2008-10-28
- Microbiology professor William Metcalf and his team have developed a way to mass-produce an antimalarial compound.
2008-10-24 - Govindjee, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Plant Biology, recently received the LAS Alumni Achievement Award for his lifetime contributions to photosynthesis research. The annual award is given by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Association to a select few alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their field or the community.
2008-10-21 - The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology has received a generous gift from George and Tamara Mitchell of Sidney, Illinois, to create two endowed chairs in the Department of Biochemistry.
2008-10-14 - Roger Adams Laboratory and Burrill Hall are undergoing $12 million renovations to improve energy efficiency and upgrade their interiors. Once construction is finished, researchers will benefit from modern laboratory spaces and increased safety. The third and fourth floors of Roger Adams Laboratory are being completely overhauled to make way for new office space and state-of-the-art labs for...
2008-09-15 - Biochemistry professor David Kranz and his team have developed a treatment for antiobiotic resistant staph bacteria.
2008-07-23 - MIP professor Albert Feng and his team have discovered how a frog can selectively listen for its mate's calls.
2008-07-22 - “I still remember the picture I took of my first electrophoresis gel,” said Andrew Smith, a senior in MCB. “I still have it.” Smith was not conducting research in a faculty lab when he ran his first gel, nor was he working as a biotechnology intern. He was attending his introductory, sophomore-year MCB laboratory course. Teaching lab specialist Elizabeth Blinstrup explained that while lectures...
2008-07-01 - Biochemist Emad Tajkorshid has created the first-ever simulation of a molecule binding to a protein.-
2008-06-22 - With the support of a major grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology has been selected as one of only a dozen laboratories worldwide to receive a prototype OMX Applied Precision microscopy system.
2008-06-17 - Biochemistry professor David Shapiro led his team to discover compounds that inhibit estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells.
2008-06-17 - CDB professor Mary Schuler and her team discovered an enzyme that metabolizes DDT in malarial mosquitoes.
2008-05-23 - Associate Professor Steven Blanke and his team have identified the receptor for a toxin produced by ulcer-causing bacteria.
2008-05-21 - Researchers at Illinois led by Claudio Grosman, professor of molecular and integrative physiology have painstakingly mapped the interior of a key component of the relay system that allows the neurotransmitter acetylcholine to get its message across.
2008-04-22 - On May 27th, Phillip A. Newmark, an associate professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB), was named a 2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. With this award Dr. Newmark joins a select group of 56 biomedical scientists chosen from among 1,070 applications submitted in a nationwide competition.
2008-04-17 - Andrew Belmont and his team developed a live-cell labeling technique for imaging chromatin at high resolution.