Oct 22, 2021 | Cancer Center News
An artistic representation of gold nanoparticles on a photonic crystal surface. Created by Janet Kirker. Urbana, Ill. – For several years the Cunningham group has been developing microscopes that use photonic crystal biosensors—nanostructured glass surfaces that...
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 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...
Feb 8, 2021 | Cancer Center News
In 2019, Hua Li, research associate professor of bioengineering, was awarded more than $2M from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) shortly after joining the University of Illinois. Since receiving the NCI funds, Li, also a clinical medical physicist at Carle...
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...
Aug 31, 2020 | Cancer Center News
When assessing whether or not a tumor is benign or cancerous, a needle biopsy is the usual method of diagnosis. The tissue can then be analyzed to determine what mutations are present that are specific to the patient. Because this method is invasive, it’s generally...
Jul 2, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Brian Cunningham, CCIL Research Program Leader, is developing new technology to detect molecules and viruses from bodily fluids. The goal is to use light energy from optical emitters and a photonic crystal surface to bridge the gap between “macro” and “nano” worlds....
Apr 2, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Rashid Bashir, Dean of the Grainger College of Engineering and professor of bioengineering, recently published his team’s results in Nature Communications. The study uses crumpled graphene, which is highly sensitive to DNA, in a sensor to rapidly diagnose cancer...
Feb 12, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Announcement originally from Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab. Brian Cunningham, Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering, and CCIL Program 1 co-leader, is expanding the Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory’s efforts into new directions,...
Jan 30, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Elisabeth Martin, Bioengineering sophomore from Dunlap, Ill., recently received a $2,000 research support grant from the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The award, one of only 25 given to U of I undergraduates...
Nov 11, 2019 | Cancer Center News
CCIL Member and Professor, Hua Li. CCIL member Hua Li, adjunct research associate professor in bioengineering and medical physicist in the Carle Cancer Center, received $2.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
Mar 28, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Andrew Smith. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers recently received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new assay technology that could determine the effectiveness of cancer drug treatments and aid...
