2021-01-15
- Peter K. Dorhout holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and former president of the American Chemical Society.
Posted: 2022-02-15
2022-02-09 - This study led by Deborah Leckband, a professor in the departments of chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, and bioengineering, found that cadherins that bond with growth factor receptors can sense mechanical force and respond by altering cell communication and growth.Posted: 2022-02-09
2022-02-08 - Illinois researchers Martin Burke, professor of chemistry, and Daniel J. Blair, postdoctoral researcher, along with collaborators at Revolution Medicines Inc. have developed a new class of chemical building blocks that snap together to form 3D molecules with complex twists and turns, and an automated machine to assemble the blocks like a 3D printer for molecules.Posted: 2022-02-09
2022-02-08 - Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America's first foundation dedicated wholly to science, has named a diverse group of 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy as recipients of its 2022 Cottrell Scholar Awards. Each awardee receives $100,000.Posted: 2022-02-08
2022-02-04 - A research team led by Chemistry at Illinois alum Rommie Amaro, who is a University of California San Diego professor, has modeled for the first time the delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus inside an aerosol.Posted: 2022-02-04
2022-02-04 - A member of the Illinois chemistry faculty since 1964, colleagues and alumni share their memories of the Scotland-born professor who was known not only as an accomplished crystallographer and for his cutting-edge research in solid state chemistry, but also as a friendly, supportive colleague with "a big heart."Posted: 2022-02-04
2022-01-21 - The study demonstrates how this NEO multimechanophore not only releases controlled amounts of carbon monoxide but also emits a fluorescence visually showing the amount, making the dual-functioning NEO important for fundamental research and for potential biomedical applications that include harnessing the benefits of CO.Posted: 2022-01-27
2022-01-26 - Fourteen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty members, including chemistry professor Martin Burke, have been elected 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Posted: 2022-01-26
2022-01-20 - A third-year graduate student, Susanna Barrett weaves into her busy schedule time for mentoring other students both outside the lab and in the lab where she is currently doing a lot of foundational work to develop a method for identifying lasso peptides that can bind to and change the activity of specific enzymes.Posted: 2022-01-20
2022-01-20 - Vascular systems found in trees transport vital nutrients from root, to branch, to leaf. In a new study, researchers at the Beckman Institute developed a chemical process to mimic this arboreal architecture in foamed polymers, enabling directional fluid transport and adding structure throughout the material.Posted: 2022-01-20
2022-01-27 - Professor Zaida Luthey-Schulten and graduate students Zane Thornburg, Benjamin Gilbert and Troy Brier developed a three-dimensional, fully dynamic kinetic model of a living minimal cell that mimics what goes on in the actual cell.Posted: 2022-01-20
2021-11-30 - The Journal of the American Chemical Society’s Editor-in-Chief Erick Carreira interviews Scott Denmark, the Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry at Illinois, about his vision for the future of chemistry, the interface of the chemical sciences with artificial intelligence and machine learning and his advice for the next generation of researchers.Posted: 2021-12-13
Atomic structure of antifungal drug confirms unusual mechanism, opens door to less-toxic derivatives2021-12-09 - Illinois chemistry professors Martin Burke and Taras Pogorelov co-led a team that mapped the unusual aggregate structure of the antifungal drug amphotericin B, illuminating the path to develop less-toxic forms of the drug.Posted: 2021-12-09
2021-12-07 - Chemistry undergraduate student Andrew Sunwoo Lee is one of 20 undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who were recognized during the 2021 the National Center for Supercomputing Applications' 2021 Fiddler Innovation Award ceremony in November.Posted: 2021-12-07
2021-12-01 - A multi-institutional team of researchers will explore how to manipulate an energetically inexpensive electrostatic charge transfer mechanism to capture and release carbon dioxide.Posted: 2021-12-01