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GIANT grant empowers CCIL to take STEM outreach to the YMCA’s Y on the Fly
Cancer Center at Illinois Student Organization outreach assistants Nina Soofi, Kevin Meier, and Brigitte Joyce at the Y on the Fly afterschool venue in Champaign, IL.The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) welcomed a new STEM outreach partnership with the Stephens Family...
From lab to the operating room, researchers’ novel imaging system pushes endoscopy toward the ‘holy grail’ in cancer surgery
Graduate Student Mebin George and CCIL Member Viktor Gruev with their novel endoscopic imaging system.Researchers from the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) traveled the rewarding journey from benchtop to the operating room, observing their novel technology in the...
Rohit Bhargava’s lab plays integral role in developing plasma electrochemistry process to form organic chemical bonds
Researchers, from left, Matthew Confer, Scott Dubowsky, and Jian Wang combined their expertise in chemistry and plasma engineering to demonstrate a metal-catalyst-free approach to form carbon-carbon bonds.An Illinois interdisciplinary research team develops...
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