Apr 14, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Member Spotlight
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Viktor Gruev was recently inducted into the 2026 class of the American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellows. Gruev is the Wendell and Rita Dunning Faculty Scholar in Electrical and Computer...
Apr 8, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang is leading a collaborative research project to develop a technology that will target and tag red blood cells in the human body. Wang, a professor of materials science and engineering, has established a strong laboratory...
Feb 11, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang, a professor of materials science and engineering, earned an Early Career Award from the METAvivor Foundation. Wang’s research project, “Next-Generation Exosome Vaccines for Treating Metastatic Breast...
Feb 4, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Biohub, a technology based medical research organization, has a goal as simple as it is audacious: to cure—or prevent—all disease. To pursue this goal, Biohub (formerly CZ Biohub) in Chicago has brought together experts from leading universities in the region,...
Dec 16, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Ovarian cancer poses a unique challenge for clinicians when trying to observe cancer cells’ behavior due to a process known as transcoelomic spread. This process is the shedding of cancer cells from a primary tumor into a fluid-filled body cavity, known as the...
Dec 2, 2025 | Cancer Center News
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently celebrated the investiture of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Erik R. Nelson as the Keith W. and Sara M. Kelley Endowed Professor...
Aug 13, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member and Bioengineering Department Head Mark Anastasio has been awarded the William J. Morlock Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), one of the...
Jul 22, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Can dogs help cure cancer? This is the question explored in the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary “Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers,” featuring Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Associate Director for Translational Research and Development Timothy Fan. Clinical...
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 —...
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...