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2005-08-31 - University of Illinois photosJonathan Sweedler, a William H. and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry and director of the Biotechnology Center at the U. of I., and colleagues have developed tools for studying the chemistry of the brain, neuron by neuron. The analytical techniques can probe the spatial and temporal distribution of biologically important molecules, such as vitamin E, and explore the...

2005-08-19 - Professor of Chemistry and Astronomy Benjamin McCall is the recipient of a prestigious NSF CAREER grant titled, CAREER: Spectroscopy of Carbocations in the Laboratory and the Interstellar Medium.

2005-08-12 - Professor Neil Kelleher's research was profiled in a News-Gazette article, "Professor honored for his top-down protein approach," 8/10/05.

2005-08-08 - NPR's Earth and Sky produced a radio article featuring Professor Paul Hergenrother's research. His research group is looking for substances that remove vanomycin resistance from bacteria. "Stripping bacteria of antibiotic resistance," 8/3/05.

2005-07-18 - The research of Professor Scott Silverman and Chandrasekhar Miduturu was described in a News Bureau article and also in the C-U News Gazette."DNA constraints control structure of attached macromolecules," UIUC News Bureau, 6/28/05. (6/29/2005)"Researchers turn...

2005-07-13 - Using a technique called ultrasonic spray pyrolysis, Professor Ken Suslick and Sara Skrabalak have created an improved catalyst for removing smelly sulfur-containing compounds from gasoline and other fossil fuels. The improved catalyst is a form of molybdenum disulfide, most commonly recognized as the black lubricant used to grease automobiles and...

2005-07-11 - Photo by S.E. Skrabalak & K.S. SuslickLeft: Scanning electron micrograph of molybdenum disulfide produced by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Large pores expose catalytically active edge sites.Right: Transmission electron micrograph of molybdenum disulfide produced by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Dark fringes emphasize the molybdenum disulfide crystal edges. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —...

2005-07-01 - Gaining an understanding of lipid mobility and subsequently cell membrane function is the subject of Steve Granick's research that was featured in two articles."Macromolecules on surface control mobility in phospholipid bilayers," UIUC News Bureau, 6/20/05."...

2005-06-28 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —A new method for manipulating macromolecules has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The technique uses double-stranded DNA to direct the behavior of other molecules."Nature uses DNA as a building block to construct genes for storing information," said Scott Silverman, a professor of...

2005-06-20 - Professor Paul Hergenrother's research is highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News, June 20."Taking Aim At Melanoma: Compounds kill melanoma cells by targeting oft-ignored part of cell cycle," C & EN News, 83(25):17 (2005).

2005-06-14 - Stephen Sligar elected a Fellow of of the World Innovation Foundation and receives a NSF Human Frontiers Science Program Research Award.

2005-06-14 - Professor Chad Rienstra has been selected to be a NCSA/UIUC Fellow for 2005-2006. This will enable research collaboration between his group and NCSA. The project they will be collaborating on is cyberinfrastructure for NMR data acquisition and analysis.

2005-06-14 - Neil Kelleher was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for 2004 in Washington D. C. on June 13, 2005.

2005-05-09 - The exciting research of Professor Humin Zhao was featured in "By creating molecular 'bridge,' scientists change function of a protein," UIUC News Bureau, 5/5/05.

2005-05-05 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -By designing a molecular bridge, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have forged a successful pathway through a complex ocean of barriers: They've changed the function of a protein using a co-evolution approach.In a study to be published in the Journal of Molecular Biology, doctoral student Zhilei Chen and Huimin Zhao, a professor of chemical and...