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Grant Supports Study of Resilience to Stress
June 19, 2025 / Comparative Biosciences News

Neuroscientists have always been interested in what drives an individual’s resilience to stress. While the detrimental effects of prolonged stress have been well documented, little is understood about what biological mechanisms underlie resilience. To better…
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Congratulations to Post-Doctoral Fellows

May 09, 2023 / Comparative Biosciences News

Two post-doctoral fellows from the laboratory of Dr. Uwe Rudolph, head of the Department of Comparative Biosciences, were selected for recognition in the poster competition at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)…
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‘Making Young Mice Old’ … in a Matter of Three Weeks

April 26, 2023 / Comparative Biosciences News

In a paper recently published in PNAS Nexus, researchers from the Department of Comparative Biosciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign describe how they were able to inhibit the activity of a specific neuronal cell…
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Dr. Wenyan Mei poses at the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Stop Making Cells: Study Advances Knowledge about Cell Regeneration

February 09, 2023 / Comparative Biosciences News

Dr. Wenyan Mei, in the Department of Comparative Biosciences, recently published a paper in the journal Nucleic Acids Research called “PTBP1 controls intestinal epithelial regeneration through post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression.” The work was done…
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Comparative Biosciences Graduate Student Spotlight: Raya I. Boyd

October 31, 2022 / Comparative Biosciences News

By studying the mechanisms of PFAS exposure in the context of testicular cancer, we can help develop preventative care and alternative treatment methods to prevent and continue treating testicular cancer, respectively.

Grad Student Appreciation: Vasiliki Mourikes

October 26, 2021 / Comparative Biosciences News

What is your academic background? I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Bachelor of Science degrees in both chemistry and integrative biology. I graduated with distinction for my undergraduate thesis on the…
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Dr. Qiao Wins Toxicology Research Award

May 09, 2021 / Comparative Biosciences News

Dr. Joe (Huanyu) Qiao, an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Biosciences, has won the Early Career Toxicologist Award from the Midwest regional chapter of the Society of Toxicology. The award, which honors an…
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