2010-05-21
- A team of researchers led by Professor of Biochemistry John A. Gerlt has received a five-year, $33.9 million grant from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences to study the functions of unknown enzymes.
2010-05-14 - Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Ann Nardulli visited Capitol Hill, along with other members of the Endocrine Society, as part of an envoy to present the 2009 Endocrine Society Congressional Leadership Award, and to advocate for increased funding for biomedical research.
2010-05-13 - In this article, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Stephanie Ceman discusses her research on Fragile X Syndrome.
2010-05-13 - Biochemistry Student Quinn Peterson has been awarded a 2009-2010 American Chemical Society Predoctoral Fellowship. He is working on a cancer treatment, and doing clinical tests on dogs.
2010-05-13 - Yupeng Zheng, a graduate student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, and Jennifer Schultz-Norton, a post-doctoral worker in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, were two of the authors in a paper published by the Journal of Cell Biology.
2010-05-07 - The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Awards Ceremony was held Thursday, May 6, to recognize a number of our faculty, undergraduate students, and graduate students for excellence in teaching, academics, and research.
2010-04-26 - Professors of Molecular and Integrative Biology Yang (Kevin) Xiang, Charles Cox and their colleagues found a potential new drug target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.-
2010-04-09 - Alumni Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Affiliate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Martha Gillette is featured in a new online video entitled "Neurosciences: The Clock." Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Gene Robinson appears in a video entitled "Neurosciences: Bees ... and Brains."
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2010-04-09 - Grant Reed, a graduating senior in MCB, was awarded the Patricia Askew Leadership Award this year.
2010-04-04 - Professor of Neuroscience and Cell and Developmental Biology David Clayton and colleagues have analyzed the genome of the Australian zebra finch, deriving clues to its use of song in vocal communication.
2010-02-24 - Professor of Microbiology William Metcalf has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology.-
2010-02-24 - Want to know who is likely to win a Nobel prize? One consistent indicator is being invited to speak at the Ada Doisy Lecture Series. Remarkably, 25% of scientists who have accepted invitations to deliver the prestigious Ada Doisy Lecture in Biochemistry have gone on to win the Nobel Prize. This year, the 2010 Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry will be held Thursday, March 18, and Friday, March 19...
2010-02-23 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $25 million to establish the Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS) Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
2010-02-18 - On Monday, February 15th, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Milan Bagchi was appointed a university scholar by the chancellor.
2010-01-13 - Professor of Biochemistry Stephen Sligar and colleagues have successfully recreated integrin activation in vitro, resolving long-standing uncertainties about the cellular mechanisms behind the process.