May 15, 2025 | Cancer Center News
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presents the Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership each year to distinguished faculty who enrich the intellectual vitality of campus and the broader community. The awards were presented in three categories —...
May 1, 2025 | Cancer Center News
As a community health intern at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), Fiona found herself stepping far outside her comfort zone—and into the world of robots and 3D printing. “I was not specifically interested in computer science before interning with CCIL,” she...
Apr 8, 2025 | Cancer Center News
For most of us, ecology is external—something we simply admire on road trips and hiking expeditions. For Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Christopher Gaulke and his research team, however, the most fascinating kind of ecosystem resides inside of us, as we are...
Apr 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Xing Wang, professor of bioengineering and chemistry, led a research project showing that drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer...
Apr 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Associate Director for Education, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan will lead a new “Voices of Cancer” project to address cancer disparities through storytelling, research, and community engagement. The Chancellor’s Office awarded...
Mar 4, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Michael Mulligan, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother, recently discovered that a small molecule called ErSO-TFPy has the ability to drastically reduce the size of large breast tumors in mice. Even more...
Feb 20, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Three Illinois scientists are among 126 recipients of the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. According to the foundation, the awardees represent “the very best of early-career science, embodying the creativity, ambition, and rigor...
Feb 5, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast and human epithelial, breast and breast cancer cells in Minecraft, a video game that allows players to explore, build and manipulate structures...
Feb 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Yang Liu, a member of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and professor of bioengineering, received a CCIL Seed Grant to support her research in addressing drug resistance in cancer treatments. CCIL seed grants provide funding that enables faculty teams to develop...
Jan 29, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Zeynep Madak-Erdogan is teaming up with National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) research scientist Aiman Soliman, the NCSA’s Health Innovation Program Office (HIPO), and the University of Illinois Chicago...
Jan 23, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Taher Saif, a member of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and professor of mechanical science and engineering, received CCIL seed grant funding to enhance the treatment for pancreatic cancer through his research. CCIL seed grants provide funding that enables...
Dec 20, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Read time: 2 minKeywords: Seed grant, funding, glioblastoma, treatment, biochemistry Samy Meroueh, a Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member and professor of biochemistry, received a CCIL Seed Grant to bring to life the innovative project, “Targeting Macrophage Trem2...
