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,...
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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...
2026-07-13 - Please welcome Kevin Neumann to the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology! Neumann joined the school as an academic advisor in Summer 2026. Intern Gwyneth Graham sat down with him to learn more about his approach to advising and...
2026-07-13 - Please welcome Chuck Jaques to the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology! Jaques joined the school as a senior academic advisor in June 2026. Intern Gwyneth Graham sat down with him to learn more about his approach to advising...
2026-07-01 - In a new publication, University of Illinois School of Molecular & Cellular Biology researchers provide the first-ever comprehensive map of genomic regions near polycomb bodies in bone cancer cells. And, while mapping the genome around the polycomb repressive complex, the team led by professor...
2026-06-22 - When Tanya Pattnaik was just starting her PhD at the University of Illinois, a professor told her no matter what kind of experiments she designed, techniques she learned, or papers she wrote, two things were certain. Number one: she’d gain the research and scientific expertise required to and...