Oct 12, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Matthew Boudreau, a chemistry PhD candidate in the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother’s lab, has been awarded the prestigious F99/K00 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Boudreau’s research has centered around a novel...
Oct 1, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Researchers affiliated with the Cancer Center at Illinois discovered a novel small molecule compound that is now the subject of a new global licensing agreement between the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG and the cancer drug development company Systems Oncology LLC....
Sep 28, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Erik Nelson, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member and Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Illinois graduate student, Liqian Ma, recently discovered that a cholesterol metabolite hijacks immune cells to derail the body’s natural defense...
Aug 19, 2020 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois is a basic science research institution, where members contribute to cancer research by studying biological pathways and genetics, discover and test new drugs, improve medical imaging techniques, develop and evaluate cancer models, and...
Aug 5, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Renowned engineering scholar and innovator Stephen Boppart has been appointed as a Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering. “Steve’s accomplishments in all areas of his professional life have been exceptional and we are truly fortunate to have him as a...
Jul 21, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, member of the Cancer Center at Illinois and Cancer Research Advocacy Group, attributes her passion for cancer research to the serendipity in the science. Madak-Erdogan’s interest in researching cancer began during high-school, when the first...
Jul 17, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Breast cancer patients are 60 percent more likely to die of cancer after surviving a heart attack, according to a new study published in Nature Medicine. Researchers reported that heart attacks, by blocking blood flow through arteries, trigger a specific, pro-cancer...
Jul 6, 2020 | Cancer Center News
ELISABETH MARTIN JUNIOR UNDERGRADUATE, BIOENGINEERING CANCER SCHOLARS PROGRAM HOW DID YOUR EDUCATIONAL PATH LEAD YOU TO CANCER RESEARCH? I am studying Bioengineering with a track in Imaging and Sensing. I plan to minor in Spanish and Electrical Engineering. I chose to...
Jun 24, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been appointed Senior Advisor to the Director of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), Rohit Bhargava. “Benita’s extensive knowledge...
Jun 18, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Three interdisciplinary projects designed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty were selected for the Cancer Center at Illinois’ annual seed grant awards. The CCIL’s seed grant funding has supported transformative transdisciplinary research and...
Jun 8, 2020 | Cancer Center News
While the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign slogan, “Fighting Illini,” is most commonly used to describe the university’s athletics, it’s taken on a whole new meaning within the laboratories of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL). Having battled cancer...
Jun 7, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Twenty years ago, Christel Seyfert was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, she advocates for cancer patients as a member of Prairie Dragon Paddlers – a boat racing team dedicated to providing outreach and educational initiatives in support of breast cancer...
