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    Compound fights off more than 300 drug-resistant bacteria

    A research team led by chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother reports a new molecule's ability to fight drug-resistant bacteria in lab experiments and in mice with pneumonia and urinary tract infections. The researchers say fabimycin may one day be used to treat antibiotic-resistant infections in humans.
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    Nancy Makri wins Cottrell Plus SEED Award for 2022

    These five SEED awards announced by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement offer Cottrell Scholars the opportunity to start high-risk, high-reward new research, granting each recipient $50,000 for their projects.
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    Dr. Benjamin Snyder to join faculty as assistant professor

    An Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, Ben Snyder is excited to join the Illinois chemistry faculty where he can tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges, including green catalysis and environmental remediation.
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  • St. Elmo Brady scholars share "rewarding, inspiring" research experiences
    The Department of Chemistry's newest group of St. Elmo Brady scholars — Alexis Duncan, Kaya Moody, and Kyla Duke from Howard University — just finished 10 weeks of a summer research experience in chemistry labs on the UIUC campus.  
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  • Alumnus Richard J. Lazarus chose the challenging path at Illinois
    A Harvard Law professor and highly regarded environmental lawyer and author, Richard Lazarus says he learned the value of rigor, education and discipline as a dual major in chemistry and economics at Illinois.
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  • Students get positive charge out of electrochemistry boot camp
    Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from UIUC and other institutions come together for a brief, yet intensive electrochemistry training program created by UIUC chemistry professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López.
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    Moeller, Therald (1913-1997)

    by Dr. R S. Juvet, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, ASU Professor Emeritus Therald Moeller, past Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at ASU, died November 24 in Broken Arrow, OK, at the age of 84. During the 45 years Professor Moeller was active in teaching and research, he guided the laboratory research of 43 PhD students, 20 Postdoctoral Research Students, 11 MS, and 25 BS students for a total of 99 research students in inorganic chemistry. Of these students, 39 are now professors themselves at universities throughout the U.S. and in Taiwan, Spain, India, Japan, Brazil,...
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