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2008-12-31 - From the Chicago Sun Times: Researchers say they've come up with what might be a new, potentially more effective way to treat the "superbug" known as MRSA. The discovery could lead to new ways to fight the especially drug-resistant staph infection, said Eric Oldfield, a University of Illinois researcher. Read more...

2008-12-31 - Chad Rienstra has led a team of researchers at UIUC to receive a NIH High End Instrumentation grant for $1,936,449, which will be used to purchase a high-field solid-state NMR spectrometer to be housed in the School of Chemical Sciences NMR Facility.

2008-12-31 - Researchers at Illinois have developed new synthetic strategies for forming monolayer films of conjugated carbon, in various configurations ranging from flat sheets, to balloons, tubes and pleated sheets.

2008-12-31 - Understanding the form and function of certain proteins in the human body is becoming faster and easier, thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Illinois.

2008-12-31 - The research teams of Jeffrey Moore and John Rogers have developed new chemical processes to create tough nanomembranes for possible use in molecular sieves and flexible displays. Their methods provide greater control over the composition of the membranes. Read the RSC Chemistry World article.

2008-12-31 - The Rienstra Group's recented publications in JACS and PNAS were highlighted in the Royal Society of Chemistry's May 2008 edition of Chemistry World. Read the RSC Chemistry World article here.

2008-12-31 - Huimin Zhao has been selected as a recipient of the 2008 Young Investigator Award from the Division of Biochemical Technology of the American Chemical Society, which is sponsored by Genetech, Inc.

2008-12-31 - Huimin Zhao was elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2009. Huimin was cited for "his pioneering contributions in the area of directed evolution for industrial and medical biotechnology applications." For more information on Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, visit the...

2008-12-31 - Professor Christina White has won the Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry for 2008-2009. This prestigious award, formerly known as the BMS Freedom to Discover Program, is awarded to only one individual per year.

2008-12-31 - Christina White, in addition to the numerous industrial awards recently announced - the Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Chemistry, the Bristol Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, the AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award, a 2008 Amgen Young Investigator Award, and the Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals New Investigator Award, has just received an Abbott...

2008-12-31 - Dr. M. Christina White and Sean A. Reed's research into developing the first catalytic intermolecular allylic C-H amination reaction has been reviewed in C&E News.

2008-12-31 - The road to discovering new pharmaceuticals and other vital biotechnological products just got a little smoother.

2008-12-31 - Wilfred van der Donk has won the 2008 SCS Teaching Excellence Award. Only three awards were granted this year throughout SCS. The award recognizes the entire scope of SCS educational efforts, from course development to in-class instruction.

2008-12-31 - Solving the equations of quantum mechanics for complicated systems becomes exponentially more difficult with each added particle, making simulations impossible because there simply isn't enough computing power to run the calculations.

2008-12-31 - The innovative course "The Chemistry and Biology of Everyday Life" developed by Yi Lu, Brandy Russell, and Lauren Denofrio is spiking interest. Lu has a recently published article in Science discussing the class. Click here to see the C&E News Article.