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Student Spotlight: Drashti Sikligar

Student Spotlight: Drashti Sikligar

Dec 7, 2020 | Cancer Scholars Program, Student Spotlight

Drashti Sikligar, Bioengineering JuniorCancer Scholars Program, 2018 Cohort Hometown: Hoffman Estates Do you have current or past experience working in a cancer research laboratory? If so, who was the principle investigator, and what was your role/area of research?...
CCIL Scientist’s Research in Ultrasound Technology Leads to $2M NCI Grant

CCIL Scientist’s Research in Ultrasound Technology Leads to $2M NCI Grant

Nov 25, 2020 | Cancer Center News

Urbana, Ill. — Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member, Michael Oelze, and his collaborative breast cancer and ultrasound imaging research with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, was awarded a major $2M grant from the National Cancer Institute...
CCIL Scientist’s Focus on Fundamentals Progresses Cancer Research Forward

CCIL Scientist’s Focus on Fundamentals Progresses Cancer Research Forward

Nov 23, 2020 | Cancer Center News

Urbana, Ill. — The basic principles of biology state that cells are one of the smallest building blocks of every living organism. Everything in your body is made of them. When we get sick or we’re diagnosed with a disease like lung cancer, though we can’t see them,...
CCIL Sheds Light on Pancreatic Cancer During Awareness Month

CCIL Sheds Light on Pancreatic Cancer During Awareness Month

Nov 19, 2020 | Cancer Center News

In this three-part series, the CCIL’s Communication Intern Carly Kwiecinski explores current outcomes for the disease, provides personal insight into her family’s experience with it, and discusses how the CCIL is transforming cancer care. PART 1 – PANCREATIC CANCER: A...
Illinois Physicist Analyzes Non-Coding Genes To Determine Function in Skin, Breast, and Brain Cancers

Illinois Physicist Analyzes Non-Coding Genes To Determine Function in Skin, Breast, and Brain Cancers

Nov 19, 2020 | Cancer Center News

ILLINOIS — A desire to improve the status of cancer patient treatments led former theoretical physicist, Jun Song (PhD), to pivot his career towards cancer research. He spent several years learning about cancer biology and retraining to apply his background in...
Following Drg: Curiosity Drives Cancer Center at Illinois Scientist’s Protein Synthesis Research

Following Drg: Curiosity Drives Cancer Center at Illinois Scientist’s Protein Synthesis Research

Nov 10, 2020 | Cancer Center News

Current cancer treatments include drugs that target standard protein synthesis in cells, which can kill cancer cells, but also targets healthy cells. To address this issue, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member and professor of biophysics and quantitative biology,...
Student Spotlight: Vongai Tizora

Student Spotlight: Vongai Tizora

Nov 5, 2020 | Cancer Scholars Program, Student Spotlight

Vongai Tizora, Bioengineering Junior Cancer Scholars Program, 2018 Cohort Hometown: Forsyth, Illinois Do you have current or past experience working in a cancer research laboratory? If so, who was the principle investigator, and what was your role/area of research?...
Student Spotlight: CCIL Student Awarded Environmental Toxicology Traineeship

Student Spotlight: CCIL Student Awarded Environmental Toxicology Traineeship

Sep 21, 2020 | Student Spotlight, TiMe Program

Congratulations to Carlos Renteria, a graduate student in the Cancer Center at Illinois’ Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) training program, who has been awarded a new traineeship with The University of Illinois’ Research Training Program in Environmental...
Illinois’ Biggest Fan and Family Donates to the Cancer Center at Illinois

Illinois’ Biggest Fan and Family Donates to the Cancer Center at Illinois

Apr 21, 2020 | Cancer Center News

If you ask any one of Tim Oberg’s family members, friends, or colleagues to describe him, the first word that would pop into their head is, “Illinois.” And not just because he lived in the state, but because of his passion for his alma mater, the University of...

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