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Metabolic Glycan Labeling Approach Shows Promise for Improving Dendritic Cell Vaccines

Metabolic Glycan Labeling Approach Shows Promise for Improving Dendritic Cell Vaccines

Sep 6, 2023 | Cancer Center News

Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers Joonsu Han and Hua Wang Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang and his research group are passionate about developing novel – but simple – solutions to not only improve the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies, but...
Cancer researchers awarded NIH grant to explore immunotherapy innovations

Cancer researchers awarded NIH grant to explore immunotherapy innovations

Mar 10, 2023 | Cancer Center News

CCIL researchers Hua Wang and Erik Nelson.   Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers Hua Wang and Erik Nelson are the recipients of a two-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to explore new biomedical technologies for improved cancer immunotherapy....
CCIL JumpStart Program member brings single-cell chemical measurement expertise to cancer research

CCIL JumpStart Program member brings single-cell chemical measurement expertise to cancer research

Feb 28, 2023 | Cancer Center News

Jonathan Sweedler, professor in chemistry and Cancer Center at Illinois researcher, is pictured here with graduate students, from the left, Blake Mirman and Seth Croslow. We recently sat down with Jonathan Sweedler, a research member with the Cancer Center at...
Cancer Center at Illinois to accelerate groundbreaking surgical technology as part of $9M NCI grant led by Penn Medicine

Cancer Center at Illinois to accelerate groundbreaking surgical technology as part of $9M NCI grant led by Penn Medicine

Jul 8, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Illinois researchers with a prototype image-guided surgical system (standing third from left is Professor Viktor Gruev and fourth from left is Professor Shuming Nie).    Urbana, Ill. – An innovative camera technology, inspired by the mantis shrimp’s visual...
CCIL Director receives the 2022 NY/NJ Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award

CCIL Director receives the 2022 NY/NJ Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award

Apr 18, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Rohit Bhargava, Cancer Center at Illinois Director, is a Founder Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received a B. Tech. dual degree (Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science) from the Indian Institute of Technology, New...
Interdisciplinary Illinois Research Team Discovers a Molecular Spring Switch in Breast Cancer

Interdisciplinary Illinois Research Team Discovers a Molecular Spring Switch in Breast Cancer

Jul 28, 2021 | Cancer Center News

Urbana, Ill. – Estrogen receptors, proteins that promote cell growth, are therapeutic targets for endocrine-based breast cancer therapies. These therapies, including aromatase inhibitor treatments, perform well against breast cancer cells with normal, “wild type”...
CCIL Researchers Collaborate with Oxford University in Piecing Together the LanCL Puzzle

CCIL Researchers Collaborate with Oxford University in Piecing Together the LanCL Puzzle

Apr 30, 2021 | Cancer Center News

Removing the phosphate group from kinases can activate them, which can be problematic. LanCL adds glutathione to these kinases, after which they became deactivated. Urbana, Ill. – Researchers from the University of Illinois in collaboration with scientists at Oxford...
CCIL Member Research Optimizes Quantum Dot Probe Size for Single-Receptor Imaging

CCIL Member Research Optimizes Quantum Dot Probe Size for Single-Receptor Imaging

Aug 27, 2020 | Cancer Center News

A team of Illinois researchers including CCIL members Andrew Smith and Pablo Perez-Pinera have created the smallest quantum dots to date. The lab found that the smaller fluorescent nanoparticles produce better single-molecule imaging results. ACS Nano published their...
The Cancer Center at Illinois Appoints Veterinary Oncologist to Lead Research Program

The Cancer Center at Illinois Appoints Veterinary Oncologist to Lead Research Program

Apr 21, 2020 | Cancer Center News

Timothy M. Fan, Professor of Veterinary Oncology, has been appointed as program leader of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) research program in Cancer Discovery Platforms Across the Engineering-Biology Continuum. Fan will co-lead this research program with Brendan...

Scientists Have Invented An Awesome New Crispr Method That ‘Skips’ Over Gene Sections

Aug 22, 2018 | Cancer Center News

The gene-editing technology CRISPR is already making a huge difference across many scientific fields, but its importance could be about to grow even further – scientists have discovered a new technique that can leave out particular sections of a gene, essentially...

New Camera Gives Surgeons A Butterfly’s-Eye View of Cancer

Apr 5, 2018 | Cancer Center News

Cancer lurking in tissue could be more easily found when looking through a butterfly’s eye. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a surgical camera inspired by the eye of the morpho...
Illinois Innovators Podcast: Why Cancer Needs Engineering

Illinois Innovators Podcast: Why Cancer Needs Engineering

Mar 30, 2018 | Cancer Center News

Urbana, Ill. – Created by the Grainger College of Engineering, the Illinois Innovators podcast spotlights research, technological advances, and entrepreneurial efforts of students, faculty, and alumni at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  In 2018, the...

Recent Posts

  • Illinois Professors Viktor Gruev and Shuming Nie Shed Light on the Future of True Color Imaging
  • Emerging Cancer Engineering Field Garners National Attention in Recent Workshop
  • Flightpath Biosciences Licenses Microbiome-Sparing Antibiotic Developed at Illinois
  • Sharps Lead the Endowment of the Directorship of the Cancer Center at Illinois
  • Manipulation of Light at the Nanoscale Helps Advance Biosensing

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