Professor Satish Nair, postdoctoral researcher, Shi-Hui Dong, and colleagues find that slowing dangerous bacteria may be more effective than killing them
The findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Cell and Developmental Biology graduate student Yu-Kemp and colleagues identify two proteins necessary for epithelial cell-cell junctions
The work is the cover story of the August issue of The Journal of Cell Biology.
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Auinash Kalsotra Awarded MDA Grant for Studying Myotonic Dystrophy
The grant to Prof. Kalsotra provides $300,000 over a three-year period to study the molecular basis for cardiac arrhythmias in Myotonic Dystrophy, a multi-systemic disease that affects about 1 in 8000 people with no cure.
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NSF awards Illinois $3 million for interdisciplinary graduate student training
Professor Martha Gillette will lead the program to form new insight on the brain and expand participation in field of brain science.
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Study: Omega-3 Fatty Acids Fight Inflammation via Cannabinoids
Professor Aditi Das and biochemistry student Josephine Watson published findings in PNAS.
