Paul J. Hergenrother, PhD, is a Professor of Chemistry, and Affiliate in Biochemistry, and the Kenneth L. Rinehart Jr. Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry. Professor Hergenrother is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Vanquish...
First test of anti-cancer agent PAC-1 in human clinical trials shows promise
Illinois professor of veterinary clinical medicine Dr. Timothy Fan, left, and chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother. The U. of I. team found that the compound PAC-1 has therapeutic potential in pet dogs with spontaneously occurring cancers. The animal studies set the...
Cancer Center at Illinois announces 2022 cancer research grant recipients
Top, from left to right: Martin Burke, Christopher Gaulke, and Catherine Murphy.Bottom, from left to right: Joaquín Rodríguez López, Emad Tajkhorshid, and Kai Zhang.The Cancer Center at Illinois is proud to announce the selection of nine interdisciplinary cancer...
Cancer Center at Illinois scientists improve BRAF inhibitor for better blood brain barrier penetration
Timothy Fan and Paul Hergenrother.Urbana, Ill. – Cancers that begin in the brain, or start elsewhere in the body and spread to it, are notoriously difficult to treat. Illinois researchers in Cancer Center at Illinois labs are looking to improve those odds by...
Illini 4000 visits CCIL on Ride Through America
Sam Corley, undergraduate, Computer ScienceUrbana, Ill. — The Illini 4000 is a non-profit organization whose members are University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students that are documenting the American cancer experience through The Portraits Project, raising funds...
Mitchell honored for outstanding research, teaching, and mentoring
Front row, from left: John Witt, Margaret Witt, Venetria Patton, Doug Mitchell, Catherine Murphy, Greg Girolami; and back row, from left, Bill Bernhard and Wilfred van der Donk.Known for ground-breaking research blending chemical and biological approaches to address...
CCIL scientists earn Illinois’ Presidential Medallion for COVID response leadership
Pictured (l-r): Timothy Fan (CCIL research program leader), Bill Sullivan, Marty Burke (CCIL member), Nigel Goldenfield, Rebecca Smith (CCIL member), Paul Hergenrother (CCIL deputy director). Urbana, Ill. – University of Illinois President Tim Killeen on Monday...
CCIL Scientists Therapeutic Eradicates Breast Cancer in Mice
Illinois researchers on the study include, from front left, research scientist Chengjian Mao and graduate students Matthew Boudreau, Darjan Duraki and Ji Eun Kim. In the back row, from left, are molecular and integrative physiology professor Erik Nelson, chemistry...
CCIL 2021 Seed Awards Support Collaborative Cancer Research
Top row, left to right: M. Taher Saif, Shannon Sirk, Kimberly Selting; Middle row: Rashid Bashir, Cecilia Leal, Jason Ridlon; Bottom row: Supriya Prasanth, Hua Li, Mohammed El-KebirNine interdisciplinary projects designed by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...
Carle Physicians Partner with CCIL Researchers to Address Gynecologic and Breast Cancers
Rohit Bhargava, CCIL Director, and Georgina Cheng, gynecologic oncologist. Urbana, Ill. – Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) scientists conduct basic research, collaborating with physicians at partnered clinics and hospitals to bring their studies from bench to bedside....