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Fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 by Karyn A Traum

Postdoctoral Researcher Ziyuan Song, Professor Jianjun Cheng and Graduate Students Tianrui Xue and Lazaro Pacheco, developed a new method that streamlines the construction of amino acid building blocks that can be used in a multitude of industrial and pharmaceutical applications.…

Ziyuan Song, Hanze Ying won Chicago area 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad

Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 by yu115@illinois.edu
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“Shape-shifting agent targets harmful bacteria in the stomach” – Cheng group research highlighted by Illinois News Bureau

Posted on November 13, 2017February 21, 2018 by lazarop2@illinois.edu

Dr. Menghua Xiong’s research, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, has been highlighted by the Illinois News Bureau. Great work Dr. Xiong!…

Some Cheng group members attended the 2017 Notre Dame–Purdue Symposium on Soft Materials and Polymers

Posted on September 17, 2017February 21, 2018 by jianjunc@illinois.edu

Group members Ruibo Wang and Dr. Ziyuan Song presented posters on their research pertaining to the development of a catalyst for the polymerization of polyesters and the helical stability of polypeptides bearing unique side chains, respectively.…

Ziyuan received poster award at the 2017 Notre Dame–Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter & Polymers

Posted on September 17, 2017February 21, 2018 by jianjunc@illinois.edu

Ziyuan received poster award at the 2017 Notre Dame–Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter & Polymers

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Ryan Baumgartner received the Klemperer Award from Department of Chemistry, UIUC

Posted on September 17, 2017February 21, 2018 by jianjunc@illinois.edu

Ryan Baumgartner received the Klemperer Award from department of chemistry. This competitive award is given to one materials chemistry graduate per year at the Department of Chemistry, UIUC.  Ryan is now a Senior Chemist at Dow Chemical Company.…

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.…

Professor Jianjun Cheng elected as AAAS Fellow

Posted on November 21, 2016April 20, 2017 by Rachel

Professor Jianjun Cheng has been elected 2016 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) “for the discovery, development and clinical translation of nanomedicines and biomaterials, especially for targeted cancer therapies”.…

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