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How Baby Pigs Are Shaping Science

A new study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign asks a deceptively simple question: what is the best way to feed artificially reared pigs? The answer has implications not just for agriculture, but for biomedical research where pigs are...
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$1M Gift to Keep Soybean Innovation Lab Operational After USAID Closure

In February, the USAID-funded Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was told to stop work, bringing an abrupt end to 12 years of progress toward developing a global soybean value chain supporting...
28-Apr-2025 5:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Illinois Research Shows Benefits of Prairie Grass for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Switchgrass has gripped Midwestern soils for millions of years, but soon, the earthbound prairie grass could fly. New studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identify economic and environmental considerations that make switchgrass a...
24-Apr-2025 7:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Illinois Leads Most Rigorous Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study to Date

Farmers apply nitrogen fertilizers to crops to boost yields, feeding more people and livestock. But when there鈥檚 more fertilizer than the crop can take up, some of the excess can be converted into gaseous forms, including nitrous oxide, a...
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Study Explores How Food Manufacturers Respond to State Regulations

Increasingly, individual U.S. states issue their own regulations about food manufacturing practices, allowable ingredients, or product labeling. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines the various ways manufacturers...
14-Apr-2025 7:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Brownie Points for ChatGPT鈥檚 Food Analysis Skills

AI is changing the way we work, create, and share information 鈥� but brownies? A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how ChatGPT can be used in the sensory evaluation of foods, specifically brownies. The study offers...
28-Mar-2025 6:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New IVF Method Mimics Fallopian Tube Environment, Increasing Sperm Viability

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign documents a new way to select viable sperm and prolong their viability in the laboratory,...
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Parents鈥� Advice Benefits African American Youth 鈥� When They Seek Support

Parents can help their children by giving advice on how to deal with challenges, but it matters whether youth want support or not. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at the impact of parental advice and youth support...
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SCIENCE

Jack Juvik, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
biomass crops,food coloring,Food Safety,Phytochemicals,pigments

SCIENCE

Zhongjie Yu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Biogeochemistry,Greenhouse Gas Emissions,Greenhouse Gases,Hydrology,N2O,nitrogen cycling,Nitrous Oxide,nutrient cycling,Soils,Water

SCIENCE

Alfred Roca, Ph.D.

Professor of Animal Science

Keywords:
Conservation,Elephants,Genetics,Ivory,Retroviruses,Wildlife

SCIENCE

Brett R. Loman, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Gastrointestinal Health,gut health,microbial metabolism,Physiology,Stress

BUSINESS

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Consumer Economics,Food Marketing,Food Policy,Food Prices,food system,supply and demand

SCIENCE

Aaron Hager, Ph.D.

Professor and Faculty Extension Specialist

Keywords:
Agriculture,CORN,Herbicide Resistance,Herbicides,Integrated Pest Management,Soybeans,Weed Science,Weeds

SCIENCE

Alexander Lipka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,crop improvement,Crops,Maize,Statistics

SCIENCE

Andrea Faber Taylor, Ph.D.

Teaching assistant professor

Keywords:
ADHD,Child Development,Horticulture,landscape design,Self-regulation

SCIENCE

Andrew Margenot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Biogeochemistry,crop improvement,Food Security,Phosphorus,soil management,Soil Science

SCIENCE

Brian Diers, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Agriculture,Breeding,Crops,Plant Breeding,Soybean,Soybean Cyst Nematode

Brian Ogolsky, Ph.D

Director of Graduate Students

Keywords:
law and policy,Relationships

SCIENCE

Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D.

Professor of Food Science

Keywords:
Bioactive Chemical Compound,Cancer,Cardiovascular Disease,ethnic foods,Food Science,Inflammation,Legumes,Type 2 Diabetes

BUSINESS

Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D.

Professor of Agricultural Economics

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics,Crop insurance,Risk Management,Soybeans

SCIENCE

Giovani Preza-Fontes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,cover crop,crop improvement,crop yield,Crops,Fertilizer,Food Security,Grain Sorghum,Nitrogen,Soybean,winter wheat

SCIENCE

Gustavo Caetano-Anoll茅s, Ph.D.

Professor of Bioinformatics

Keywords:
Biodiversity,Bioinformatics,Computational Biology,Genomes,Molecular Evolution,Mutation,Proteins,Viral Evolution,Viruses

Jacinda Dariotis, Ph.D

Professor

Keywords:
Behaviors,Mindfulness,Public Health,Research

SCIENCE

Jaume Amengual, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Personalized Nutrition

Keywords:
Atherosclerosis,Carotenoids,Obesity,Vitamin A

SCIENCE

Jessica Rutkoski, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Crop Breeding,crop improvement,Crops,Plant Breeding

BUSINESS

Jonathan Coppess, J.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics,agricultural policy,conservation policy,Farm Bill,Risk Management,SNAP benefits

SCIENCE

Joy O'Keefe, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist

Keywords:
animal conservation,ANIMAL ECOLOGY,bats,Birds,Conservation,Wildlife,Wildlife Biology

SCIENCE

Juan Arbelaez-Velez, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Crop Breeding,crop improvement,Crops,Food Security,oats,Plant Breeding,Rice

SCIENCE

Kacie Athey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,crop improvement,Crops,Food Webs,Insects,Land Cover

SCIENCE

Kaiyu Guan, PhD, Princeton University

Founding Director, Agroecosystems Sustainability Center

Keywords:
Climate,ecohydrology,Remote Sensing,smart farm

SCIENCE

Kelly Swanson, Ph.D.

Professor of Animal Nutrition and Nutrigenomics

Keywords:
Animal Nutrition,companion animals,gut health,Microbiome,Nutrigenomics,Nutrition,Obesity,Pets,Prebiotics,Probiotics

SCIENCE

Kris Lambert, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,crop improvement,crop management,Crops,Soybean

SCIENCE

Laurie Leonelli, PhD

Assistant Professor at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Agriculture,biological engineering,Diversity,Photosynthesis

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Marin Skidmore, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics,agricultural policy,Brazil,Brazil economy,Deforestation,Econometrics,Water Quality

SCIENCE

Martin Bohn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Agronomy,Crop Breeding,crop improvement,Crops,Maize

SCIENCE

Martin Williams, Ph.D.

USDA-ARS ecologist and affiliate professor of crop sciences

Keywords:
CORN,Herbicide Resistance,Herbicides,Horticulture,Soybean,Vegetable Crops,Weed Science

SCIENCE

Matt Hudson, Ph.D.

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Keywords:
Bioenergy,Bioinformatics,CRISPR,Crop Sciences,Genetics,Genomics,Soybean,Soybean Cyst Nematode

SCIENCE

Matt Dean, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Animal Models,Cancer,Fertility,Infertility,Ovarian Cancer,Pregnancy

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Matthew B. Wheeler, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Animal Agriculture,Cloning,Developmental Biology,Food Security,Genomics,Human Health,regenerative biology,Stem Cells

Nancy McElwain, Ph.D

Research Professor

Keywords:
Child Development,Stress

SCIENCE

Nicholas Seiter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,crop improvement,Crops,Insect Control,Land Cover

SCIENCE

Nicolas Martin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,crop improvement,crop management,Crops

SCIENCE

Pratik Banerjee, Ph.D.

Associate professor of food safety

Keywords:
Biosensors,Food Pathogens,Food Safety,Food Science,Foodborne Illness,Metagenomics,Microbiome,Pathogens,Rapid Diagnostics,Toxins

SCIENCE

Rod Mackie, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology

Keywords:
Archaea,Biofuel Production,Microbial Ecology,Microbiology,Microbiome

SCIENCE

Sarah Hind, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Biocontrol,crop improvement,Crops,Insects,plant bacteria,Tomato

BUSINESS

Scott Irwin, Ph.D.

Professor in Agricultural Economics

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics,Agricultural markets,agricultural policy,Economics,Food Prices

Shard茅 Smith, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Keywords:
African American Studies,Mental Health

SCIENCE

Tiffany Jamann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Crop Diseases,crop improvement,Crops,Maize,Sorghum

SCIENCE

Tony Studer, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Keywords:
Corn breeding,Crop Sciences,Genomics,Photosynthesis,Plant Breeding,Plant Physiology,Popcorn,science curriculum,water use efficiency

SCIENCE

Yong-Su Jin, Ph.D.

Professor of food microbiology at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Biofuel,Biomass,Engineering,Metabolic,Photosynthesis

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Jack Juvik, Ph.D.

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Alfred Roca, Ph.D.

Brett R. Loman, Ph.D.

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Ph.D.

Aaron Hager, Ph.D.

Alexander Lipka, Ph.D.

Andrea Faber Taylor, Ph.D.

Andrew Margenot, Ph.D.

Brian Diers, Ph.D.

Brian Ogolsky, Ph.D

Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D.

Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D.

Giovani Preza-Fontes, Ph.D.

Gustavo Caetano-Anoll茅s, Ph.D.

Jacinda Dariotis, Ph.D

Jaume Amengual, Ph.D.

Jessica Rutkoski, Ph.D.

Jonathan Coppess, J.D.

Joy O'Keefe, Ph.D.

Juan Arbelaez-Velez, Ph.D.

Kacie Athey, Ph.D.

Kaiyu Guan, PhD, Princeton University

Kelly Swanson, Ph.D.

Kris Lambert, Ph.D.

Laurie Leonelli, PhD

Marin Skidmore, Ph.D.

Martin Bohn, Ph.D.

Martin Williams, Ph.D.

Matt Hudson, Ph.D.

Matt Dean, Ph.D.

Matthew B. Wheeler, Ph.D.

Nancy McElwain, Ph.D

Nicholas Seiter, Ph.D.

Nicolas Martin, Ph.D.

Pratik Banerjee, Ph.D.

Rod Mackie, Ph.D.

Sarah Hind, Ph.D.

Scott Irwin, Ph.D.

Shard茅 Smith, Ph.D

Tiffany Jamann, Ph.D.

Tony Studer, Ph.D.

Yong-Su Jin, Ph.D.

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