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MCB and other units contribute to purchase of animal MRI
A Bruker 9.4 Tesla preclinical animal MRI system will be sited at the Beckman Institute. The addition of the system to the institute’s Biomedical Imaging Center will aid in research in many areas, including brain development and function, and cellular mechanisms in cancer. The installation project...
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Mark Nelson's research demonstrates the success of interdisciplinary approaches
From weakly electric fish to a robotic cockroach to a novel approach to using wireless networks for emergency response, Mark E. Nelson’s research career exemplifies the success of an interdisciplinary approach through his work in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and the...
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Researchers find protein that suppresses muscle repair in mice
Researchers report that a protein known to be important to protein synthesis also influences muscle regeneration and regrowth in an unexpected manner. The discovery, reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could one day lead to new methods for treating disorders that result in muscle...
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Professor William Brieher receives LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Professor William Brieher has been selected by an awards committee to receive the LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, alongside four other professors at Illinois. This honor grants the recipients $1,000 to support their teaching and research, while a one-time increment of $2,...
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Ralph S. Wolfe, who helped discover new domain of life, dies at 97
Microbiologist Ralph Wolfe contributed to a study of microbes that led to the discovery of a third superkingdom, or domain, of life: the archaea. Wolfe, a professor emeritus of microbiology at the University of Illinois, died March 26 in Urbana. He was 97.
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Mutations in noncoding genes could play big role in regulating cancer, study finds
Professor Kannanganattu Prasanth led a team that found that certain genes that don’t code for proteins could play an important regulatory role in breast cancer.
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A new light on learning
The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology creates an inspiring new space for instruction and advising.
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Kuzminov lab: Reconciling a historical contradiction
The latest paper by the Kuzminov lab describes the development of a highly sensitive method to probe the nature of DNA replication in E. coli. The findings were published in a paper titled “Near-continuously synthesized leading strands in Escherichia coli are broken by ribonucleotide excision” in...
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Researchers discover another role for cell protein
Discovery provides deeper insight into DNA and the fight against cancer.
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MCB Magazine: Small but Mighty; Tiny Organisms that Make a Big Impact
Our fall issue of the MCB magazine focuses on the diverse ways in which microbes affect our health.