News
Three School of Molecular and Cellular Biology professors have been awarded research funding for collaborative projects between University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic researchers by the Mayo Clinic/University of Illinois Strategic Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare. Read more...
The American Heart Association’s Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) selected Department of Biochemistry Professor James H. Morrissey to give the 2013 Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions Annual Conference. Read more...
Department of Microbiology Professor William Metcalf has been appointed to the G. William Arends Professorship in Life Sciences for his accomplishments in research, education, and service. Read more...
William Bruce, Caroline Johnson, and Keith Whitlock, outstanding students from the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, have been selected for three of the five slots specifically reserved for University of Illinois students in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program at the Mayo Clinic. Read more...
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected Michelle Wegscheid, a senior in the Specialized Curriculum in Biochemistry, as a 2012 award recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Read more...
MCB Highlights
Team finds mechanism linking key inflammatory marker to cancer
In a new study described in the journal Oncogene, Professor of Biochemistry Lin-Feng Chen and his team reveal how a key player in cell growth, immunity and the inflammatory response can be transformed into a primary contributor to tumor growth.
Read the full story at the University News Bureau.
See coverage on WCIA News.
The paper, “BRD4 Maintains Constitutively Active NF-kB in Cancer Cells by Binding to Acetylated RelA,” is available online.
Calendar
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
11:00 am FINAL DEFENSE - STACY L. KELLEY - (Drs. Tapping/Nair Labs)
Thursday, July 04, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
12:00 pm FINAL DEFENSE - NEHA GARG (van der Donk/Nair Lab)