Mar 6, 2024 | Administration, Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
If your social media algorithm points you toward STEM, bioengineering, or cancer research, there’s a chance you might come across The Mad Bioengineer on TikTok. You might even be one of his 33,000 followers. With contagious curiosity, infectious demeanor, and a...
Feb 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Jeff Chan, associate professor of chemistry, recently published research demonstrating the development of an activatable cancer therapeutic to help eliminate the side effects of traditional chemotherapies. “There are many potent...
Feb 28, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Honors and Awards
From left to right, Prof. Borislav Kondov, Viktor Gruev, and ZHongmin Zhu, shown here in the operating room at the University Clinic Hospital in North Macedonia along with the NSF-funded research team’s imaging instrument which allows for evaluation of ex vivo...
Feb 21, 2024 | Cancer Center News
You may have noticed an uptick in news stories and social media posts about cancer prevention over the last few weeks. February marks National Cancer Prevention Month – an opportunity to raise awareness about cancer risk factors and preventative measures. The campaign...
Feb 15, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Electrical and computer engineering professor Kiruba Haran, left, and mechanical science and engineering professor Taher Saif are newly elected members of the National Academy of Engineering. Image by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois...
Feb 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), in concert with the academic units listed below, has recruited several senior cancer-focused researchers to build upon and expand the institute’s impressive foundation of expertise. These investigators will enhance the CCIL’s...
Feb 7, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Zeynep Madak Erdogan is the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Associate Director for Education and Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer, Associate Professor of Food Science & Human Nutrition, and Associate Dean in the Graduate College Cancer Center at...
Feb 1, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The first step to strong interdisciplinary science is state-of-the-art instrumentation and facilities that push the limits of what researchers can achieve. The Molecular Imaging Laboratory at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, with support from...
Jan 25, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Jun Song, Founder Professor in Physics Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Jun Song received a $319,585 award in January as part of his multi-year R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for his project...
Jan 24, 2024 | Cancer Center News
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research team, from left, Kim Selting, Sara Pedron-Haba, and Catherine Best-Popescu, are recipients of grants from the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation A $25,000 grant from the Cancer Center at...
Jan 22, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Cindy Mu is a junior at Illinois, double majoring in chemistry and molecular & cellular Biology During her junior year at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA), Cindy Mu traveled from Aurora, Illinois to Northwestern University every Wednesday to...
Jan 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother was recently named a 2023 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator. The prestigious NCI Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) recognizes the outstanding research performance of cancer...