UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign LogoCancer Center
at Illinois

GIVE

  • Home
  • About
    • History
    • Strategic Plan
    • Directory
      • Leadership and Staff
      • Cancer Researchers
      • Steering Committee
      • Advisory Committees
      • CRAG Members
    • Partnerships
    • Contact
  • Research
    • Research Programs
    • CCIL Grant Programs
    • Cancer Research Advocacy Group (CRAG)
    • Shared Resources
    • Funding Opportunities
  • Education
    • High School
      • ResearcHStart Cohorts
    • Undergraduate
      • Cancer Scholars Cohorts
    • Graduate
      • TiMe Program
      • C★STAR Program
        • C★STAR Cohorts
    • Postdoctoral
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Featured Experts
    • Publications
    • Media Contact
  • Giving
    • Ways to Give
    • Giving Stories
    • Volunteer
Molecular probe links high-fat diet to nitric oxide levels, cancer development

Molecular probe links high-fat diet to nitric oxide levels, cancer development

May 20, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Jeff Chan (left), an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the study’s principal investigator, and Anuj Yadav (right), a senior research associate and the study’s lead coauthor. It has long been hypothesized...
New engineering approach enhances antibody fragments for cancer therapy

New engineering approach enhances antibody fragments for cancer therapy

Apr 20, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Shannon Sirk Technological advancements over the past few decades have laid the groundwork for the use of microbe-based drugs to treat diseases. Bioengineering professor Shannon Sirk and her lab are engineering human commensal microbes into living therapeutics,...
New ultrasound research from CCIL faculty extends longstanding leadership in the field

New ultrasound research from CCIL faculty extends longstanding leadership in the field

Apr 14, 2022 | Cancer Center News

This kidney cancer tumor model imaged using ultrasound localization techniques captures directional flow mapping of the tumor and distinguishes between feeding and draining vasculature. More than 75 years after the Fry brothers arrived at Grainger Engineering, the...
Illinois Scientist Developing Cancer Drug Delivery Method with Bioengineered Microbes

Illinois Scientist Developing Cancer Drug Delivery Method with Bioengineered Microbes

Mar 30, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Shannon Sirk and the Sirk Research Group. Urbana, Ill. – An Illinois research team is developing a method of producing and delivering monoclonal antibody treatments for breast cancer through commensal microbes in the gut. If successful, this approach could increase...
Cancer Center at Illinois team finds treatment of liver metastases in breast cancer patients improved by low-carb diets

Cancer Center at Illinois team finds treatment of liver metastases in breast cancer patients improved by low-carb diets

Mar 8, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Image of Zeynep Madak-Erdogan Urbana, Ill. – A new study by Cancer Center at Illinois Education Program Leader, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and her team, have found a new mechanism of endocrine resistance in breast cancers metastasized to the liver. The study, published in...
Illinois student utilizing nanoparticles for better cancer imaging, treatment

Illinois student utilizing nanoparticles for better cancer imaging, treatment

Feb 22, 2022 | Student Spotlight, TiMe Program

Image of Opeyemi Arogundade. Urbana, Ill. – Opeyemi Arogundade, Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) program trainee and student in Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) scientist, Andrew Smith’s, lab, is applying his academic background in physics to cancer research and...
‘Molecular Velcro’ enables tissues to sense, react to mechanical force

‘Molecular Velcro’ enables tissues to sense, react to mechanical force

Feb 10, 2022 | Cancer Center News

University of Illinois professor Deborah Leckband led a study that revealed how Velcro-like cellular proteins called cadherins sense tissue mechanics to regulate cell communication and biological tissue growth. Photo courtesy of Claire Benjamin. Urbana, Ill. – The...
CCIL scientist reflects on decades of breast cancer research

CCIL scientist reflects on decades of breast cancer research

Feb 2, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Urbana, Ill. – For decades, Katzenellenbogen has focused on understanding breast cancer and women’s health, collaborating with scientists on campus and around the world to develop better treatments and reduce morbidities from the disease. Her research has provided the...
Krush Cancer: Cancer Center at Illinois Fighting Inequities in Research, Healthcare

Krush Cancer: Cancer Center at Illinois Fighting Inequities in Research, Healthcare

Jan 25, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Image of Rohit Bhargava. Urbana, Ill. – The Fighting Illini are also fighting cancer by supporting and promoting awareness of the Cancer Center at Illinois, a research unit and a community of experts in cancer biology and technology that seeks to address gaps in...
Where are they now? CCIL scholarship awardee You Jin Song

Where are they now? CCIL scholarship awardee You Jin Song

Dec 15, 2021 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight

Image of You Jin Song. Urbana, Ill. – You Jin Song, a third year Ph.D. candidate in Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researcher Kannanganattu Prasanth’s lab, is studying the effects of MALAT1, a long-noncoding RNA that is believed to play an important role in many...
TiME trainee awarded CCIL 2021 Kristine Neuhoff Twyman Breast Cancer Scholarship

TiME trainee awarded CCIL 2021 Kristine Neuhoff Twyman Breast Cancer Scholarship

Dec 10, 2021 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight, TiMe Program

Image of Ashlie Santaliz Casiano. Urbana, Ill. – The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is excited to announce the recipient of the Fall 2021 Kristine Neuhoff Twyman Breast Cancer Scholarship. Ashlie Santaliz Casiano, graduate student in the Division of Nutritional...
Student and postdoctoral researchers drive AI development for cancer research

Student and postdoctoral researchers drive AI development for cancer research

Dec 8, 2021 | Cancer Center News

Urbana, Ill. – The Chemical Imaging and Structures Laboratory at the University of Illinois focuses on chemical imaging to improve our understanding of the pathology of many diseases, including cancer. Led by the Director of the Cancer Center at Illinois and founder...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • Prasanth lab uncovers new insights into the role of Orc6 in the maintenance of genome integrity
  • Researchers determine Pol III “identity” as important regulatory mechanism and likely disease factor in cancer
  • Illini 4000 visits CCIL on Ride Through America
  • CCIL scientist partners with Ankyra Therapeutics on canine clinical trials
  • CCIL team develops plasmonic SERS nanoparticles coated with red blood cell membranes for improved stability and tumor targeting

Archives

  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • October 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • December 2016
  • July 2016

Categories

  • Cancer Center News
  • Cancer Scholars Program
  • CCIL Ambassadors
  • Student Spotlight
  • TiMe Program
Cancer Center at Illinois University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

405 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801-2325 (M/C 251)
Email: cancercenter@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-300-6100

©2022 University of Illinois Board of Trustees

Designed by Clanin Marketing | Solution By UniSyn

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow