CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - The University of Illinois took a step forward for science Thursday after opening its new bio foundry.

Bio foundries are used to speed up biological research in labs.

The University's new iBioFoundry can combine AI and synthetic biology for other uses too.

People from around the world came to campus to celebrate the foundry's opening and the launch of the National Institute for Bio Foundry Applications.

U of I biomedical engineering professor Huimin Zhao shared why a place like this is so important to the scientific community.

" This is not just a facility for doing scientific discovery, but also is a greater place for training a next-generation workforce who will actually become well-versed in AI, robotics and biology. Which actually is very important f

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