2021-02-03
- At the time that COVID-19 continues to pose a global health emergency, researchers around the world are working diligently for solutions that would prevent or limit the infection. University of Illinois researchers led the scientific community at more than one front in the development of innovative approaches to fight the pandemic.COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...
2020-04-03 - The life and outstanding contributions of Christiaan Sybesma, one of the greatest biophysicists of all times and a former faculty member of Biophysics and Botany (now Plant Biology) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, were recently highlighted in an article published in Photosynthesis Research.The article is authored by Govindjee, Emeritus Professor of Plant Biology, Biochemistry,...
2020-01-30 - Weak interactions between proteins in the cell play a critical role in biological processes. Weak interactions are very common and can add up in the cell, leading to signaling, chaperoning and other important activities. They also generate a spatio-temporal heterogeneous cytoplasm. The project Weak Chemical Interactions That Drive Protein Evolution: Crowding, Sticking, and Quinary...
2019-11-19 - Govindjee paid tribute to his mentor Eugene I. Rabinowitch in an article recently published by Photosynthesis Research. "He was, first and foremost, a great human being, a friend to all, a top leader in science, and a person who constantly thought and strived for peace in this world," said Govindjee in describing Rabinowitch.For more...
2019-10-07 - Alex Moffett graduated with a PhD in Biophysics and Quantitative Biology in August 2019. For the past five years, he had been researching how plants use the growth hormone brassinosteroids to control the growth of their cells.Under the guidance of his advisor Diwakar Shukla, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Alex used a number of computational...
2019-08-29 - Not only has plant biology professor emeritus Govindjee made key contributions to the scientific understanding of photosynthesis, but he has also maintained his own photosynthesis museum where he collected a significant amount of artifacts, papers, books, and photographs related to photosynthesis research.Read the full article,...
2019-08-10 - Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology PhD candidate Defne Gorgun has been selected to receive the Outstanding Short-Form Student Oral Presentation (Blitz Talk) Award at the 1st MCB Retreat. Defne was specifically recognized for her ability to concisely and coherently summarize her research in a 3-minute presentation. She will receive $200 in prize money. Kudos to Defne's advisor,...
2019-07-22 - Sequencing the human genome allows for better understanding of genetic variations at the molecular level, such as the relationships among diseases, inheritance, and individuality. It increases the ability to take preemptive actions prior to disease development or to adopt treatments for diseases that have not yet been diagnosed.In nanopore sequencing, single strands of DNA are driven by an...
2019-05-21 - The Graduate College’s Fellowship Board has completed its review of nominations for the 2019 Dissertation Completion Fellowship competition. Forty-five departments from across campus submitted a total of 78 nominations and, of those, 18 nominations from 18 departments were selected for awards. Biophysics and Quantitative Biology student Shriyaa Mittal was one of the 18 awardees.Shriyaa...
2019-05-07 - Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology PhD candidate Shashank Pant was among seven graduate students named 2019 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows. This program offers University of Illinois graduate students at the graudate level the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary research at the institute. In his research study, “Anionic Lipids Modulate Structure and Function of...
2019-03-13 - Mitigating the environmental damage caused by contaminants such as nitrate, perchlorate, arsenate, and other similar compounds has been historically hindered by scientists’ inability to reduce sulfite.However, a recent study by a group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, led by Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology affiliate professor Yi Lu, resulted in...
2019-03-13 - Marcelo C. R. Melo has recently graduated with a doctoral degree from the Biophysics and Quantitative Biology program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Marcelo has been attracted to the field of computational biology since high school. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biophysics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDuring his undergrad years, his...
2018-11-09 - Students in Illinois’ Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology program gathered to showcase and share their research at the Biophysics Graduate Research and Networking Symposium on Tuesday, October 30th at the Illini Union. The event, hosted by the Illinois Biophysics Society (IBS), featured research poster presentations by graduate students, a scientific image contest, and presentations by...- 2018-09-10 - The labs of Professors Kai Zhang and Dipanjan Pan recently published a collaborative paper investigating the use of carbon dots with induced surface oxidation for imaging at single-particle level. Read the full paper, Carbon dots with induced surface oxidation permits imaging at single-particle level for...
2018-05-04 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign graduate student Shriyaa Mittal shares her experience planning and hosting a Biophysical Society-sponsored networking event with five other graduate students. It all started with an email. Upon submitting an abstract to the 2017 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, I joined the society as a member. Following this, I started receiving the...