The Beckman Institute has recognized a new cohort of Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship recipients. These students are working on projects related to material science, chemistry, brain functions, cancer and other diseases. Read on to learn more about the three fellowship recipients in chemistry...
The protein transthyretin can unfold and dissociate in a previously unknown way, possibly contributing to a rare and deadly form of amyloidosis, new findings from Scripps Research and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reveal.The...
A company that was originally launched by chemistry’s Martin D. Burke is the maker of a new experimental drug that may be a gamechanger for patients fighting pancreatic cancer.In a recent Phase 3 clinical trial, the oral medication daraxonrasib that is made by ...
URBANA – Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a fast and simple way to turn lignin, a plentiful plant-based byproduct of the paper making industry, into potentially more valuable renewable chemicals.More than 50 million tons of Kraft lignin are generated...
Two faculty members in the Department of Chemistry have been selected to receive 2027 National Awards administered by the American Chemical Society. Martin D. Burke, May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation, and Professor of...
A rising junior in biochemistry on the pre-med track at Illinois, Jairo Ortiz remembers hearing students talking about organic chemistry before he ever took an organic course.“I heard students talk about how hard organic chemistry is, emphasizing how complicated it gets and how it is almost...
