Apr 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) provided an opportunity for students to share their research during its annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at the Beckman Institute. Students in CCIL programs or working in CCIL member labs presented posters on topics...
Jun 1, 2022 | Cancer Center News
From left to right: Ruiyang Xue, Shuming Nie, Jamie Jones, and Indrajit Srivastava. Urbana, Ill. – Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) gold nanoparticles are an ultrasensitive tool used by researchers for in-vitro medical diagnostics and for providing crucial...
May 25, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Cannabis has long been used to alleviate pain, reduce anxiety, and treat inflammation, with the earliest records dating back to 2737 B.C. in China. Today, many cancer patients use cannabis to treat pain and chemotherapy-related symptoms such as nausea,...
May 18, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Photo of Van Bortle Lab members. From left to right: Sihang Zhou, Ruiying Cheng, Rajendra K C, and Kevin Van Bortle. Urbana, Ill. – Kevin Van Bortle has been interested in chromatin and transcription dynamics since the start of his research career as a graduate...
May 12, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Patrick Sweeney, an expert in the brain’s regulation of feeding and body weight, recently joined the University of Illinois as an assistant professor of molecular and integrative physiology and a scientist at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) to...
May 10, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Zhi-Pei Liang (right), a faculty researcher at the Beckman Institute, received the Gold Medal from the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine at a ceremony in London on Monday, May 9, 2022. Pictured left: Fernando Calamante, the President of the...
May 9, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Diwakar Shukla has been named among the most influential bioengineering researchers globally by a leading journal in the field: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, which the American Chemical...
May 4, 2022 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight, TiMe Program
Urbana, Ill. – Microorganisms like bacteria make up colonies and clusters that produce metabolites with particular properties, creating a microbiome that impacts human health and disease, including cancer. Yoon Jeong, a recipient of the Cancer Center at Illinois...
Apr 30, 2022 | Cancer Center News
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has announced the selection of Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2022, including Illinois chemistry faculty member Jefferson Chan. The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers...
Apr 29, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Front row, from left: John Witt, Margaret Witt, Venetria Patton, Doug Mitchell, Catherine Murphy, Greg Girolami; and back row, from left, Bill Bernhard and Wilfred van der Donk. Known for ground-breaking research blending chemical and biological approaches to address...
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...
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...
