Sep 28, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois researchers Hua Wang, left, and Shuming Nie, pictured at Beckman Institute, will take their collaboration in cancer research to the next level with their 2.26 M NCI grant. (Photo by Heather Coit) Urbana, Ill. – Hua Wang (Ph.D.’16, MatSE), a...
Dec 20, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Hua Wang. Urbana, Ill. – Funded by the Faculty Early Career Development Program, CCIL researcher and assistant professor of materials science and engineering, Hua Wang, was recognized as a promising academic. Wang will receive a five-year, $700,000 award...
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...
Jun 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Project title: “Elucidating the Role of Minor Cannabinoids on Immune Cell Activation Involved in Lung Cancer Metastatic Progression” Research team includes: David Sarlah (Prinicipal Investigator), assistant professor of chemistry, and Timothy Fan,...
Oct 20, 2020 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois welcomes new member, Hua Wang, Material Science and Engineering (MATSE) Assistant Professor, back to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Wang completed his PhD in material science at Illinois and went onto Harvard University and...
Jun 30, 2020 | Cancer Center News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. It modifies a patient’s own T-cells by adding a piece of an antibody that recognizes unique features on the surface of cancer...
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...
Feb 27, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Paul J. Hergenrother, the Kenneth L. Rinehart Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry, has been appointed the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Deputy Director effective March 1, 2020. Paul currently co-leads the CCIL research...
Oct 25, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Monika Kizerwetter Cancer Scholars Program How did you get involved in the Cancer Scholars Program? I was invited to apply to the Cancer Scholars Program before my freshman year. I submitted the application and was accepted. Through the program, we listen to faculty...
Aug 2, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Bingtao Tang, PhD Candidate, Molecular and Integrative Physiology C*STAR Program, 2018 Cohort What led to your interest in cancer research? I received my bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China. After that, I came to the...
Mar 3, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of T-Cell. T cell receptor (TCR) gene therapy can target the immune system to solid tumors in ways CAR-T cells can’t match, but the field is still looking for a clear success. Last September, GlaxoSmithKline took over one of Adaptimmune Therapeutics’...
