May 11, 2021 | Cancer Center News
As part of the Cancer Center at Illinois’ (CCIL) education initiative, the Cancer Scholar Program (CSP) invites students of diverse backgrounds and disciplines to enrich their experience at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Recently, the program adopted a...
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...
Apr 28, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Lisa Stubbs, left, with Robert W. Schaefer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Brendan Harley, and Research Assistant Professor Sara Pedron-Haba. Advanced settings. Urbana, Ill. – The Society For Biomaterials...
Apr 27, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Bioengineering Founder Professor Joseph Irudayaraj has been named a 2020 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The RSC is an international not-for-profit organization connecting chemical scientists with each other, with other scientists, and...
Apr 22, 2021 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Chenfei Hu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tissue Microenvironment Program, 2020 Cohort What does your educational path look like? I received my bachelor’s degree in Optics from Tianjin University (China) in 2014. I completed my MS degree in...
Apr 21, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – When Taher Saif, professor of mechanical science and engineering, joined Illinois over two decades ago, he thought he would use his skills to help people – by improving their vehicles and cell phones – but just a few years later, he realized his...
Apr 6, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Georgina Cheng (front) and Rohit Bhargava (back) review cancerous tissue. Urbana, Ill. – Traditionally, someone in a lab will embed tissue in paraffin, pour dye and view it under a microscope to determine if cancer cells are present. However, researchers in...
Mar 27, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Rashid Bashir, professor of bioengineering and dean of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering, has been awarded the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) 2021 Professional Impact Award...
Mar 11, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Rohit Bhargava and graduate student Yamuna Phal analyzing a microscopic image of solid tissue. This photo was taken in February 2020. Urbana, Ill. – Researchers have developed a spectroscopic microscope to enable optical measurements of molecular conformations and...
Mar 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Hyunjoon Kong, Robert W. Schafer professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, approaches cancer research from a perspective that integrates cell engineering and biomaterials. The Kong research team has been working with Georgia Tech University and Massachusetts...
Mar 2, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Ronald Filler, LAS’ 70. Urbana, Ill. – When Ron Filler (LAS ’70) learned about the groundbreaking research conducted at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), he knew he needed to bring his “Filler Effect” – the spirit of giving and mentorship – to support...
Feb 23, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Left – Individual cells invade away from a central tumor spheroid and into the surrounding vascularized microenvironment. Tumor cells are shown in red and vasculature is shown in green. Right – Individual tumor cells (red) interact closely with surrounding vasculature...
