Feb 1, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Computer rendering of the magnetic activate capture+digital counting approach for accelerated digital biodetection. Urbana, Ill. – The detection and quantification of cancer-associated molecular biomarkers in body fluids, or liquid biopsies, prove minimally invasive...
Oct 22, 2021 | Cancer Center News
An artistic representation of gold nanoparticles on a photonic crystal surface. Created by Janet Kirker. Urbana, Ill. – For several years the Cunningham group has been developing microscopes that use photonic crystal biosensors—nanostructured glass surfaces that...
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 14, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Stephen Boppart Urbana, Ill. – Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Cancer Center at Illinois employed a specialized microscopy technique, two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, to image and biochemically...
Jun 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – A newly developed laser source and microscope are helping researchers better understand and search for biomarkers indicative of cancer and other diseases, offering new promise for early detection and treatment plans. The study, co-authored by Cancer...
Apr 22, 2021 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Chenfei Hu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tissue Microenvironment Program, 2020 Cohort What does your educational path look like? I received my bachelor’s degree in Optics from Tianjin University (China) in 2014. I completed my MS degree in...
Apr 6, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Georgina Cheng (front) and Rohit Bhargava (back) review cancerous tissue. Urbana, Ill. – Traditionally, someone in a lab will embed tissue in paraffin, pour dye and view it under a microscope to determine if cancer cells are present. However, researchers in...
Mar 30, 2021 | Cancer Center News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A fast, low-cost technique to see and count viruses or proteins from a sample in real time, without any chemicals or dyes, could underpin a new class of devices for rapid diagnostics and viral load monitoring, including HIV and the virus that causes...
Mar 23, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Pengfei Song, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Trailblazer R21 Award for pursuing the next-generation ultrasound localization microscopy. The award...
Mar 11, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Rohit Bhargava and graduate student Yamuna Phal analyzing a microscopic image of solid tissue. This photo was taken in February 2020. Urbana, Ill. – Researchers have developed a spectroscopic microscope to enable optical measurements of molecular conformations and...
Feb 19, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Rohit Bhargava, CCIL Director and Founder Professor in Bioengineering, was selected as the 2021 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Ellis R. Lippincott Award. Co-presented by the OSA, the Coblentz Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), this award...
Nov 23, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. — The basic principles of biology state that cells are one of the smallest building blocks of every living organism. Everything in your body is made of them. When we get sick or we’re diagnosed with a disease like lung cancer, though we can’t see them,...