Professor Don Morrison’s article “Hidden Gems in the Transcriptome Maps of Competent Streptococci” was published today in Frontiers in Molecular Biology. Morrison’s work highlights the use of transcriptional maps in providing insight into…
The peer-reviewed Journal of Hydrology has published Professor Miquel Gonzalez-Meler’s “Seasonality of nitrate sources and isotopic composition in the Upper Illinois River.” Results of Gonzalez-Meler’s research indicated that biogeochemical nitrate reduction and isotopic…
Professor Alexander Shingleton’s research has recently been published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, “Frontiers”. Shingleton and colleagues conducted their research on “Plasticity Through Canalization: The Contrasting Effect of Temperature on Trait Size and…
It is unclear how removal of neuronal debris and initiation of neuronal regeneration following nerve injury are co-regulated. In this study, it was shown that the extracellular domain of the engulfment receptor, CED-1,…
Undergraduate Student Jocelyn Garcia took the first place prize for Undergraduate Research in Quantitative Biology. Jocelyn was one of five finalists selected nationally at the NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology Conference on November 17,…
Janet Richmond, head of Biological Sciences, is stepping down at the end of this academic year. The search for her successor has begun. The advertisement reads: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences…
Assistant Professor – Chemistry and Biological Sciences (Job ID #102733) Close Date: 10/31/2018 Description: The University of Illinois at Chicago invites applicants for a joint position at the rank of assistant professor in…
Daniel Pers and Jeremy A. Lynch|Posted on October 03, 2018
Abstract Background How regulatory networks incorporate additional components and how novel genes are functionally integrated into well-established developmental processes are two important and intertwined questions whose answers have major implications for understanding the…
Brian Flood, bflood@uic.edu|Posted on August 14, 2018
As University of Illinois at Chicago students return to campus in late August for the fall semester, most will be in lecture halls, classrooms and research labs. But a select group – five…
UIC Today reported on inter-disciplinary, cross-campus research done by Dr. Rachel Poretsky (Biological Sciences), Dr. Craig Horswill (Applied Health Sciences) and PhD Candidate Jarrad Hampton-Marcell (Biological Sciences). These researchers are using UIC swimmers as…
