2009-05-24
- Steven Blanke, a University of Illinois professor in the department of microbiology and Institute for Genomic Biology, has helped discover how the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is able to get into cells in the acidic, inhospitable human stomach.
2009-05-17 - Numerous teachers and students were honored in this year's School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Awards Ceremony, held in May.
2009-05-04 - Yang Xiang and his partners have developed a nanoneedle capable of delivering molecules directly into living cells.
2009-04-27 - Jongsook Kim Kemper authored a paper on how a molecule is controlled to regulate cholesterol conversion into bile acids.
2009-03-24 - The UI Board of Trustees voted March 11 to present its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medallion, to Carl R. Woese, the Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Microbiology.
2009-03-23 - New research on phagocytes by Maureen Craig and Dr. James Slauch has been published online.-
2009-03-16 - Professor of microbiology James Imlay is featured in the latest issue of ASBMB Today for his work on the mechanisms of oxidative damage.
2009-03-11 - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Lin-Feng Chen and his colleagues discovered a novel way inflammation is regulated.-
2009-02-23 - Professor of Microbiology Carl Woese will be honored this year with the Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on microbe diversity.
2009-02-11 - Assistant Professor of CDB Supriya Prasanth coauthored a paper detailing the novel role of an important cell division protein.
2009-01-24 - Professor of Microbiology Abigail Salyers has been given the American Society for Microbiology Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award. The honor is given to an individual for distinguished teaching at the graduate level and outstanding mentoring of graduate and postgraduate students.
2009-01-05 - Assistant Professor of Microbiology Carin Vanderpool, never predicted she would be in the position she is today. After only two years at the University of Illinois she has created a lab from the ground up, been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and made great strides with small RNAs—a newly developing area of research in cellular regulation.-
2008-11-22 - The Cell and Molecular Biology & Molecular Biophysics (CMB-MB) Training Grant Program celebrated its 21st annual research symposium in fall of 2008. The program encourages graduate students to explore interdisciplinary research including genetics, physiology, biophysics, and microbiology
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2008-11-17 - Professors Gene Robinson and David Clayton review the link between genes and behavior in the latest issue of Science.
2008-11-04 - In a career spanning nearly eight decades, Gunsalus, known as "Gunny," conducted research that led to many important discoveries on biological catalysis and regulation, the formation of essential metabolites, and mechanisms of chemical transformations and energy transfer critical to central metabolic reactions. His work drew upon many fields, including organic chemistry, physics and genetics.