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MCB Faculty Named Directors of LAS Graduate Programs
Professor Satish Nair of the Department of Biochemistry has been appointed Director of the Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology. Professor Nair has been serving as Interim Director since November 2015. Professor Martha Gillette of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology has been...
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Dr. Kris Jenner endows professorship to honor his undergraduate mentor Professor Stephen G. Sligar; Susan A. Martinis is named to new School of Molecular and Cellular Biology professorship
To recognize the importance of faculty contributions to science and education and to acknowledge Dr. Sligar’s mentorship, Dr. Jenner created the Stephen G. Sligar professorship in 2016. The Investiture was held on October 28, 2016 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
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Emad Tajkhorshid receives Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative grant
Emad Tajkhorshid, professor of biochemistry, biophysics, computational biology, and pharmacology, and his research group are studying the movement of gases across biological membranes, a vital process for powering cells with oxygen and performing photosynthesis, among other things. The group is...
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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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Professor David Shapiro Named Eugene Howe Scholar in Biochemistry
The Department of Biochemistry and the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology congratulate Professor David Shapiro, who has been named the Eugene Howe Scholar in Biochemistry.
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Kalsotra Named Prestigious CAS Fellow
Assistant Professor Auinash Kalsotra has been appointed, pending Board of Trustees approval, as a prestigious Fellow of the University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study (CAS) for the academic year 2016-2017.
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Mechanism of Key Cancer Target Revealed
New findings by Professor Stephen Sligar and colleagues have outlined the structural determinates of a chemical transformation that carries profound implications for the potential design of a mechanism-based inhibitors for the treatment of prostate cancer. The research is published in PNAS.
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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.
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Scientists uncover mechanism that propels liver development after birth
Assistant professor Auinash Kalsotra and collegues report that liver cells utilize a mechanism called "alternative splicing," which alters how genes are translated into the proteins that guide postnatal organ development. Their findings are published in Nature Communications.
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Professor Emad Tajkhorshid named University Scholar
The University Scholars program recognizes excellence in teaching, scholarship and service and provides $15,000 to each scholar for each of three years to enhance his or her academic career. Read more about Tajkhorshid's current work in this article.