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Dr. Hanze Ying won 2017 POLY Graduate Student Video Award

Posted on August 5, 2017August 29, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Dr. Hanze Ying has  won 2017 POLY Graduate Student Video Award. The video will be playing during the ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017. Congratulations to Hanze and great thanks to Ryan Baumgartner for his …

Tumor-targeting system uses cancer’s own mechanisms to betray its location

Posted on April 20, 2017April 26, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Dr. Hua Wang‘s paper “Selective In Vivo Metabolic Cell Labeling Mediated Cancer Targeting”  Nature Chemical Biology, 2017, is featured in C&EN news (Feb. 20, 2017 and UI news (Feb. 14, 2017)

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New brush polymers catalyze their own formation

Posted on February 8, 2017April 28, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Ryan Baumgartner‘s paper “Cooperative polymerization of α-helices induced by macromolecular architecture” Nature Chemistry, 2017, is featured in UI news (Feb. 8, 2017)

Illinois graduate student Ryan Baumgartner, professor Jianjun Cheng and graduate student Ziyuan Song developed highly branched proteinlike molecules that catalyze their own formation.…

Ryan Baumgartner chosen to the “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research” symposium

Posted on November 16, 2016April 20, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Ryan Baumgartner has been selected to the “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research” Symposium sponsored by the ACS Polymer Division (POLY) and cosponsored by ACS Presidential Event (PRES), Younger Chemists Committee (YCC), Society Committee on Education (SOCED), and Professional …

Ruibo Wang chosen as CSTAR/T32 Fellow in TiMe Training Program

Posted on August 22, 2016April 20, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Ruibo Wang has been selected as a CSTAR/T32 Fellow in the Tissue Microenvironment Training Program. Congratulations to Ruibo!…

Our Research featured on NIH director’s blog

Posted on August 6, 2016April 28, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Our research “Pamidronate Functionalized Nanoconjugates for Targeted Therapy of Focal Skeletal Malignant Osteolysis” published in PNAS was posted on “NIH DIRECTOR’S BLOG“.

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The team lead by Hanze Ying won grand prize in V.Dale Cozad New Venture Competiion

Posted on April 1, 2016April 28, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

The team “Hindered Polyurea Technology(HPT)” led by Hanze Ying has been chosen as “the Grand Prize Winner sponsored by SalesforceIQ” and “the Polsinelli Law Firm Award Winner” in the 2016 V.Dale Cozad New Venture Competiion.

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Kaimin Cai chosen as Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow

Posted on March 10, 2016April 20, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Kaimin Cai is named as Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow. Congratulations to Kaimin!…

Hanze Ying chosen as Gold Recipient of MRS Graduate Student Awards

Posted on March 5, 2016April 20, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Hanze Ying has been selected as a gold award recipient of 2016 the MRS graduate student awards. Congratulations to Hanze!…

Bacterial hole puncher could be new broad-spectrum antibiotic

Posted on October 27, 2015April 28, 2017 by zhan28@illinois.edu

Dr. Menghua Xiong‘s paper “Helical Antimicrobial Polypeptides with Radial Amphiphilicity” PNAS, 2015, is featured in UI news. 

A team of researchers developed a new broad-spectrum antibiotic that kills bacteria by punching holes in their membranes. Front row, from left: materials science and engineering professor Jianjun and postdoctoral researcher Yan Bao. Back row, from left: postdoctoral researcher Menghau Xiong, graduate students Ziyuan Song and Rachael Mansbach, materials science and engineering professor Andrew Ferguson, and biochemistry professor Lin-Feng Cheng.…

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