Attack or retreat? Circuit links hunger and pursuit in sea slug brain

In a new study, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Rhanor Gillette reports on a circuit in the brain of the sea slug Pleurobranchaea.

Lori Raetzman Selected to Present Anita Payne Lecture

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Lori Raetzman has been selected to present the Anita Payne New Perspectives in Reproductive Biology Lecture at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR).

3rd Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences

The 3rd Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences (ISRS) will be held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday, October 10, 2011. The venue of the meeting is the I-Hotel Conference Center.

Phillip Newmark and Milan Bagchi Appointed as Romano Scholars

Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Milan Bagchi, and Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Phillip Newmark, have each been appointed as a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar.

Small change makes a big difference for ion channels

Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman and research scientist Gisela Cymes used a high-resolution single-molecule study technique to see the very subtle differences between two branches of an important family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.

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...

Hee Jung Chung Receives Carver Charitable Trust Award

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Hee Jung Chung has been awarded the highly competitive 3-year Carver Young Investigator Award.

Claudio Grosman and Gisela Cymes published in Nature

"Tunable pKa values and the basis of opposite charge selectivities in nicotinic-type receptors," by Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman and Research Scientist Gisela Cymes, has been published in Nature.

Researchers identify protein essential for embryo implantation

A research article, communicated jointly by Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Milan Bagchi, and Professor of Comparative Biosciences Indrani Bagchi, has been published in the journal Science. In this paper, researchers at the NIH-funded Center of Research in Reproduction at the...

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...