Meet MCB: Biochemistry PhD student Yiquan Wang

Yiquan Wang sits smiling in a white lab coat with his arms crossed next to a computer displaying his artwork in the Wu Lab.
Yiquan Wang is a PhD student in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at UIUC. In our latest "Meet MCB" video, Yiquan shares how he's bridging his love for art and biochemistry to help people better understand virology.

Congratulations to student award winners!

Text on photo: Congrats to MCB student award winners. Various pictures from May 2022 awards ceremony interspersed with squares and blocks filled solid with orange and blue.
The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021-2022 student awards, fellowships, and scholarships.These awards recognize academic achievement, research accomplishments, and excellence in teaching. We’re proud to have so many outstanding students....

PhD student named a Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow

Defne Gorgun Ozgulbas poses for headshot in Beckman Institute.
The Beckman Institute has announced seven University of Illinois students as 2022 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows, including MCB PhD student Defne Gorgun Ozgulbas from the Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology.

Meet MCB: Temirlan Shilikbay, cell & developmental biology PhD student

PhD student Temirlan Shilikbay, wearing a U of I mask, holds up a slide and observes it.
The School of MCB is proud to highlight our graduate students, including Temirlan Shilikbay, now in his third year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a PhD candidate in professor Stephanie Ceman's lab in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. The lab's goal is to study...

Where are they now? CCIL scholarship awardee You Jin Song

You Jin Song smiles for camera outside on campus on a fall day.
You Jin Song, a third year Ph.D. candidate in Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researcher Kannanganattu Prasanth’s lab, is studying the effects of MALAT1, a long-noncoding RNA that is believed to play an important role in many cancers including breast and lung cancer. This project is supported by a...