Illinois virus expert refocuses on cancer research

Illinois virus expert refocuses on cancer research

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...
CCIL Seed Grant Q&A: Diwakar Shukla

CCIL Seed Grant Q&A: Diwakar Shukla

Project title: “Deep Mutational Scanning of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Involved in Cancer Using Transfer Learning Approaches” Research team includes: Erik Procko, assistant professor in biochemistry What led to your exploration of cancer?  Cancer is one of...
Faculty Spotlight: Hee-Sun Han

Faculty Spotlight: Hee-Sun Han

Hee-Sun Han, Assistant Professor and Mark A. Pytosh Scholar Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Hee-Sun Han, assistant professor of chemistry, is using her expertise in optics, chemistry, and computational biology to tackle cancer. Han...

CCIL Members Receive Jump ARCHES Grants

CCIL members are working to combat COVID-19 with many new research projects funded through the Jump ARCHES research and development program in partnership with OSF HealthCare and The Grainger College of Engineering. CCIL members Rashid Bashir, Brian Cunningham, Joseph...