2022-03-29
- Nearly 40 MCB teachers and teaching assistants were recognized by their students in the Fall 2021 semester for excellence in instruction.
2022-03-25 - MCB course instructor and coordinator Jennifer Joesting was celebrated by the Women's Gymnastics team for her leadership during the Fall 2021 semester.
2022-03-24 - Several student-athletes majoring in molecular and cellular biology have been named to the Big Ten Conference’s Academic All-Big Ten team.
2022-03-22 - Researchers studying epileptic seizures of the temporal lobe – the most common type of epilepsy – discovered a compound that reduces seizures in the hippocampus, a brain region where many such seizures originate. The compound, known as TC-2153, lessened the severity of seizures in mice. The scientists report their findings in the journal Epilepsia.
2022-03-11 - A graduate student in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology competed in the Illinois Graduate College's Research Live! Showcase at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts.
2022-03-11 - Biology alumnus Christopher Carpenter taps into the science of winemaking in the latest article for the LAS@Work series.
2022-03-09 - Urbana, Ill. – A new study by Cancer Center at Illinois Education Program Leader, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and her team, have found a new mechanism of endocrine resistance in breast cancers metastasized to the liver.
2022-03-07 - Life is extraordinary. So is the work we do. In a brand new podcast, Decoding Life with MCB, the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores the impact of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni in each episode.
2022-03-03 - Researchers at the University of Illinois shed new light on the process surrounding the transport of vitamin B12, a type of large corrinoid molecules. Their findings on how the mobilization of B12 transporters alters the competitive dynamics in a human gut microbe are published in the journal Cell Reports.
2022-03-02 - Nicole Williams is founder and CEO of the Gynecology Institute of Chicago. The institute provides services to 20,000 patients, combining alternative and traditional medicine and offering techniques ranging from acupuncture to a leading-edge, minimally invasive procedure for treating fibroids, which disproportionately affect African American women.-
2022-02-25 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is deeply concerned about the crisis in Ukraine and our hearts go out to Ukrainian students, scholars, and everyone affected by the Russian invasion. We understand that members of our community may be feeling anxious and fearful. We want to express our support for you. It is our hope there will be a peaceful solution....
2022-02-25 - The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute spotlights microbiology assistant professor Paola Mera and shares how she discovered her passion for research. Mera's research aims at filling the gaps in knowledge to control the life cycle of bacteria so that they can design better ways to enhance the growth of the “good” bacteria and inhibit the growth of the ones that cause disease.
2022-02-24 - Researchers at Carle Illinois College of Medicine have uncovered new evidence about hearing loss in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). It pinpoints unexpected areas of brain shrinkage in AD patients with hearing loss. The work could eventually lead to earlier intervention and new treatment strategies to delay cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s Disease patients.
2022-02-22 - Beckman faculty members Martha Gillette and Hyunjoon Kong received an NIH/DOD grant to study how circadian rhythm affects the blood-brain barrier’s permeability to small molecules and susceptibility to blood leakage. Their team will design a microfluidics-based chip from human stem cells to model the blood-brain interface.
2022-02-22 - The School of MCB is proud to highlight our graduate students, including Temirlan Shilikbay, now in his third year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a PhD candidate in professor Stephanie Ceman's lab in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. The lab's goal is to study the molecular basis of disease, post-translational modifications, regulation of RNA expression, and...