Oct 3, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Thanks to a serendipitous discovery and a lot of painstaking work, scientists can now build biohybrid molecules that combine the homing powers of DNA with the broad functional repertoire of proteins — without having to synthesize them one by one, researchers report in...
Sep 18, 2024 | Cancer Center News
In collaboration with the School of Chemical Sciences, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has provided support for significant infrastructure upgrades to the High-throughput Screening Facility (HTSF) which will dramatically expand and accelerate cancer research...
Jul 26, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Two of them are CCIL members: Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Joaquín Rodríguez-López. The...
May 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Mechanochemical Dynamic Therapy (MDT) working group held its first workshop on May 21 to promote collaboration among researchers. The working group is housed in the CCIL’s Cancer Measurement Technology and Data Science (CMD)...
Feb 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Jeff Chan, associate professor of chemistry, recently published research demonstrating the development of an activatable cancer therapeutic to help eliminate the side effects of traditional chemotherapies. “There are many potent...
Jan 22, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Cindy Mu is a junior at Illinois, double majoring in chemistry and molecular & cellular Biology During her junior year at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA), Cindy Mu traveled from Aurora, Illinois to Northwestern University every Wednesday to...
Jan 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother was recently named a 2023 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator. The prestigious NCI Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) recognizes the outstanding research performance of cancer...
Sep 7, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Principal investigators Martin Gruebele (left) and Zan Luthey-Schulten (Photo by Fred Zwicky, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Researchers, policymakers, and Minecraft players can look forward to the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology’s...
Jul 31, 2023 | Cancer Center News
The team included, from left, research scientist Chengjian Mao, graduate student Xinyi Dai, biochemistry professor David Shapiro, graduate student Junyao Zhu and molecular and integrative physiology professor Erik Nelson. Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —...
Jul 20, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois members Joonsu Han (left), Hua Wang (center), and Rhimsha Bhatta. Researchers in Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang’s lab continue to pioneer novel technologies that enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies. The latest...
May 22, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Researchers, from left, Matthew Confer, Scott Dubowsky, and Jian Wang combined their expertise in chemistry and plasma engineering to demonstrate a metal-catalyst-free approach to form carbon-carbon bonds. An Illinois interdisciplinary research team develops...
May 10, 2023 | Cancer Center News
CCIL – Beckman Institute Fellows Alejandro De la Cadena and Zane Thornburg. In fall 2023, the Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program will welcome two Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) postdoctoral researchers to its inaugural class of CCIL – Beckman...