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- Lactation is one of the most energetically demanding processes that a mammal undergoes in their lifetime. For example, food consumption can increase by up to 400% in rodents, while more modest increases in feeding are observed in lactating humans. While increased energy demand naturally drives a...
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2026-11-03 - When Sarah Assian, PA-C, (BS, 2008, Molecular & Cellular Biology) got the call to join the State Medical Board of Illinois, she found out she was nominated by a colleague whom she’d lost touch with for several years. Despite the infrequent communication, Assian had evidently made enough of an...
2026-10-27 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A particular signaling protein in the brain could be a therapeutic target for neurological disorders arising from the deletion of the autism-linked gene MEF2C, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers found in a new mouse study.Deletions or mutations to MEF2C are...
2026-10-23 - Kai Zhang, Professor of Biochemistry, was interviewed by WAND News in October, 2026 for his research into the Nobel Prize-winning technology of optogenetics. Optogenetics, Zhang told WAND, acts like a laser pointer. The technology is able to, for example, kill off cancer cells with...
2026-10-21 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that Emad Tajkhorshid, J. Woodland Hastings Endowed Chair and Professor of Biochemistry,...
2026-10-09 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, has been...
2026-10-07 - “What will it mean to be human at the turn of the 22nd century?” was a course Dr. Andrew Belmont, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, once volunteered to co-teach. The new course was proposed as part of a university-wide effort to bridge the sciences and the humanities. When Belmont was...
2026-09-29 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that Brian Freeman, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, has received the...
2026-09-21 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce that Wei Qin, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, has received the 2027 Award for...
2026-09-09 - Researchers from the University of Illinois School of Molecular & Cellular Biology are examining the influence on nuclear pathways from the molecular chaperone, TCP-1 Ring complex (TRiC).Cell and developmental biology professor Brian Freeman’s lab focuses on chaperonins like TRiC, which help...
2026-09-01 - Despite its name, the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology rarely deals in small quantities, and no two people know that better than Drs. Michael Garcia and Ana Belen Ramos Hryb. Garcia and Hryb are the instructors for MCB 244 - Human Anatomy & Physiology: one of the university’s largest...
2026-08-14 - Anuprova Bhowmik is a fourth-year Molecular and Cellular Biology and Computer Science + Chemistry student at the University of Illinois. This is her first-hand account of being an undergraduate researcher in an MCB lab and a recipient of the 2026 Berkowitz Summer Undergraduate Research...
2026-08-10 - In a new publication, University of Illinois scientists have begun to unravel how nuclear type 1 myosin influences the cell nucleus. Recently, they have found that the protein was essential for cell division and plays a critical role in shaping the activities of nuclear organization. The...
2026-08-06 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Belmont, professor of cell and developmental biology has been named a Gutgsell Endowed Professor. Gutgsell endowed appointments were...
2026-07-23 - University of Illinois researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in the fight against liver cancer. Collaborators Lin-Feng Chen, Susan A. Martinis, and graduate...