Oct 5, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Left to right: Jeffrey Moore, Susan Martinis, CCIL Director Rohit Bhargava, John Coleman, Philippe Geubelle, and Mark Anastasio Cancer Center at Illinois Director Rohit Bhargava was officially named the Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering during an investiture...
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...
Aug 29, 2023 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is reshaping its core leadership team. These changes reflect the institute’s continued evolution and build upon its history of research and education excellence. The new positions also underscore the CCIL’s strong...
Jul 13, 2023 | Cancer Center News
High schoolers from across the country toured the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) this week and got a glimpse into some of the projects developed by CCIL members and their research teams. Associate Vice Chancellor for Native Affairs Jacki Thompson Rand and Native...
Jul 7, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) members Yun-Sheng Chen (left) and Huanyu Qiao The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) welcomes two new members to our growing community of cancer researchers. Yun-Sheng Chen joins the CCIL as an associate member in the Cancer Measurement...
Jun 7, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Postdoctoral researcher Indrajit Srivastava, left, and CCIL researcher Viktor Gruev, professor of electrical and computer engineering, led a team of researchers developing new cancer imaging agents that can light up two cancer biomarkers when lit by one fluorescent...
May 24, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Graduate Student Mebin George and CCIL Member Viktor Gruev with their novel endoscopic imaging system. Researchers from the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) traveled the rewarding journey from benchtop to the operating room, observing their novel technology in the...
May 10, 2023 | Cancer Center News, Cancer Scholars Program, Student Spotlight
Katerina Baxter, Varshini Murugesh, and Jonathan Louis are undergraduate students affiliated with the Cancer Center at Illinois and recipients of the 2023 Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Two members of the CCIL’s Cancer Scholar...
Nov 17, 2022 | Cancer Center News
The interdisciplinary Beckman Institute team included (from left): Anirudha Rao, a graduate student in bioengineering; Scott Robinson, the former Beckman Institute Microscopy Suite Manager; Seth Kenkel, a postdoctoral research associate; Rohit Bhargava, director of...
Nov 15, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – For decades, bright fluorescent cyanine dyes have been used in a variety of medical procedures, like identifying the sentinel lymph nodes where cancer cells might spread or identifying cancerous tumors in fluorescence-guided surgery. Though widely...
Oct 28, 2022 | Cancer Center News
(From left): Mark Anastasio, a professor of bioengineering; Stephen Boppart, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering; and Rohit Bhargava, a professor of bioengineering, will use funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging...
Oct 18, 2022 | Cancer Center News
(From left): Pengfei Song, a researcher at the Beckman Institute and a professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering; Matthew Lowerison, a Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow; and Zhijie Dong, a Ph.D. student in the Song Lab, are members of an...
