Bo Wang, Institute for Genomic Biology, Phil Newmark and James Collins, University of Illinois (IMAGE)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bo Wang, Institute for Genomic Biology, Phil Newmark and James Collins, University of Illinois

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Institute for Genomic Biology fellow Bo Wang (front), with professor of cell and developmental biology Phil Newmark (right) and postdoctoral researcher in cell and developmental biology James Collins (left) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are studying the unique mechanisms that allow schistosomes' germinal cells to create thousands of clonal larvae that can then infect humans.

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Photo by Kathryn Coulter, provided by Institute for Genomic Biology

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