Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB)

Belmont Lab offers new insights on nuclear speckles, improved mapping method

2021-02-23

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In a new publication, University of Illinois PhD graduate Liguo Zhang of the Belmont laboratory and colleagues introduce an improved version of TSA-seq and use it to demonstrate how changes in gene association with nuclear speckles correlate with changes in gene expression.

New study: MCB faculty among world's most influential researchers

2021-02-12

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Several faculty from the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology were among the most-cited researchers in the world in a new, widely hailed analysis designed to provide a clearer view of scientific and scholarly impact.

Researchers explore skeletal muscle regeneration at the molecular level

2021-01-21

In a new study, University of Illinois professor Jie Chen and collaborators have uncovered novel molecular mechanisms of regulation in skeletal muscle regeneration.

Welcome to Professor Anna Marie Sokac

2021-01-20

Professor Sokac was one of ten new faculty hires made in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology in the last three years. Sokac is an associate professor of cell and development biology. She is also a SCIALOG Fellow with Research Corporation for Science Advancement, a Master Facilitator/...

Accelerating biomedical research at UIUC: MCB accomplishes 10 new faculty hires in three years

2021-01-20

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is proud to have accomplished ten new faculty hires over the last three years! These strategic hires have been made in areas of brain plasticity, virology and immunology, developmental biology, and microbiology. These outstanding new recruits,...

Meet MCB: PhD Student Surabhi Sonam

2020-12-31

“Don’t refrain from getting involved in initiatives beyond academics! Step out of your comfort zone.” - Surabhi Sonam, PhD Student in the Jonathan Henry Laboratory

Researchers uncover the role of a noncoding RNA in cell proliferation

2020-12-08

Kannanganattu V. Prasanth, professor of cell and developmental biology, and members of his lab investigate the regulation of gene expression and RNA biology with a focus on cancer. In a new article published in eLife, “The S-phase-induced lncRNA promotes cell proliferation by controlling YAP1/Hippo...

Tyramide signal amplification mass spectrometry (TSA-MS) ratio identifies nuclear speckle proteins

2020-11-10

Proximity labeling of cell structures followed by mass spectrometry has become an increasingly popular proteomics approach to identify what proteins localize to different cell structures. In practice, however, results are typically confusing, with long lists of hundreds of proteins identified,...

Brian Freeman named a fellow of Cell Stress Society International

2020-10-23

Congratulations to Brian Freeman, professor of cell and developmental biology at the University of Illinois who has been selected as a fellow of the Cell Stress Society International.

New NIH grants will fund research on cell nuclei structure and dynamics

2020-10-15

URBANA—University of Illinois professor Andrew Belmont has received two new grants from the National Institutes of Health that will advance his work in understanding nuclear structure and dynamics and gene expression.

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