Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB)

The Drosophila Duox maturation factor is a key component of a positive feedback loop that sustains regeneration signaling

2017-11-27

Regenerating tissue must initiate the signaling that drives regenerative growth, and then sustain that signaling long enough for regeneration to complete. Drosophila imaginal discs, the epithelial structures in the larva that will form the adult animal during metamorphosis, have been an important...

Alumnus Thomas Cycyota Receives American Association of Tissue Banks Award

2017-10-23

Cycyota received the Jeanne C. Mowe Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution in tissue banking or transplantation, whether in research, education, or laboratory improvement, or who has served the Association or the field of tissue banking.

Study identifies two proteins necessary for epithelial cell-cell junctions

2017-08-10

Epithelial cells build specialized cell-cell junctions to separate two different compartments. Many of these cell-cell junctions depend on the actin cytoskeleton for their assembly and maintenance. Graduate student Hui-Chia Yu-Kemp and colleagues identified CRMP-1 and EVL as novel factors necessary...

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.

The program aims to form new insights on the brain and expand participation in field of brain science.

2017-08-01

A tight shot of a microscope with a soft orange gradient layer.

The National Science Foundation recently granted the University of Illinois $3 million for an interdisciplinary graduate student training program to help form new insight on the brain—and to expand participation in the field of brain science itself.

The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology recognizes professor's dedication, talent, and effectiveness in teaching.

2017-05-25

Dr. Prasanth’s primary teaching responsibility has been the creation and delivery of MCB 400 Cancer Cell Biology, one of the most popular undergraduate elective courses. She is consistently ranked as excellent by her students each semester.

Chris Seward's image "Clear Mind" takes 2nd place in Image of Research contest

2017-05-11

Novel imaging techniques are necessary for examining whole brain protein expression patterns. Animal brains are large, complex structures that are difficult to image comprehensively. Neurons can be several inches long, while only a few nanometers in width and can branch in many directions...

Inhibitory neurons in green and neuron bundles expressing a protein that is triggered by a social experience in red.

2017-05-03

Two LAS students have been honored in U of I's annual Image of Research competition, in which graduate students pair powerful images with compelling descriptions of research. Out of a pool of 20 finalists, Chris Seward, a graduate student in cell and developmental biology, won second place, and...

Meet MCB: Alumni In-Hyun Park

2016-12-31

In-Hyun Park gets at the genetic roots of Rett syndrome using iPS cells.

Meet MCB: Alumna Anne Carpenter

2016-12-31

Anne Carpenter received her PhD in cell and developmental biology from Illinois in 2003 (under the name Anne Nye).

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