Rachel Whitaker Receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award from The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group
The Allen Distinguished Investigator program supports early-stage research with the potential to reinvent entire fields.
The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MCB Highlights
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Milan Bagchi appointed new director of the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Professor Bagchi is the Deborah Paul Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and current Head of Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Bagchi is an accomplished scholar and leader, and has provided a clear strategic vision statement for the research and teaching missions of MCB.
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Professor John Gerlt named the 2017 Gordon Hammes Lectureship winner
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Researchers uncover a nutrient-sensing epigenetic pathway that controls autophagy
Molecular and Integrative Physiology Professor Jongsook Kemper, postdoctoral fellow Sangwon Byun (leading author of the study), research scientist Young Kim, and colleagues publish results in The EMBO Journal
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John Cronan elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Election to the NAS is one of the highest professional honors a scientist can garner. Chosen by their peers, the 2,290 members and 475 foreign associates are an elite group distinguished by their outstanding contributions to the fields of science and technology.
