Sep 18, 2024 | Cancer Center News
In collaboration with the School of Chemical Sciences, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has provided support for significant infrastructure upgrades to the High-throughput Screening Facility (HTSF) which will dramatically expand and accelerate cancer research...
Jun 28, 2024 | Cancer Center News
A study led by Cancer Center at Illinois member Zeynep Madak-Erdogan shows as potential link to aggressive lung cancer tumors and neighborhood violence, perhaps shedding new light on the impact stress has on the body. Madak-Erdogan recently spoke with CBS News Chicago...
Apr 24, 2024 | Cancer Center News, CCIL Shared Resources
The Tumor Engineering and Phenotyping (TEP) facility, a Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) shared resource, is here to accelerate your discoveries with the addition of a new instrument for nanoparticle synthesis. The PreciGenome NanoGenerator™ Flex-M utilizes a...
May 4, 2022 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight, TiMe Program
Urbana, Ill. – Microorganisms like bacteria make up colonies and clusters that produce metabolites with particular properties, creating a microbiome that impacts human health and disease, including cancer. Yoon Jeong, a recipient of the Cancer Center at Illinois...
Oct 6, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Photo of Sara Pedron Haba. Urbana, Ill. – Many Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers have been focusing on glioblastomas, a type of brain cancer that is very aggressive, invasive, and incurable. Sara Pedron Haba, a research assistant professor in chemical and...
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...
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...
Apr 9, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Brian Cunningham, recently named a Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow, is applying his knowledge in cancer diagnostics (detecting nucleic molecules in blood to diagnose the stage or type of cancer) to develop point-of-care detection systems using the capabilities of...
Feb 26, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Dr. Oguzhan Alagoz and Dr. Kesh Kesavadas. The Tissue Microenvironment class was privileged to spend an hour and a half talking with Dr. Oguzhan Alagoz from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Alagoz came in from Wisconsin to speak to the ISE Graduate...
Jan 24, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Brian Cunningham Bioengineering Professor Brian Cunningham is one of 13 Illinois faculty members named as Center for Advanced Study (CAS) associates for 2018-2019. CAS associates are granted one semester of teaching release time to pursue an individual...
Jan 22, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Dr. Oguzhan Alagoz. The Tissue Microenvironment class was privileged to spend an hour and a half talking with Dr. Oguzhan Alagoz from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Alagoz came in from Wisconsin to speak to the ISE Graduate Seminar students, but...
