Jun 3, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The CCIL was featured on WCIA during National Cancer Research Month. CCIL Associate Director for Translational Research and Development Timothy Fan discussed new developments in cancer research and the critical role research plays in finding new ways to help patients....
May 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) members Ying Diao, Viktor Gruev, and Erik Nelson were named “Researchers to Know” by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC). The ISTC honor is given to faculty nominated by university partners throughout the...
May 16, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Students in Champaign participated in hands-on science lessons during the spring semester as part of a collaboration between the Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) and several university institutes, including the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL). The...
May 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) continues to grow with the expansion of administrative personnel. In 2024, the CCIL has hired the following team members to support the center’s research, education, and outreach efforts. Cheryl CasimiroBusiness and Finance...
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...
Apr 25, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The CCIL was featured on WCIA during Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. CCIL member Michael Spinella shared the results of his lab’s testicular cancer research, including the development of epigenetic drugs to help patients who don’t respond to...
Apr 24, 2024 | Cancer Center News, CCIL Shared Resources
The Tumor Engineering and Phenotyping (TEP) facility, a Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) shared resource, is here to accelerate your discoveries with the addition of a new instrument for nanoparticle synthesis. The PreciGenome NanoGenerator™ Flex-M utilizes a...
Apr 17, 2024 | Cancer Center News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide. This year’s recipients are being honored at a...
Mar 28, 2024 | Cancer Center News
A new monthly segment on WCIA will feature the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and provide an opportunity for CCIL scientists to share research developments that will help cancer patients worldwide. Director Rohit Bhargava appeared in the first installment to talk...
Feb 28, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Honors and Awards
From left to right, Prof. Borislav Kondov, Viktor Gruev, and ZHongmin Zhu, shown here in the operating room at the University Clinic Hospital in North Macedonia along with the NSF-funded research team’s imaging instrument which allows for evaluation of ex vivo...
Feb 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), in concert with the academic units listed below, has recruited several senior cancer-focused researchers to build upon and expand the institute’s impressive foundation of expertise. These investigators will enhance the CCIL’s...
Jan 24, 2024 | Cancer Center News
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research team, from left, Kim Selting, Sara Pedron-Haba, and Catherine Best-Popescu, are recipients of grants from the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation A $25,000 grant from the Cancer Center at...