2006-11-12
- Yi Lu, professor of chemistry and affiliate of the Department of Biochemistry has developed a simple "dipstick" test for detecting cocaine and other drugs in saliva, urine or blood serum. "Building upon our earlier work with lead (Pb) sensors, we constructed colorimetric sensors that are based on the lateral flow separation of aptamer-linked nanostructures," Lu said.
2006-11-01 - Martha Gillette brings her biochemical understanding of how cells signal one another to examining the body's biological clock in rats. The clockwork, it turns out, drives not only circadian rhythms of sleep and wakefulness, but almost every function in any living organism, including such functions as eating, drinking, body temperature fluctuation and hormone secretion.
2006-10-29 - In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, Wilfred van der Donk, professor of chemistry and affiliate of the Department of Biochemistry, and colleagues were able to identify lantibiotics, "a class of very potent antimicrobial compounds," that may hold important implications for the treatment of microbial infections.
2006-10-24 - Hugh M. Robertson, professor of entomology and of cell and developmental biology, and postdoctoral research associate, Kevin W. Wanner, report the finding of a family of honey bee chemoreceptors that deals with smell and taste. "'This moves us an important step closer to understanding the molecular details of how bees, and insects in general, smell,' Robertson said."
2006-10-24 - Researchers led by Gene Robinson, professor of integrative biology, entomology, and cell and developmental biology have accomplished the sequencing of the honey bee genome. "In biology and biomedicine, honey bees are used to study many diverse areas, including allergic disease, development, gerontology, neuroscience, social behavior and venom toxicology," Robinson said.
2006-10-22 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - By studying the humble honey bee, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have come a step closer to understanding the molecular basis of social behavior in humans. "The honeybee (Apis mellifera) has been called a model system for social behavior," said Saurabh (pronounced SAW-rub) Sinha, a professor of computer...
2006-10-04 - Among the newcomers to the Urbana campus are more than 6,700 freshmen and about 106 tenure/tenure track faculty members whose appointments began this summer or fall. On Aug. 22, while new and returning students checked out Quad Day, inside the Illini Union new faculty and staff members were welcomed by Provost Linda Katehi at the annual Faculty/Academic Staff Orientation. “Year after year, we...-
2006-09-30 - Since arriving in Urbana-Champaign from his post-doc at Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Rudy Fratti is anxious to begin his work on membrane microdomain assembly and membrane fusion.
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2006-09-28 - The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Stockholm University made the award to Professor Gennis in a ceremony held at City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. The award was for achievements in the area of Bioenergetics.
2006-09-20 - Emad Tajkhorshid assistant professor of biochemistry, pharmacology, and biophysics, and colleagues published a paper this week that sheds light on the mechanism behind gating in membrane channels.
2006-08-27 - "'We have identified a small, synthetic compound that directly activates procaspase-3 and induces apoptosis,' said Paul J. Hergenrother, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry and corresponding author of a paper published by the journal Nature Chemical Biology. 'By bypassing the broken pathway, we can use the cells' own machinery to destroy themselves.'"
2006-08-16 - Abigail Salyers, a professor of microbiology, spoke about the relationship between humans and the microbial world recently at CU Caf Sci, a monthly forum at the Verde Caf in downtown Champaign. The event is based on the international concept called Caf Scientifique, informal gatherings where experts lead discussions about scientific topics.
2006-08-06 - Phillip A. Newmark, professor of cell and developmental biology, has found a novel way to study stem cell generation. In a paper to be published in Developmental Cell this month, Newmark and other researchers show how planarians use stem cells to regenerate.
2006-08-02 - The Vice Chancellor for Research's Critical Research Initiatives program will sponsor six projects this year. Of those six, co-principal investigators Wilfred van der Donk, professor of chemistry and affiliate of the Department of Biochemistry and William Metcalf, professor of microbiology, have been selected to receive seed funding for a project entitled "Discovery, Design and Development of...-
2006-07-31 - Dr. Takjkhorshid came to Illinois after earning his Ph.D. at the University of Heidelberg.