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Brooke lab and colleagues working to develop evolving antiviral therapeutics

2017-08-23

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding the multi-investigator group focusing on eliminating influenza virus.

Professor Satish Nair, postdoctoral researcher, Shi-Hui Dong, and colleagues find that slowing dangerous bacteria may be more effective than killing them

2017-08-17

The findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Cell and Developmental Biology graduate student Yu-Kemp and colleagues identify two proteins necessary for epithelial cell-cell junctions

2017-08-10

The work is the cover story of the August issue of The Journal of Cell Biology.

Auinash Kalsotra Awarded MDA Grant for Studying Myotonic Dystrophy

2017-08-02

The grant to Prof. Kalsotra provides $300,000 over a three-year period to study the molecular basis for cardiac arrhythmias in Myotonic Dystrophy, a multi-systemic disease that affects about 1 in 8000 people with no cure.

NSF awards Illinois $3 million for interdisciplinary graduate student training

2017-07-31

Professor Martha Gillette will lead the program to form new insight on the brain and expand participation in field of brain science.

Study: Omega-3 Fatty Acids Fight Inflammation via Cannabinoids

2017-07-18

Professor Aditi Das and biochemistry student Josephine Watson published findings in PNAS.

Study identifies key player in heart enlargement

2017-06-27

The findings, reported in the journal eLife, could assist in the development of therapeutics that promote healthy heart growth and prevent disease. Biochemistry professor Auinash Kalsotra, led the new study with postdoctoral researcher Sandip Chorghade and graduate student Joseph Seimetz.

Rachel Whitaker Receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award from The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group

2017-06-20

The Allen Distinguished Investigator program supports early-stage research with the potential to reinvent entire fields.

Milan Bagchi appointed new director of the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology

2017-06-02

Professor Bagchi is the Deborah Paul Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and current department head of Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Bagchi is an accomplished scholar and leader, and has provided a clear strategic vision statement for the research and teaching missions of MCB.

Researchers uncover a nutrient-sensing epigenetic pathway that controls autophagy

2017-05-17

Molecular and Integrative Physiology Professor Jongsook Kemper, postdoctoral fellow Sangwon Byun (leading author of the study), research scientist Young Kim, and colleagues publish results in the EMBO Journal.

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