Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships

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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...

Prevalent but Under-studied Skin Infection Focus of New Research

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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...

Viruses at the nexus of water and health

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Nearly 25% of the world’s population consumes fecally-contaminated water. This water includes bacteria and viruses.Viruses provide greater challenges for disinfection because of their sizes and physical properties. The importance of understanding viruses for safe drinking water is discussed in a...

Synaptic Membrane Nanodiscs May Help Find Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics

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Congratulations to Stephen Sligar for his recent publication in PLoS One: “Nanoscale Synaptic Membrane Mimetic Allows Unbiased High Throughput Screen that Targets Binding Sites for Alzheimer’s-Associated Aβ Oligomers.” Using a High Throughput Screening (HTS) facility at NU, Sligar and colleagues...

Dr. Brenda A. Wilson receives 2015 Leadership Award

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The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Department of Microbiology congratulate Dr. Brenda A. Wilson, professor of microbiology, on her 2015 Leadership Award, which she received from the YWCA of the University of Illinois at an awards ceremony on April 23rd.

Microbes Scared to Death by Virus Presence

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The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study by Associate Professor of Microbiology Rachel Whitaker in mBio.