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2013-06-10 - Researchers report that they have determined the precise chemical structure of the HIV capsid, a protein shell that protects the virus’s genetic material and is a key to its virulence. The capsid has become an attractive target for the development of new antiretroviral drugs. VIEW VIDEO The researchers used the supercomputer Blue Waters to determine the...

2013-06-09 - Dr. Leon Cunningham Jr., Professor emeritus of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine died June 8, 2013. Dr. Cunningham was born in Columbus, Georgia on June 9, 1927 to Anne Thomas Bussey Cunningham and Leon W. Cunningham.

2013-06-07 - Barry Pava, a resident of Palm Coast, Florida, passed away June 6, 2013. He was born December 15,1943 to Joseph and Rose Pava. He is survived by his long-time companion Jessica Meyer; daughters Jorie (Zach) Gelnett of Leesburg Virginia; Meagan (Arthur) Lewis of Miami Florida; Grandfather of four girls Jordan, Brooklyn, Shiloh and Edyta; Brother Bruce (Elaine); nephew Matthew and many cousins....

2013-06-03 - Roger Ray, age 100, retired Dean of Sciences at Washington State University, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, in Pullman, Wash., after a brief illness. By his wish, cremation took place, and no public service is planned.

2013-05-30 - The 2013 US Frontiers of Engineering will be hosted by DuPont on September 19-21, at the DuPont Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware.

2013-05-30 - Professer Zan Luthey-Schulten's Lab has recently been highlighted in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) and Journal of Computational Chemistry. JACS recently published the article “Capture and Quality Control Mechanisms for Adenosine-5′- triphosphate Binding” by Prof. Luthey-Schulten with Li Li (Center for Biophysics and Computational Biochemistry),...

2013-05-30 - Anna Jean Wirth, of Charlottesville, Va., a doctoral student in chemistry, has been selected to attend the 2013 Lindau meeting of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany, in June. Only 73 graduate students from the United States were selected following a national competition. The meeting, held annually, brings together select graduate students from around the world in chemistry,...

2013-05-28 - Recognizing exciting and innovative scientific research, DuPont named 14 young faculty members to its 2013 Class of Young Professors including UIUC Assistant Professor Prashant Jain. Over the next three years, the company will provide this outstanding international group with more than $824,000 to support their work in advancing basic science to meet global challenges. The DuPont Young Professor...

2013-05-21 - Graduate student Matthew Hermes, of the Hirata Lab, was recently chosen as one of two winners of the 2012 Graduate Student Award in Computational Physical Chemistry, given by the American Chemical Society's Theoretical Subdivision.

2013-05-08 - A DNA-based glue has been developed by scientists at the University of Illinois, US. The adhesive uses DNA base pair mimics that bind to each other more strongly than their natural counterparts and may lead to glues far more powerful than Super Glue. ‘We wondered about the connection between nanoscale binding and macroscopic adhesion,’...

2013-05-06 - R. C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry Scott E. Denmark has been named a recipient of a prestigious W. M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Program Grant. His $1 million award is part of the Keck Foundation’s December 2012 award cycle. Professor Denmark’s grant will support a highly ambitious and innovative research program in the discovery and development of asymmetric catalysis. The Keck...

2013-04-30 - Three faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been elected 2013 fellows of the National Academy of Sciences. Eduardo Fradkin, Martin Gruebele and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer are among the 84 new members and 21 foreign associates announced by the academy on April 30.

2013-04-29 - There’s hope for patients with myotonic dystrophy. A new small molecule developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has been shown to break up the protein-RNA clusters that cause the disease in living human cells, an important first step toward developing a pharmaceutical treatment for the as-yet untreatable disease. Steven C. Zimmerman, the Roger Adams Professor of Chemistry at the U...

2013-04-24 - Gary Vernon Kaiser, 70, passed away on April 23, 2013. He was born in Peoria, IL on June 10, 1942, to Vernon and Anna Kaiser. Gary went on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the University of Illinois in 1964, and graduated with honors. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry at the University of California at Berkley in 1967. Gary started an illustrious 35-year...

2013-04-22 - Robert Harvey Varland, of Newtown Square, PA, died peacefully on April 21, 2013 at age 96. He was born in Artesian, South Dakota, to Harvey and Josephine Varland. His family moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota where Rob completed school, excelling in vocal music and sports. Rob majored in chemistry at the University of North Dakota and the University of Illinois. Upon graduation, Rob reported to...