2015-04-18 - Dr. Gilbert P. Haight Jr., best known for his pioneering work in chemical education, died on Monday, April 17, 2015 of natural causes. Known to family and friends as "Gil", Dr. Haight spent his professional life as a professor of chemistry, exploring and perfecting the delivery of scientific...Posted:- 2015-04-02 - Giving new meaning to the term "sonic boom", University of Illinois chemists have used sound to trigger microscopic explosions. Using an "ultrasonic hammer", the researchers triggered tiny but intensely hot explosions in volatile materials, giving insight into how explosives work and how to...Posted:
- 2015-04-01 - Four scientists associated with the Department of Chemistry have been honored by their election to the National Academy of Sciences.Posted:
2015-03-01 - A new molecule-making machine could do for chemistry what 3-D printing did for engineering: Make it fast, flexible and accessible to anyone. Chemists at the University of Illinois, led by chemistry professor and medical doctor Martin D. Burke, built...Posted:
2015-03-01 - Douglas Mitchell is the recipient of the 2015 Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry. He is cited for his outstanding work in enzyme chemistry where the presence of enzyme action is unequivocally demonstrated. The award is in recognition of fundamental...Posted:
2015-03-01 - Kenneth Suslick, of the Bioimaging Science and Technology Group and chemistry professor at Illinois, received the Innovation Transfer Award at the 2015 Innovation Celebration. As a collaboration among the University of Illinois, Parkland College, and the community, the Innovation Celebration...Posted:
2015-03-01 - A new drug that prompts cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy cells is now entering phase I clinical trials in humans.Posted:
2015-02-28 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry Prashant K. Jain has received a 2015 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, which recognizes outstanding new faculty who excel in research, experience, and academic leadership.Posted:
2015-02-28 - Professor Ryan Bailey has been named to receive the 2015 Pittcon Achievement Award. The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon), is the largest meeting in the area of analytical chemistry; their Achievement Award recognizes “individuals for outstanding...Posted:
2015-02-01 - Alison Fout was selected as a 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry. The Sloan Research Fellowship is an extremely competitive award. Nominees are from a pool of the very best U.S. and Canadian early-career scientists. "The Sloan Research...Posted:- 2015-01-31 - Miriam Ross, a sophomore at University Laboratory High School in Urbana, has been designated as one of twenty inaugural winners of the Celebrating High School Innovators Award for the state of Illinois in 2014-2015. Miriam is working with Prof. Scott Silverman and his graduate students on...Posted:
2015-01-31 - Two new drug compounds – one of which has already proven useful in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis – appear to be effective in treating endometriosis, a disorder that, like MS, is driven by estrogen and inflammation, scientists report in Science Translational Medicine.Posted:- 2014-12-31 - Patricia Blair was selected to receive a ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship, a prestigious award that has been given annually since 1991. The award represents an acknowledgement of Patricia's superior achievements as a graduate student and her potential to become an...Posted:
2014-12-31 - When a large protein unfolds in transit through a cell, it slows down and can get stuck in traffic. Using a specialized microscope -- a sort of cellular traffic camera -- University of Illinois chemists now can watch the way the unfolded protein diffuses. By looking at the dynamics of how the...Posted:- 2014-12-31 - Researchers report in the journal Nature that they have made a breakthrough in understanding how a powerful antibiotic agent is made in nature. Their discovery solves a decades-old mystery, and opens up new avenues of research into thousands of similar molecules, many of which are likely to be...Posted: