Posted 02.15.2012
Biophysics Associate Professor Sheng Zhong has been selected as a 2012 Alfred P Sloan Research Fellow for his work on the study of cellular differentation and evolution via a systems biology approach.
Posted 11.14.2011
Biophysics Assistant Professor Charles Schroeder has been named a 2011 Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering for his work with fluorescent probes for ultra-high-resolution imaging.
Posted 9.6.2011
Biophysics graduate student Gemma Comellas has been selected to receive a 2011 Baxter Young Investigator Award from well over a hundred nominations, due to her innovative research. Ms. Comellas works with Biophysics professors Chad Rienstra and Klaus Schulten.
Posted 9.6.2011
Biophysics graduate student Sriram Chandrasekaran was awarded the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship, which provides up to three years of funding beginning Fall 2011. Only 40 individuals from around the country were recognized with this fellowship. Mr. Chandrasekaran is currently residing in Seattle, where he works with Professor Nathan Price.
Posted 9.6.2011
Assistant Professor Jian Ma has joined the Biophysics faculty.
Posted 8.15.2011
The Illinois Biophysics Society Symposium is scheduled on October 21, 2011. For more details, please visit: http://www.life.illinois.edu/biophysics/ibs/symposium2011/index.html
Posted 3.21.2011
Biophysics graduate student, Jeehae Park, has been selected to attend the 61st Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau this summer. Ms. Park is one of only 550 young researchers selected from around the world to attend this prestigious event where over 25 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine will be there to meet and discuss ideas, network, etc. Ms. Park works with Taekjip Ha and her interests lie "in investigating the nanometer-scale dynamics of biomolecules and understanding how these dynamics translate into their physiological function". For more on this story, please see: http://physics.illinois.edu/news/story.asp?id=1223
Posted 12.17.2010
NEW REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING PROGRAM IN FALL 2011:
Students who are primarily involved in experimental research are required to take either BIOP 590C or Klaus Schulten’s new course in Physics (CRN to be determined). Students who are primarily involved in computational research are required to take either PHYS 598OM or BIOC 455. If a student can show they have taken a comparable course as an undergraduate or graduate student, they can petition to waive the requirement.
(Students who began prior to Fall 2011 are exempt, though encouraged to participate if so desire.)
Posted 9.21.2010
Professor Eric Oldfield will be awarded the Biophysical Society's 2011 Avanti Award
in Lipids for his pioneering research using NMR methods to investigate
lipid membrane structure, and for his work in drug discovery targeting
lipid biosynthesis.
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