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Belmont Lab offers new insights on nuclear speckles, improved mapping method
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.
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Cronan lab uncovers mechanism for synthesis of pimelate moiety, the biotin precursor
Professor John. E. Cronan, Microbiology Alumni Professor and professor of biochemistry at the University of Illinois, is a leading researcher and innovator in the field of lipid metabolism. His recent work focuses on the synthesis of biotin and its building blocks across different species of...
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Researchers uncover the role of a noncoding RNA in cell proliferation
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...
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Brian Freeman named a fellow of Cell Stress Society International
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.
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Nuclear speckle contact amplifies gene expression
Recent work from the Laboratory in Cell and Developmental Biology was featured in the Journal of Cell Biology.