Congratulations to the 2021 student award winners!

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The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce the winners of its 2020-2021 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....

Jie Chen receives campus award for graduate student mentoring

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Congratulations to Jie Chen, professor of cell and developmental biology, who was honored with the Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring. The award recognizes faculty members for their sustained excellence in graduate student mentoring, innovative approaches to graduate advising...

MCB PhD student selected for Beckman Institute Fellowship

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Seven graduate students, including one from the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, have been awarded 2021 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowships. The program offers University of Illinois graduate students at the MA, MS, or PhD level the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary research at...

Meet MCB: PhD Student Surabhi Sonam

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“Don’t refrain from getting involved in initiatives beyond academics! Step out of your comfort zone.” - Surabhi Sonam, PhD Student in the Jonathan Henry Laboratory

Liqian Ma awarded Mead Graduate Fellowship

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The University of Illinois School of Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce the inaugural recipient of the Julie and David Mead Graduate Fellowship.

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

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On Saturday, May 16, 2020, the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology celebrated its outstanding graduates with a virtual convocation. The ceremony included a slide show about students and their future plans, shout-outs from MCB faculty, and remarks from MCB Director Milan Bagchi and Tina Knox,...

Meet MCB: The Brooke Lab Fights the Flu

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The Brooke lab is home to post-doctoral fellows, undergraduates and graduate students who are working to understand how influenza adapts and transmits. Two of the lab’s key areas of research are genomic diversity—that is, variation in flu particles on the genetic level—and collective interactions...