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Scott Hamilton-Brehm

Scott Hamilton-Brehm, an associate professor in SIU Carbondale’s biological sciences program, holds a bottle containing SIUC-1 cells. The novel microbe is a representative of a phylum called Atribacterota. (Below) A glimpse of SIUC-1 shown in microscopic view. (Photo by Brooke Keltner)

SIU Carbondale researchers name new microbe after the university

A little giant has been found deep in an underground community where thriving means living in hot, dark spaces with no oxygen. This might sound like the movie trailer for the latest fantasy meets sci-fi blockbuster, but it’s the description of a new microbe named after Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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Two SIU Carbondale students at an agriculture competition.

SIU takes second place in international agricultural robotics competition

Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Agricultural Robotics Club accomplished an impressive feat in its first international competition earlier this month with a second-place finish in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers’ Robotics Student Design Competition.

Students participating in the Summer Research Symposium.

McNair Scholars to highlight their research at SIU symposium

The McNair Scholars program is an important part of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s mission to provide undergraduate research opportunities — as demonstrated by the current cohort of nine McNair Scholars will show their work at the 23rd annual Summer Research Symposium.

Student making pottery

Explore art, STEAM, and more at SIU summer camps — media invited

Science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics all come together in one popular summer camp for teens at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. There are also camps to inspire budding and accomplished artists and enhance their skills — and high school minority students can participate in an innovative career development program. There are opportunities for athletes, future lawyers and scientists in the making as well.

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