MCB virologist addresses the novel coronavirus

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The best methods to prevent coronavirus infection are the same as for influenza or other respiratory viruses: frequent hand washing and avoiding contact with sick people, says MCB virologist Christopher Brooke.

Multiple Positions in Microbial Systems

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The University is hiring six or more tenure-track faculty studying microbial systems or microbiomes, coordinated hires that will expand interdisciplinary microbial research and education across campus.

Kuzminov lab: What causes thymineless death?

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The latest paper by the Kuzminov lab investigates the mechanism of thymineless death, which is a common mode of action of anti-cancer and anti-bacterial drugs. The findings were published in a paper titled "Sources of thymidine and analogs fueling futile damage-repair cycles and ss-gap accumulation...

Ralph S. Wolfe, who helped discover new domain of life, dies at 97

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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.

Kuzminov lab: Reconciling a historical contradiction

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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...

How Oxygen Actually Damages Our Cells

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Although oxidative stress is a chronic problem, life endures. To understand how oxidative stress damages cells and what their defense mechanisms are, the Imlay lab uses E. coli as a model organism.