May 16, 2024 | Cancer Center News, CCIL Shared Resources
The Cancer Center at Illinois’ (CCIL) Tumor Engineering and Phenotyping (TEP) Facility is the largest space dedicated to cancer research at Illinois The TEP is a campus shared resource supporting CCIL members and all other researchers at the university, as well...
Feb 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), in concert with the academic units listed below, has recruited several senior cancer-focused researchers to build upon and expand the institute’s impressive foundation of expertise. These investigators will enhance the CCIL’s...
Nov 1, 2023 | Cancer Center News
(From left) Brendan Harley, Rex Gaskins, Andrew Steelman, and Payton Haak studied the role of the mitochondrial protein CHCHD2 in glioblastoma Glioblastoma is the most common type of brain tumor that affects adults and, unfortunately, still remains incurable. In a new...
Oct 23, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Illinois bioengineering faculty members are playing key roles in a new joint center for mRNA delivery and cancer immunotherapy (CCIT). This new center is co-lead by Professor Shuming Nie at UIUC and by Professor Youqing Shen at Zhejiang University (ZJU). It involves a...
Sep 13, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researcher and Director of Education, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan. (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer) New research found the most common form of breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in the blood of African American women with...
Aug 28, 2023 | Cancer Center News
CCIL researchers Bo Yang and Hua Wang Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers have demonstrated a novel two-step strategy to label and eradicate cancer stem-like cells (CSC) to improve cancer treatment prognosis. CSCs are small sub-populations of cancer cells...
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 27, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) program leader Tim Fan, professor of veterinary medical science, is collaborating with former Illinois faculty member Dane Wittrup on an innovative cancer immunotherapy research project with client-owned pet dogs that have soft-tissue...
May 18, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Brian Cunningham, left, is joined by research team members Priyash Barya, Skye Shepherd, and Yanyu Xiong Researchers from the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Brian Cunningham’s lab in collaboration with researchers at Washington University have...
Apr 13, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois researchers Benita Katzenellenbogen and John Katzenellenbogen. Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers Benita Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, and John Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor...
Aug 24, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Stephen G. Sligar has spent the last 40 years at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign applying his expertise in membrane proteins and his nanodisc technology to better understand biological pathways and address diseases including cancer. Urbana, Ill. – Stephen...
Aug 18, 2022 | Cancer Center News
University of Illinois biochemistry professor Kai Zhang and collaborators developed a technique using light to regulate mitochondria, the energy-producing powerhouses inside cells. The technique could address mitochondrial diseases and cancer. Photo courtesy of the...
