Feb 22, 2022 | Student Spotlight, TiMe Program
Image of Opeyemi Arogundade. Urbana, Ill. – Opeyemi Arogundade, Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) program trainee and student in Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) scientist, Andrew Smith’s, lab, is applying his academic background in physics to cancer research and...
Feb 22, 2022 | Cancer Center News
The research team included, from left, undergraduate student Darya Asoudegi; graduate students Neha Chetlangia and Fredy Kurniawan; and Supriya Prasanth, a professor of cell and developmental biology at the U. of I. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. Embryonic stem cells...
Feb 17, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Left to right: Gabriel Popescu, Mark A. Anastasio, Chenfei Hu Treating cancer patients and developing biopharmaceutical drugs depends on making the distinction between a healthy live-cell and a sickly dead cell. The state of the cell can indicate whether a cancer...
Feb 15, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Image of Brian Freeman. Urbana, Ill. – Cancer Center at Illinois scientist and professor of cell and developmental biology, Brian Freeman, has focused his research on the study of molecular chaperones (MCs) since the beginning of his career as a graduate student when...
Feb 10, 2022 | Cancer Center News
University of Illinois professor Deborah Leckband led a study that revealed how Velcro-like cellular proteins called cadherins sense tissue mechanics to regulate cell communication and biological tissue growth. Photo courtesy of Claire Benjamin. Urbana, Ill. – The...
Feb 7, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Image of Rohit Bhargava in lab. Illinois Innovators Podcast: Cancer and Engineering with Rohit Bhargava Click here to listen Urbana, Ill. – In March 2005, Professor Rohit Bhargava was the first external hire to join the Department of Bioengineering as it launched. Now...
Feb 2, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – For decades, Katzenellenbogen has focused on understanding breast cancer and women’s health, collaborating with scientists on campus and around the world to develop better treatments and reduce morbidities from the disease. Her research has provided the...
Feb 1, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Computer rendering of the magnetic activate capture+digital counting approach for accelerated digital biodetection. Urbana, Ill. – The detection and quantification of cancer-associated molecular biomarkers in body fluids, or liquid biopsies, prove minimally invasive...
