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Welcome to Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Molecular and Integrative Physiology at Illinois has a long tradition of excellence in teaching and research. Many of our undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral research associates have used their experiences at Illinois to establish distinguished careers in academia, government, or the private sector.

I hope that you will take the time to explore our department by investigating our undergraduate and graduate programs so that you can learn about the intellectual opportunities now possible by break-throughs in this postgenomic era of biology. The future of physiology has changed, and we believe that our department is well-positioned to provide training for your future.

Byron W. Kemper, Head

MIP News

Tyler Moran selected as the 2011 recipient of the Molecular Endocrinology Student Author Award

Tyler Moran, Ph.D., who completed his thesis in the lab of Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Lori Raetzman, was selected as the 2011 recipient of the Molecular Endocrinology Student Author Award. Read more...

Mutations that stabilize the open state of the Erwinia chrisanthemi ligand-gated ion channel fail to change the conformation of the pore domain in crystals

Corresponding author Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman, Associate Professor of Biochemistry Satish Nair, and colleagues have published new work in PNAS. Read more...

Msx Homeobox Genes Critically Regulate Embryo Implantation

A unique signaling network regulated by the homeobox transcription factors MSX1 and MSX2 in the mouse uterus critically controls female fertility. Read more...

Attack or retreat? Circuit links hunger and pursuit in sea slug brain

In a new study, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Rhanor Gillette reports on a circuit in the brain of the sea slug Pleurobranchaea. Read more...

Lori Raetzman Selected to Present Anita Payne Lecture

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Lori Raetzman has been selected to present the Anita Payne New Perspectives in Reproductive Biology Lecture at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR). Read more...