Oct 20, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Photo of Shannon Sirk. Urbana, Ill. – Therapeutic antibodies have revolutionized the treatment of many diseases, including cancer. However, these drugs can be prohibitively expensive and are not an option for every patient. Shannon Sirk, Cancer Center at Illinois...
Oct 6, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Robert W. Schaefer Professor Brendan Harley has been elected to the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Class of 2021 Fellows. This distinction recognizes members who demonstrate exceptional achievements and experience in the field of biomedical...
Oct 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
(L to R) Mark Anastasio, Stephen Boppart, Joseph Irudayaraj Urbana, Ill. – The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) welcomed and elected 26 Fellows for the Class of 2021. The IAMBE, affiliated with the International Federation of Medical...
Sep 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms that teach computers to perform tasks, can efficiently identify patterns and relationships in large amounts of data. These abilities have made AI techniques and tools indispensable in the cancer research...
Aug 16, 2021 | Cancer Center News
A microscopic image of the innovative biomaterial being developed from 3D-printed mesh combined with a collagen-based scaffold to regenerate large portions of the skull. Image credit: Marley Dewey, a former member of the Harley lab. Urbana, Ill. – A new research...
Aug 10, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – A team of Beckman researchers led by Kianoush Falahkheirkhah, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Rohit Bhargava, director of the Cancer Center at Illinois, developed new software to boost infrared imaging-based cancer...
Jul 13, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Fisk undergraduate students (L-R) Skye Faucher, Jaia Holleman, and Leiana-Lavette Woodard participated in summer training workshops at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as part of the National Institutes of Health’s Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) program. ...
Jul 12, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Four Illinois students received the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Graduate Cancer Scholarships to pursue cancer research projects under the mentorship of CCIL scientists. “A core mission of the Cancer Center at Illinois is to mobilize and...
Jun 14, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Stephen Boppart Urbana, Ill. – Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Cancer Center at Illinois employed a specialized microscopy technique, two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, to image and biochemically...
Jun 10, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Harpal Singh, BioengineeringCancer Scholar, 2017 Cohort Where are you working now? I am a senior about to graduate this May. Following graduation, I will be working in a Biologics rotational program with the company Catalent Pharma. What are you currently researching?...
Jun 2, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Pictured from left to right: Mark A. Anastasio, Stephen Boppart, Joseph Irudayaraj. Urbana, Ill. – The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) welcomed and elected 26 Fellows for the Class of 2021. The IAMBE, affiliated with the...
May 4, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – A team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering and Mayo Clinic have developed a new technique for creating “microcancer” cell cultures. It allows researchers to form hundreds of microcancers in a...
