Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm and Lahiru Jayakody, second and third from left, received statewide awards for innovation at the 2022 STEAM Expo at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. The two researchers, both faculty in the School of Biological Sciences, were named Innovators of the Year by the Illinois Innovation Network. Here they are pictured with other members of an SIU research team, including, from left, Ken Anderson, Gayan L. Aruma Baduge, Poopalasingam Sivakumar and Matt McCarroll. (Photo by Russell Bailey)