Looking in the Right Direction: Carl Woese and the New Biology, to be held on September 19-20, 2015, will celebrate the work of this renowned scientist by showcasing some of the most exciting ...
Thirty years ago this month, researchers at the University of Illinois published a discovery that challenged basic assumptions about the broadest classifications of life. Their discovery – which was ...
Carl Woese at a lightboard in 1976. Kristen Wilson Kristen Wilson Carl Woese at a lightboard in 1976. From the middle of the 18th century to the 1970s, it was believed there were two “domains” that ...
URBANA – University of Illinois microbiology and Institute for Genomic Biology professor Carl R. Woese, who adopted a molecular approach to classifying organisms and upended taxonomy with the ...