Biology

Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics From left: Profs. Margaret Gardel, Mary Silber, Rebecca Willett, and Stephanie Palmer

Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics

New institute will be an international hub focused on fundamental questions

NSF to establish $15.5M Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago Two professors standing outside on a college campus on a sunny day smiling at camera

NSF to establish $15.5M Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago

Transistor can adhere to internal organs like tape Ph.D. student Nan Li, first author of the new paper, holds up a sample of the adhesive transistor.

Transistor can adhere to internal organs like tape

UChicago researchers’ design makes stable, suture-free medical monitoring in body possible

UChicago researchers invent compact CRISPR systems to more easily edit genes Weixin Tang lab

UChicago researchers invent compact CRISPR systems to more easily edit genes

Researchers discover another step in how your cells assemble Microtubules

Researchers discover another step in how your cells assemble

UChicago chemists use simulation to reveal key mechanism in microtubule growth

Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi Lichen Folmannia orthoclada growing on a rock

Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi

Matthew Nelsen, PhD’14, is working to bring these obscure organisms to light, dispel some myths about them

UChicago to partner on new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative biomedical research hub CZ Biohub San Francisco Research Associate Shruthi Vijay Kumar works at the “zebrafish hotel” in the lab

UChicago to partner on new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative biomedical research hub

CZ Biohub Chicago to bring together leading institutions to tackle grand scientific challenges

What “living drill bits” can teach us about evolution Lithophaga antillarum in bore hole

What “living drill bits” can teach us about evolution

Clams that can bore into solid rock show surprising patterns of evolution, UChicago study finds

RNA’s “joints” play key role in our gene expression, UChicago scientists find MRNA illustration

RNA’s “joints” play key role in our gene expression, UChicago scientists find

Longstanding puzzle of RNA methylation revealed by team of chemists

Pioneering UChicago chemist wins 2023 Wolf Prize Prof. Chuan He faces camera smiling with hands on hips with a chemistry lab in the background

Pioneering UChicago chemist wins 2023 Wolf Prize

Prof. Chuan He earns prestigious award for foundational RNA research