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Read article: With CCIL Seed Grant, Hee-Sun Han Develops Cellular Mapping Tool for Cancer Tissue
With CCIL Seed Grant, Hee-Sun Han Develops Cellular Mapping Tool for Cancer Tissue
Hee-Sun Han, assistant professor of chemistry and Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member and assistant professor of chemistry has developed an Intracellular Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis Toolkit (InSTAnT) that allows researchers to...
Read article: Study led by Angad Mehta offers insight into chloroplast evolution
Study led by Angad Mehta offers insight into chloroplast evolution
One of the most momentous events in the history of life involved endosymbiosis — a process by which one organism engulfed another and, instead of ingesting it, incorporated its DNA and functions into itself. Scientific consensus is that this happened twice over the course of evolution, resulting in...
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Read article: Scott E. Denmark awarded honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Scott E. Denmark awarded honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich, Switzerland
In a special ceremony on Nov. 16, 2024, the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, one of the premier research institutions in the world, awarded Professor Scott E. Denmark an honorary doctorate in recognition of outstanding achievements throughout his...
Read article: Markita Landry (PhD, '12) inspires Illinois chemistry students with research, educational journey
Markita Landry (PhD, '12) inspires Illinois chemistry students with research, educational journey
Markita Landry (PhD, ’12) is an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and a 2024 Blavatnik National Award winner and 2020...
Read article: Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry
Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry
A tiny, four-fingered “hand” folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from entering cells to infect them, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report. Dubbed the NanoGripper,...

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Willis H. Flygare

Spotlight: Flygare, Willis H. (1936-1981)

University of Illinois colleagues remember Bill Flygare as "one of the most creative and dynamic physical chemists in the world." Shortly before his death in 1981, Professor Flygare was awarded the Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics and was cited for: "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure and molecular dynamics through the introduction of high resolution microwave techniques and other innovations; for his many contributions in other fields including light scattering in and structure of liquids; for setting an example of combined theoretical...