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Kevin Xiang and Jie Chen Published in Nature
Corresponding author Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Kevin Xiang, lead author Affiliate Professor of Biochemistry Taekjip Ha, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Jie Chen, and colleagues have published "Probing cellular protein complexes using single-molecule...
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Direct Cellular Peptidomics of Hypothalamic Neurons
Alumni Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, and Professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Martha Gillette is corresponding author on "Direct Cellular Peptidomics of Hypothalamic Neurons," epub’d (ahead of print) in the February 18, 2011 issue of Frontiers in...
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Brian Freeman receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Brian Freeman has been awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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New Textbook Published by Three MCB Faculty
American Society for Microbiology Press has just published Bacterial Pathogenesis: a Molecular Approach, 3rd Edition, by Brenda A. Wilson, Abigail A. Salyers, Dixie D. Whitt, and Malcolm E. Winkler.
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Synthetic Biology of Cellular Systems
While the behaviors of individual cells and the functions and properties of tissues and organs have been studied extensively, the complex interactions of cell clusters are not as well understood. School of Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCB) researchers are members of a team that will...
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Philip Newmark Appearing in PLoS Biology
A new study led by Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Philip Newmark promises to be useful in battling parasitic disease.
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Novel Protein Crucial for Cellular Proliferation Discovered
MCB researchers led by Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Supriya Prasanth have identified a novel protein that is highly conserved in higher eukaryotes. They have shown that in human cells, this protein binds to heterochromatic structures, and plays an essential role in DNA...
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Prasanth Kannanganattu published in Molecular Cell
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Kannanganattu Prasanth is corresponding author of "The Nuclear-Retained Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Alternative Splicing by Modulating SR Splicing Factor Phosphorylation," published in Molecular Cell.
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$8 Million NIH Grant To Study Effects of Botanical Estrogens
Swanlund Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Cell and Developmental Biology Benita Katzenellenbogen is among three University of Illinois faculty funded by a new grant.
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Welcoming Rachel Smith-Bolton
Rachel Smith-Bolton has accepted a faculty position with the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. Professor Smith-Bolton comes to Urbana from the University of California at Berkeley.