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MCB graduate students serve as role models for middle school girls in Science Social Café

2018-04-03

The goal of the event? According to STEAM Studio Director Angela Nelson, it was to “break the boundary of ‘You could be a doctor, an engineer, or a lawyer,’” and open the youngsters up to the myriads of possible careers, such as in science and research.

Professional development workshop aimed at empowering women for successful careers

2018-03-15

MCB faculty and staff presented strategies for success at the recent Women's Career Institute event held on February 24, 2018.

Cronan Lab: Lipoyl transfer has a "moonlighting" function -- that is, development of a new function while retaining the original function

2018-02-24

The study's findings were recently published in PNAS.

Engineering T cells to attack cancer

2018-07-24

The Kranz lab and colleagues have recently publish a trio of papers that describe the engineering of receptors that can mediate specific and potent destruction of cancers by T cells.

Researchers identify new physiological regulators of the one carbon cycle metabolism. The findings were published in Nature Communications.

2018-02-09

Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Jongsook Kim Kemper and the first and co-corresponding author, Young Kim, co-author Sangwon Byun, and colleagues demonstrated that Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) and the orphan nuclear receptor, Small Heterodimer Partner (SHP), have an...

Brooke Lab: Certain Flu Virus Mutations May Compensate for Fitness Costs of Other Mutations

2018-01-18

New research published in PLOS Pathogens finds that unexpected mutations help flu virus retain fitness by counteracting changes needed to dodge the immune system

Remembering Dr. Craig Mizzen

2018-01-11

Dr. Craig Mizzen, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, passed away at his home on January 5, 2018, after a long and heroic battle with cancer. He was 61.

Microbiology alumna wins the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

2017-12-11

La Jolla—Salk Institute scientist Joanne Chory, one of the world’s preeminent plant biologists who is now leading the charge to combat global warming with plant-based solutions, has been awarded a 2018 Breakthrough Prize for her pioneering work deciphering how plants optimize their growth,...

The Grosman and Tajkhorshid labs collaborate on "Chasing the open-state structure of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels"

2017-12-05

The Grosman and Tajkhorshid labs collaborate on "Chasing the open-state structure of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels." Their findings are presented as the cover story in the December Issue of The Journal of General Physiology.

MCB graduate students present "Science on Tap"

2017-11-30

The MCB Graduate Student Association (GSA), known as the MCBees, inaugurated a new outreach event, “Science on Tap,” on Sunday, November 19, 2017. Zach Costliow (Degnan Lab) presented, “Homebrewed Vitamins: What B1 and B. thetaiotaomicron are doing in your gut” at Riggs in Urbana.

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