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Researchers explore differences between healthy and Type 2 diabetes-affected pancreatic islets

11/30/2022 - In this study led by Professor Jonathan Sweedler, researchers used pancreatic islets from healthy human donors, prediabetic patients, and patients who had Type 2 diabetes to learn more about how...

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Experts boost activity of potential therapeutic target in triple-negative breast cancer

11/30/2022 - Benita Katzenellenbogen, a professor of molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and John Katzenellenbogen, professor of Chemistry at Illinois, led a study...

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IGB team discovers new natural products at an unprecedented speed and scale

11/29/2022 - Illinois researchers in chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering have discovered and characterized new compounds that have the potential to fight antibiotic resistant bacteria. The...

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In the news: Prof. Martin Gruebele competes in Deca-Ultratriathlon World Championship

11/28/2022 - A long-time runner and biker, the Illinois chemistry professor was supported in the competition in Switzerland by a crew that included Lloyd Munjanja, an assistant dean in the College of LAS who is...

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Previously unseen processes reveal path to better rechargeable battery performance

11/18/2022 - A new study led by Qian Chen, an Illinois professor of materials science and engineering and chemistry, applies a new electron microscopy technique, called four-dimensional scanning transmission...

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Artificial intelligence and molecule machine join forces to generalize automated chemistry

11/17/2022 - A group of Illinois researchers including chemistry professor Martin Burke, affiliate professor Charles Schroeder, chemistry postdoctoral researcher Vandana Rathore, and chemistry graduate student...

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Study: Light responsive nanoparticle shows remarkable control in delivering drug to target in living organism

11/07/2022 - Illinois chemistry researchers developed an NIR light-activated nanogel that delivered a powerful chemotherapy drug to breast cancer tumors in mice with a high degree of accuracy and significantly...

East Central Illinois ACS conference gives undergraduates opportunity to share research

11/07/2022 - The annual fall conference features oral and poster presentations highlighting the research of undergraduate students in the chemical sciences at UIUC and other institutions and also features keynote...

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Developing a tiny toolbox for automated electrochemical characterization

11/01/2022 - Michael Pence, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry working under Professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López, uses microfabricated devices to measure electrochemical dynamics, both at the...

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Gifts from alumnus support organic chemistry symposium, early career professors

10/25/2022 - A gift from Dr. T.M. (Terry) Balthazor (PhD, '75) ensures the future of the Balthazor-Senter Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Chemistry will continue and a separate gift ensures that early career...

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Prashant Jain elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society

10/20/2022 - Jain was elected by the APS Division of Chemical Physics (DCP) “for the development of plasmonic semiconductors and the use of plasmons to drive simultaneous multielectron reduction reactions with...

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Martin Burke elected to National Academy of Medicine

10/17/2022 - Dr. Martin D. Burke, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of chemistry and of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Election to...

Rodríguez López named to Analytical Scientist's Power List

10/06/2022 - Those on the Top 40 Under 40 Power List for 2022 were nominated by Analytical Scientist readers and shortlisted by an independent panel of judges.

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Alums Tom Remec and Susan Morisato support new data science initiative

10/06/2022 - Professor Nick Jackson leads the initiative that includes a summer research experience for undergraduate students and a new class for undergraduate and graduate students to learn how to "do" machine...

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2022-23 Bailar Medalist: Professor Gregory H. Robinson

10/04/2022 - The UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, Gregory H. Robinson and his research teams have made groundbreaking discoveries studying problems related...