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.
2017-09-29 - Dr. Susan Martinis, head of biochemistry, started her new role as interim vice chancellor for research on Oct. 16, 2017. “Professor Martinis has earned a reputation here at Illinois as a collaborative scholar and consultative leader who gets work done. These qualities make her an ideal fit for...
2017-09-13 - The Vallee Foundation supports original, innovative, and pioneering work by early career scientists. Kehl-Fie is one of five scientists chosen from an international pool of candidates.
2017-09-07 - A new study, reported in the journal mSystems, contributes to understanding how vitamins may be used to modify or influence the microbial composition of the human gut.
2017-09-07 - Nair, a professor of biochemistry in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and director of the Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, is a leader in studying how bacteria can make antibiotics and other medicinally relevant molecules.
2017-08-28 - "Intolerance, racism and violence...will never be condoned" in MCB or at Illinois.
2017-08-25 - A new study published in Development by Assistant Professor Eric Bolton and Research Associate Hyun-Jung Park reveals that glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), which signals through activation of RET tyrosine kinase, inhibits androgen-induced development of the mouse prostate gland.
2017-08-23 - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding the multi-investigator group focusing on eliminating influenza virus.
2017-08-17 - The findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
2017-08-10 - Epithelial cells build specialized cell-cell junctions to separate two different compartments. Many of these cell-cell junctions depend on the actin cytoskeleton for their assembly and maintenance. Graduate student Hui-Chia Yu-Kemp and colleagues identified CRMP-1 and EVL as novel factors necessary...
2017-08-10 - The work is the cover story of the August issue of The Journal of Cell Biology.
2017-08-02 - The grant to Prof. Kalsotra provides $300,000 over a three-year period to study the molecular basis for cardiac arrhythmias in Myotonic Dystrophy, a multi-systemic disease that affects about 1 in 8000 people with no cure.
2017-08-01 - The National Science Foundation recently granted the University of Illinois $3 million for an interdisciplinary graduate student training program to help form new insight on the brain—and to expand participation in the field of brain science itself.
2017-07-31 - Professor Martha Gillette will lead the program to form new insight on the brain and expand participation in field of brain science.