Building up actin at adherens junctions

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology William Brieher and Vivan Tang have published "α-Actinin-4/FSGS1 is required for Arp2/3-dependent actin assembly at the adherens junction" in the Journal of Cell Biology.

Lori Raetzman Selected to Present Anita Payne Lecture

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Lori Raetzman has been selected to present the Anita Payne New Perspectives in Reproductive Biology Lecture at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR).

Team discovers how a cancer-causing bacterium spurs cell death

A new study led by Professor of Microbiology Stephen Blanke, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to show how a bacterial toxin can disrupt a cell's mitochondria – its energy-generation and distribution system – to disable the cell and spur apoptosis (programmed cell...

Editorial Calls for Carl Woese to be Awarded Nobel Prize

Nature Reviews Microbiology has published an editorial lauding the contributions of Crafoord Prize recipient Professor of Microbiology Carl Woese.

Tyrosine phosphorylation enhances RAD52-mediated annealing by modulating its DNA binding

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, and Biophysics and Computational Biology, Maria Spies is corresponding author on "Tyrosine phosphorylation enhances RAD52-mediated annealing by modulating its DNA binding."

Global Functional Map of the p23 Molecular Chaperone Reveals an Extensive Cellular Network

Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Brian Freeman is corresponding author on "Global Functional Map of the p23 Molecular Chaperone Reveals an Extensive Cellular Network" in Molecular Cell.

3rd Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences

The 3rd Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences (ISRS) will be held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday, October 10, 2011. The venue of the meeting is the I-Hotel Conference Center.

Phillip Newmark and Milan Bagchi Appointed as Romano Scholars

Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Milan Bagchi, and Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Phillip Newmark, have each been appointed as a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar.

James Slauch Recognized as University Scholar

Professor of Microbiology James Slauch has been recognized as a University Scholar. The program recognizes the university’s most talented teachers, scholars and researchers.

James Morrissey and Colleagues profiled in LAS News

James Morrissey, Emad Tajkhorshid, and Stephen Sligar are featured in an article on blood clotting mechanisms in LAS News.