Awards and Honors | School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and its departments of Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular & Integrative Physiology recognize outstanding undergraduate, graduate, faculty, staff, and alumni with several awards and fellowships. In addition to school and departmental honors, MCB is always thrilled to highlight awards from other campus units, and national/international organizations. Some of the most recent news stories spotlighting our community are listed below.

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Dr. Claudio Grosman named Romano Professorial Scholar

2014-08-06

Dr. Claudio Grosman has been named a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar. The three-year appointment recognizes outstanding research achievement and campus leadership through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Kalsotra Awarded Nationally Competitive March of Dimes Research Grant

2014-02-19

Assistant professor of biochemistry and medical biochemistry, Auinash Kalsotra, has been awarded the Basil O’Conner Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes.

MCB Undergrad and Staff Writer Wins Science Journalism Student Award

2013-10-25

MCB senior and Communications Office writer Chelsey Coombs has won the Society of Neuroscience 2013 Science Journalism Student Award.

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Researcher in Newmark Laboratory Wins Bioart Contest

2013-10-24

Bo Wang, a post-doctoral researcher, is one of twelve winners of the NIH's BioArt Contest.

Susan Martinis Named as a 2013 University Scholar

2013-09-12

The Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs recognized Professor and Head of Biochemistry Susan Martinis as one of six University Scholars at the Urbana-Champaign campus for 2013.

College of Medicine Recognizes Byron Kemper, Abigail Salyers for Excellence

2013-09-10

The College of Medicine at Illinois recognized Emeritus Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Byron Kemper and Arends Professor Emerita of Microbiology Abigail A. Salyers for their excellence in research and teaching.

Auinash Kalsotra Nominated for Searle Scholars Program

2013-08-23

Congratulations to Auinash Kalsotra for his latest honor: a campus nomination for the prestigious Searle Scholars Program.

Ning Sun Receives Baxter Young Investigator Award

2013-08-02

Biochemistry Ph.D. student Ning Sun (Huimin Zhao Lab) was selected to receive a Baxter Young Investigator Award.

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Daniel Llano Selected as Pew Scholars Nominee

2013-07-22

Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and the College of Medicine, and Carle Foundation Hospital neurologist Daniel Llano, who has been selected as the Urbana campus nominee for the 2014 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.

Assistant Professor Auinash Kalsotra Awarded Two-Year Roy J. Carver Trust Grant

2013-08-03

Auinash Kalsotra was recently awarded a two-year grant to study the functional role of RNA processing, a cellular process that, among other roles, regulates liver regeneration.