Apr 13, 2022 | Student Spotlight
Urbana, Ill. – In 2021, Illinois graduate student Sarah Gardner was awarded a Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Graduate Cancer Scholarship. Today, Gardner continues her research supported by the CCIL, studying cancer stem cells, associated enzymes, and how the tumor...
Feb 22, 2022 | Cancer Center News
The research team included, from left, undergraduate student Darya Asoudegi; graduate students Neha Chetlangia and Fredy Kurniawan; and Supriya Prasanth, a professor of cell and developmental biology at the U. of I. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. Embryonic stem cells...
Aug 16, 2021 | Cancer Center News
A microscopic image of the innovative biomaterial being developed from 3D-printed mesh combined with a collagen-based scaffold to regenerate large portions of the skull. Image credit: Marley Dewey, a former member of the Harley lab. Urbana, Ill. – A new research...
Mar 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Hyunjoon Kong, Robert W. Schafer professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, approaches cancer research from a perspective that integrates cell engineering and biomaterials. The Kong research team has been working with Georgia Tech University and Massachusetts...
May 4, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Hyunjoon Kong, CCIL member and a Robert W. Schaefer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, recently published a study in ACS Nano. Kong and collaborator Marni Boppart, Professor of Kinesiology and Community Health, tested the use of nanostimulators mixed...
May 14, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Illinois mechanical sciences and engineering professor Ning Wang, left, graduate students Erfan Mohagheghian and Gaurav Chaudhary, and postdoctoral researchers Junwei Chen and Jian Sun are measuring mechanical forces within cells to help unlock some of the mysteries...
