Feb 21, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois researcher Erik Nelson, professor of molecular and integrative physiology in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, considers this moment “a milestone” in his career. Several...
Jul 28, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Timothy Fan and Paul Hergenrother. Urbana, Ill. – Cancers that begin in the brain, or start elsewhere in the body and spread to it, are notoriously difficult to treat. Illinois researchers in Cancer Center at Illinois labs are looking to improve those odds by...
Oct 20, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Photo of Shannon Sirk. Urbana, Ill. – Therapeutic antibodies have revolutionized the treatment of many diseases, including cancer. However, these drugs can be prohibitively expensive and are not an option for every patient. Shannon Sirk, Cancer Center at Illinois...
Sep 22, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Photo of Nicholas Wu. Urbana, Ill. – Nicholas Wu, assistant professor of biochemistry, was recently named an associate member of the Cancer Center at Illinois. Previously focusing on viruses such as influenza and COVID-19 in his research, Wu is eager to expand his...
Jul 8, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Hailey Knox, ChemistryTissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Program, 2018 Cohort Where are you working now? I am currently working as a postdoctoral scholar with Professors Dennis Dougherty and Henry Lester at the California Institute of Technology. What are you currently...
Jun 10, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Harpal Singh, BioengineeringCancer Scholar, 2017 Cohort Where are you working now? I am a senior about to graduate this May. Following graduation, I will be working in a Biologics rotational program with the company Catalent Pharma. What are you currently researching?...
May 4, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – A team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering and Mayo Clinic have developed a new technique for creating “microcancer” cell cultures. It allows researchers to form hundreds of microcancers in a...
May 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Project title: “Deep Mutational Scanning of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Involved in Cancer Using Transfer Learning Approaches” Research team includes: Erik Procko, assistant professor in biochemistry What led to your exploration of cancer? Cancer is one of...
Nov 3, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Although small molecule drugs and antibodies continue to be the standard for cancer treatment, a new class of therapeutics — lasso peptides — may prove effective, especially for disease targets that thwart traditional approaches. Combining the power of antibodies and...
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 5, 2020 | Cancer Scholars Program, CCIL Ambassadors
As a large research institution, the University of Illinois offers its students the opportunity to work within faculty labs as well as spread awareness for the research happening blocks away from their dorms. The Cancer Center at Illinois Ambassador program enables...
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....