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2021-12-09 - 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.

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.

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.

2021-11-30 - Working last summer as a research and development intern with Mediomics, a small biotech start-up company in St. Louis, graduate student Subhendu Pandit discovered how much he enjoys research, design and development as a chemist in the industrial sector.

2021-09-16 - The $5,000 scholarships are awarded to undergraduates who have shown outstanding academic achievement and excelled in leadership, research and innovation as demonstrated by classroom performance, activities, essays, and hands-on experiences.

2021-11-08 - A research team, including chemistry professors Emad Tajkhorshid and Paul Hergenrother and PhD student Emily Geddes, invented and tested a new method for determining how chemical compounds interact with proteins in cells. Their approach offers atomic-level insight into the chemical properties that allow some antibiotics to pass through pores in the cell membranes of Gram-negative bacteria.

2021-10-26 - Organized by the Department of Chemistry's ACS Women Chemist Committee, this year's annual event will be virtual and feature a poster session, two seminar speakers and a reception for networking opportunities with all seven researchers.

2021-10-25 - Professor Jefferson Chan and graduate student Melissa Lucero developed the finely-tuned molecular agent that can seek out elusive lung cancer cells for imaging and treatment — an approach that could be used to target other cancers.

2021-10-25 - Beckman Director Jeff Moore has been awarded the Campus Executive Officer Distinguished Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding academic leadership and vision by an executive officer within a college or campus unit.

2021-10-21 - Early detection of sepsis is a critical need in the healthcare industry, and the Illinois research team that includes chemistry professor Hee-Sun Han has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a rapid and accurate point-of-care device for early detection of the life-threatening medical condition.

2021-10-31 - A research chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and President of the American Chemical Society, Cheng (PhD, '74) continues to "see future possibilities" in his research developing green chemistry methodologies related to agro-based materials and using them to produce eco-friendly and sustainable products.

2021-10-15 - Chemistry professors included on The Analytical Scientist's annual Power List of the top 100 analytical scientists in the world.

2021-10-13 - Project involves creating a rapid, ultra-sensitive, and inexpensive virus-sensing technology with star-shaped DNA nano-structures that can recognize and capture viral particles and emit a fluorescent signal, which can be read instantly with lab equipment.

2021-10-11 - John Katzenellenbogen and other researchers collaborated on the development of DMERIs, antiestrogens that work by a novel dual mechanism, interacting with the estrogen receptor at two sites in contrast to currently used antiestrogens that operate through only one site.

2021-09-30 - Markita Landry, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, will be recognized with the 2020 and 2021 alumni award winners during Homecoming Week activities.