2017-12-31
- Alfred Reszka’s future was intertwined with the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
in ways he never could have predicted when he came to the University of Illinois in the 1980s. Reszka was one of the first graduate students in the new department, and the connections he made in CDB laid the groundwork for his entire career.
2017-12-31 - Several MCB faculty members are part of an exciting new campus unit known as The Cancer Center at Illinois. The Center is an interdisciplinary collaborative hub with more than 100 faculty members from departments ranging from kinesiology, human development and nutrition to electrical and computer engineering, as well as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers pursuing “cancer- related...
2017-12-31 - The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) is a pivotal center for biomedical research on campus, and our program attracts more funding than any other unit in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Our energetic, top-notch graduate students and faculty, and high caliber research projects have a strong reputation for producing results worthy of further external funding.-
2017-12-31 - The Anakk lab explored the mechanism by which the liver can be protected from developing fatty liver disease. This work was also published in Hepatology and led by two former undergraduates of the MCB program, Oludemilade Akinrotimi (Demi) and Ryan Riessen along with another MCB alumnus, Phil Vanduyne. Using the same experimental mouse model...
2017-12-31 - Using mouse models that resembled the clinical cholestasis, or very high levels of bile acids in the liver, Dr. Sayee Anakk, with graduate student and first author Bhoomika Mathur, observed the effect of cholestasis on a key indicator of heart health.
2017-12-18 - View the latest edition of MCB Magazine here.
2017-12-11 - La Jolla—Salk Institute scientist Joanne Chory, one of the world’s preeminent plant biologists who is now leading the charge to combat global warming with plant-based solutions, has been awarded a 2018 Breakthrough Prize for her pioneering work deciphering how plants optimize their growth, development and cellular structure to transform sunlight into chemical energy.
2017-12-05 - The Grosman and Tajkhorshid labs collaborate on "Chasing the open-state structure of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels." Their findings are presented as the cover story in the December Issue of The Journal of General Physiology.
2017-11-30 - The MCB Graduate Student Association (GSA), known as the MCBees, inaugurated a new outreach event, “Science on Tap,” on Sunday, November 19, 2017. Zach Costliow (Degnan Lab) presented, “Homebrewed Vitamins: What B1 and B. thetaiotaomicron are doing in your gut” at Riggs in Urbana.
2017-11-27 - Regenerating tissue must initiate the signaling that drives regenerative growth, and then sustain that signaling long enough for regeneration to complete. Drosophila imaginal discs, the epithelial structures in the larva that will form the adult animal during metamorphosis, have been an important model system for tissue repair and regeneration for over 60 years.
2017-11-13 - A new shape-shifting polymer can target and kill Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach without killing helpful bacteria in the gut. Such a treatment could improve the digestive health of billions of people worldwide who contract H. pylori infections.
2017-10-31 - A new study, published in mBio, exposes a zinc-import system in bacteria that could contribute to their ability to cause infection.
2017-10-25 - Robert Gaynes, a distinguished doctor known for his effective teaching and mentorship of medical students, has been chosen as a 2017 Illini Comeback Guest by the University of Illinois Alumni Association.
2017-10-23 - Cycyota received the Jeanne C. Mowe Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution in tissue banking or transplantation, whether in research, education, or laboratory improvement, or who has served the Association or the field of tissue banking.
2017-10-12 - The study, reported in Nature Communications, identifies new potential drug targets that could inhibit the creation or actions of the dangerous cholesterol byproduct.