2018-07-17
- Research scientist Kwan Young Lee, molecular and integrative physiology professor Nien-Pei Tsai, and their colleagues discovered that an overabundance of the tumor suppressor protein p53 in neurons can lead to impaired regulation of neuronal excitability in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome.
2018-06-27 - A cell’s efforts to respond and adapt to its external environment rely on an elaborate yet coordinated set of molecular partnerships within. The more we learn about this complicated internal dance, the more we appreciate the flexibility of its roles. In a recent University of Illinois study, graduate student Muhammad Azam and Professor of Microbiology Cari Vanderpool have demonstrated that a...
2018-05-30 - Researchers report in a new study that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori – a major contributor to gastritis, ulcers and stomach cancer – resists the body’s immune defenses by shutting down energy production within the cells of the stomach lining that serve as a barrier to infection.
2018-05-14 - Gennis Lab: Researchers determined the structure of a supercomplex of enzymes many bacteria use to generate energy.
2018-04-26 - The Department of Biochemistry held its second annual graduate student award symposium on Friday, April 6th. The symposium featured two speakers who received awards: Dr. Harris, the recipient of the 2017 Biochemistry Trust of Urbana Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies, and William Arnold, who received the 2017 Colin A. Wraight Memorial Award in Biochemsitry for an Outstanding Paper. Dr....
2018-04-06 - The proliferation and differentiation of the mammary gland is a process tightly controlled by hormones and growth factors. Dysregulation of the signaling pathways that orchestrate mammary gland development is frequently linked to the excessive, unchecked proliferation associated with breast cancer. The Bagchi lab previously discovered that CUZD1 is a mediator of the STAT5 and epidermal growth...
2018-04-03 - The goal of the event? According to STEAM Studio Director Angela Nelson, it was to “break the boundary of ‘You could be a doctor, an engineer, or a lawyer,’” and open the youngsters up to the myriads of possible careers, such as in science and research.
2018-03-15 - MCB faculty and staff presented strategies for success at the recent Women's Career Institute event held on February 24, 2018.
2018-03-02 - Rhanor Gillette and his colleagues built a virtual ocean predator that has simple self-awareness.
2018-02-24 - The study's findings were recently published in PNAS.
2018-02-09 - Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Jongsook Kim Kemper and the first and co-corresponding author, Young Kim, co-author Sangwon Byun, and colleagues demonstrated that Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) and the orphan nuclear receptor, Small Heterodimer Partner (SHP), have an unexpected function in regulating one carbon (1C) metabolism in the fed-state. Dysregulation of the 1C...
2018-02-03 - New findings suggest that novel down-regulation of GIRK channels by caspase-3 may contribute to NMDAR-dependent hippocampal atrophy following chronic epileptic seizures
2018-02-01 - A recent paper in PLOS ONE from the Kuzminov lab illustrated a novel phenomenon, RiCF, aka “RNase-induced chromosomal fragmentation.”
2018-02-01 - What changes in the brain of an animal when its behavior is altered by experience? Research at the University of Illinois led by Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Lisa Stubbs is working toward an answer to this question by focusing on the collective actions of genes. In a recent Genome Research publication, Stubbs and her colleagues identified and documented the activity of...
2018-01-26 - Using molecular dynamics simulations, the Tajkhorshid lab computationally modeled the complete structure of the active AMPA receptor with hydrated ions moving through an open pore. Together these findings, published in Cell, show how AMPA receptor regulatory proteins enhance the potency of agonists and alter receptor pore properties, and show how neurotransmitter induces structural rearrangements...