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...
Feb 19, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Rohit Bhargava, CCIL Director and Founder Professor in Bioengineering, was selected as the 2021 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Ellis R. Lippincott Award. Co-presented by the OSA, the Coblentz Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), this award...
Feb 16, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Wawrzyniec Dobrucki (left) and Michael Oelze (right). Urbana, Ill. – Eight faculty from The Grainger College of Engineering have joined Carle Illinois College of Medicine with Health Innovation Professor appointments. The new faculty deliver on Carle Illinois’...
Dec 18, 2020 | Cancer Center News
When agrochemical and pharmaceutical companies develop new products, they must test extensively for potential toxicity before obtaining regulatory approval. This testing usually involves lengthy and expensive animal studies. A research team at University of Illinois...
Dec 10, 2020 | Cancer Center News
A new computational mass spectrometry imaging method enables researchers to achieve high mass resolution and high spatial resolution for biological samples while providing data sets exponentially faster. Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and...