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Gene Networks in Neural & Developmental Plasticity

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The Gene Networks in Neural and Developmental Plasticity theme uses gene expression to explain why animals are highly diverse, even though the fundamentals are conserved across species.

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Karn and Laukaitis show that rather than being uniquely mammalian, secretoglobins are also found in turtles, crocodilians, lizards and birds, suggesting they existed in the Carboniferous period. / Bob Karn
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Genomic survey uncovers evolutionary origins of secretoglobins
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Kaitlyn Sommer (left) and Ryan Dilger (right)
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How baby pigs are shaping science
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Illinois professor Uwe Rudolph, left, and research scientist Maltesh Kambali led an international group of researchers who found a key role for an enzyme regulating glycine in the brain while investigating a rare genetic mutation found in two patients with schizophrenia. Photo by Michelle Hassel
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Mutation increases enzyme in mouse brains linked to schizophrenia behaviors
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Biochemistry professor Nash Kalsotra
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New study sheds light on liver maturation, specialization
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Spatial transcriptomics data from osteosarcoma cells. Left) A spatial map of the transcriptome segmented into individual cells using machine learning, with each dot representing a RNA transcript and each color indicating a different gene. Right) Genes associated with cytoskeleton and robunucleoprotein complexes are frequently colocalized.
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IGB researchers leverage team science to develop InSTAnT Toolkit
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Highly cited researchers this year at Illinois are, clockwise from top left: Ed Deiner, Brent Roberts, Atul Jain, Axel Hoffmann, Stephen Long and Kaiyu Guan. Photos by L. Brian Stauffer and Fred Zwicky
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Six Illinois scientists rank among world's most influential
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