News Archive
2005
Maria Spies joins the biochemistry faculty
December 01, 2005
Dr. Spies comes to Illinois following postdoctoral research at the University of California, Davis.
The biochemistry faculty welcomes Lin-Feng Chen
November 10, 2005
Dr. Chen recently completed his postdoctoral research at Gladstone Institute of Immunology and Virology, University of California, San Francisco.
Researchers seeking alternative to surgery for brain cancers
October 10, 2005
Dave Kranz and colleagues won a $450,000 grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation to study immunotherapies as a safe alternative to surgery for brain cancer.
Read more at
UI News Bureau.
Molecular research suggests shift needed in how some drugs are created
October 04, 2005
Michael V. Lasker, an M.D./Ph.D. student at the U of I's College of Medicine in Urbana, and Satish Nair, department of biochemistry, used x-ray crystallography to determine the structure of mouse interleukin-1 receptor-associataed kinase-4 (IRAK-4).
Read more at
Medical News Today.
The biochemistry department welcomes Susan Martinis
June 01, 2005
Dr. Martinis earned her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois and completed postdoctoral research at M.I.T.