Sep 16, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Faculty and staff members from the Cancer Center at Illinois and Beckman Institute have been recognized by the U of I Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance (SPaRC) for their contributions in support of research. Individuals from the Cancer Center and...
Aug 28, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Applications are now being accepted for the following Department of Defense (DoD) funding opportunities: Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2 Era of Hope Scholar Award Advocates are either highly encouraged or required for these funding opportunities, and Cancer Research...
Aug 19, 2020 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois’ (CCIL) Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Graduate Program kicks off its 2020 – 2021 academic year with nine new trainees dedicated to advancing biomedical science and healthcare. “With every new cohort of TiMe trainees comes the...
Aug 1, 2020 | Cancer Center News
We are proud to welcome the CCIL’s newest employee, Nibedita Chakraborty as the Research Development Coordinator. Nibedita has extensive experience in advanced data management in cancer research and previously worked as Research Program Coordinator within the West...
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...
Jun 26, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed a new method to improve the detection ability of nanoscale chemical imaging using atomic force microscopy. These improvements reduce the noise that is associated with the...
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
The Cancer Center at Illinois at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is supporting three new cancer research projects through its planning grant initiative. Recipients will each receive up to $25,000 to spark innovative research projects that have promise...
Jun 17, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Gabriel Popescu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Chenfei Hu, Illinois graduate student, have collaborated with Colorado State University researchers to develop a new imaging method called harmonic optical tomography. This technique can assist...
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...
Jun 3, 2020 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Bridging the engineering-biology continuum is a puzzle that drives and fascinates cancer researchers like Joy Chen, a junior undergraduate bioengineering student at the University of Illinois, former researcHStart student, and current Cancer Scholar. A Cancer Center...
