.Kevin Whelan is recruiting patients for the ADDapt Trial to identify the role of food additives in Crohn’s disease. As diet is important in IBD, this will be the central topic at the second day of #ISGM2024. Find out more: isgm2024.com #ISGM2024

🔊 #CZBiohubCHI is now accepting applications for its Investigator Program, open to researchers from our partners Northwestern, The University of Chicago, University of Illinois with a project related to inflammation, immune system function, or instrumented tissues. Learn more: czbiohub.org/chi/investigat…

Meet our newest faculty member in #microbiology: Nkrumah Grant! 👋 go.mcb.illinois.edu/ngrant

📢 UNDERGRADS: Spend 10 weeks this summer doing hands-on health equity research at Mayo Clinic! Open to students in all majors. Receive support from a faculty mentor and a $6,000 stipend to cover living expenses. Apply by January 22, 2024. mayoillinois.org/education/heal…

The next meeting for Cancer Center at Illinois's Cancer and Microbes Working Group is Monday, Dec 4th at 12pm in 5602 Beckman Institute! Come for pizza, networking, and to hear from speakers Lydia Okyere and Zainab Alzoubi. Mark your calendars: calendars.illinois.edu/detail/6548/33…

TODAY AT NOON is Cancer Center at Illinois's Cancer and Microbes Working Group meeting in 5602 Beckman Institute! Come for pizza, networking, and to hear from speakers Lydia Okyere and Zainab Alzoubi. calendars.illinois.edu/detail/6548/33…

We are still accepting applications. Come make a BIG impact!

🌱 Professor Ting Lu and his team members have identified the potential of designer microbial communities for plastic upcycling. Their engineered system not only breaks down a common plastic, but also transforms it to valuable chemicals. Learn more here! bioengineering.illinois.edu/news/plastic-u…

More fantastic insight from two of the best in the field (IMO). Will be next Journal club discussion for the Allen lab :)

Happening today at 4 pm ET: mSystems Thinking Series webinar on "Microbes and Sexual Health"! sueishaqlab.org/2023/12/07/hap…

In a recent study researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign describe a new framework they have created to predict how species within microbiomes interact with each other to create unique compositions. Find out more at bit.ly/47O3Lz8.

🔶 One month left! Community-engaged researchers have the opportunity to get matched with an undergradute research assistant during a 10-week summer program. 👉 Learn more and apply by Jan. 12: bit.ly/3QqaIiw

📣 We're hiring! The Department of BIOE is seeking a Research Program Coordinator to assist in the management and coordination of Prof Anastasio's research laboratory and provide publications and grant proposal support. Visit the hiring page for more: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

Specializing in the evolution and characterization of human endogenous retroviruses? Contribute to our dedicated Research Topic, and make an impact where it matters. Explore more ⬇

Join us at #ASMicrobe 2024 for the Science & Society Keynote Lecture by Dr. Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD, a leading vaccine scientist & professor at Baylor College of Medicine. Mark your calendar for June 16 at 5:30 p.m. ET & submit your abstract to add to the program! asm.social/1CI

MicroERA offers a great opportunity for trainees to showcase their work. If you are a trainee researching or interested in microbial systems, subscribe to their list for updates: groups.webservices.illinois.edu/subscribe/94013

MicroERA Research Symposium has just started! A great way to return from break. Join the fun today 1-5 pm at IGB.

Congratulations to MSI's own Shannon Sirk! 🎉 She's joining the first cohort of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network Investigators to work on her project, Engineered Probiotics for IBD Surveillance and Treatment in Humans. Fun fact: She connected with co-PI Arthur Prindle at the MicroERA UIUC symposium!