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Professor Satish Nair, postdoctoral researcher, Shi-Hui Dong, and colleagues find that slowing dangerous bacteria may be more effective than killing them
The findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Rachel Whitaker Receives Allen Distinguished Investigator Award from The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group
The Allen Distinguished Investigator program supports early-stage research with the potential to reinvent entire fields.
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John Cronan elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Election to the NAS is one of the highest professional honors a scientist can garner. Chosen by their peers, the 2,290 members and 475 foreign associates are an elite group distinguished by their outstanding contributions to the fields of science and technology.
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Kehl-Fie and team discover how bacteria exploit a chink in the body’s armor
Scientists have discovered a new type of bacterial enzyme that can blunt the body’s key weapons in its fight against infection.
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Susan Lindquist, Scientist Who Made Genetic Discoveries Using Yeast, Dies at 67
Susan Lindquist, a molecular biologist whose conceptually daring work with yeast proteins opened new avenues to understanding gene functioning and degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, died on Thursday in Boston. She was 67.
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Technological Breakthroughs Transform Biological Inquiry in Neuroscience
The infinitely complex workings of the human brain have intrigued researchers for centuries. Our understanding of its workings have been limited, not by our curiosity, but by our tools. Now, with the growth of new molecular biology and genomics approaches, big data, and engineering advances that...
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Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships
A number of current and recent graduate students and postdoctoral scholars have applied for and won prestigious awards and fellowships. The awardees reflect the breadth of outstanding research at UIUC and the quality of students and researchers attracted to the School of Molecular and Cellular...
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Department of Microbiology Honored as New Milestones Site by American Society for Microbiology
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) was officially named a Milestones in Microbiology site by ASM on 16 October 2015, in recognition of the many major accomplishments of UIUC microbiologists whose seminal discoveries significantly increased biological understanding, advanced the...
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Prevalent but Under-studied Skin Infection Focus of New Research
Dr. Joanna Shisler, associate professor of microbiology and researcher at the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Beckman Institute, and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for research using innovative approaches to...
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Two Graduate Students Win Awards at Research Live! Competition
Ipek Tasan (Biochemistry) won First Place, and Robin Holland (Microbiology and Veterinary Medicine) won the People's Choice Award.