V1

Dataset