Genomics

Researchers identify new patterns of cell interactions with molecular chaperone

2023-06-27

Through a new approach of cross-linking cell proteins directly to a protein of interest, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s School of Molecular & Cellular Biology have distinguished new patterns of cell interactions with a molecular chaperone.

Biochemistry professor partners with researchers across campus for genomics workshop

2023-02-10

OLLI will be partnering with different Illinois researchers for the new course. From left: Yang Zhao, Andrew Smith, Brian Cunningham, Hong Jin , and Xing Wang.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) has partnered with University of Illinois researchers, including biochemistry professor Hong Jin, to offer a new workshop called, “What’s in my blood? Genomics Testing and You.”

Meet MCB: Professor Jongsook Kim Kemper

2022-12-21

Dr. Kemper is Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Her lab focuses on metabolic signaling and epigenomic control of metabolism and energy balance.

New faculty members begin teaching and research at U of I

2022-11-21

Roughly a dozen new faculty members in the College of LAS stand together for a group photo indoors.

The College of LAS is welcoming 38 new professors for the 2022-23 academic year. Their new positions range from clinical professors to assistant professors and an endowed position in more than 20 academic units, ranging from African American studies to economics, philosophy, statistics, and several...

Prasanth lab uncovers new insights into the role of Orc6 in the maintenance of genome integrity

2022-06-30

New research from Supriya Prasanth’s lab at the University of Illinois provides tremendous insight into the role of the smallest subunit of the human ORC, Orc6. Although the ORC is conserved in all eukaryotes, Orc6 is the most evolutionarily diverged. In a recent study published in PNAS, the...

Decoding the molecular clock that controls neurogenesis in visual center of Drosophila

2022-04-01

The nervous system is made up of diverse cells that arise from progenitors in a specific time-dependent pattern. In a new study, published in Nature Communications, researchers have uncovered the molecular players involved and how the timing is controlled.

Meet MCB: Professor Brian Freeman brings molecular chaperone expertise to Illinois

2022-02-16

Brian Freeman, a professor of cell and developmental biology and Cancer Center at Illinois scientist, has focused his research on the study of molecular chaperones (MCs) since the beginning of his career as a graduate student when chaperones were thought to have no medicinal purpose. Now, the...

New analytical technique helps researchers spot subtle differences in subcellular chemistry

2021-09-30

From left, chemistry professor Stanislav Rubakhin, molecular and integrative physiology (MIP) graduate research assistant Dan Castro, chemistry professor and MIP affiliate Jonathan Sweedler, chemistry professor Elena Romanova and bioengineering graduate research assistant Yuxuan Richard Xie.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now rapidly isolate and chemically characterize individual organelles within cells. The new technique tests the limits of analytical chemistry and rapidly reveals the chemical composition of organelles that control biological growth,...

Synergistic Toxicity of Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Peroxide Triggers Catastrophic Chromosomal Fragmentation

2021-06-24

Green Florescent Protein (GFP) being expressed in a strain of E.coli in L.B. agar medium .The plate in the center is the control that is not expressing any GFP.

Professor Andrei Kuzminov and PhD student Pooja Agashe from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently explored hydrogen peroxide’s synergistic effects with nitric oxide (NO).

Researchers develop “cytological ruler” to build 3D map of human genome

2018-08-28

In a new paper in the Journal of Cell Biology, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign describe a new technique that can measure the position of every single gene in the nucleus to build a 3D picture of the genome’s organization.

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