Rachel Poretsky accepted a Chicago Innovation Award on behalf of her team for their work on the Illinois Wastewater Surveillance System! Learn more about the project here. When COVID-19 hit, one of the biggest…
The Department of Biological Sciences in the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) invites applications for a Professor and LAS Endowed Chair in Natural Sciences…
A new method based on native chemical ligation reaction for facile synthesis of stable peptidyl-tRNAs has been invented by Egor Syroegin, Biological Sciences PhD student. The research, co-authored with Dr. Yury Polikanov, was…
Congratulations to Rui Gao, who has been named a 2022-2023 awardee from the McKnight Foundation Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards! These awards support scientists who work on novel and creative approaches to understanding…
Boris Igic was awarded a 2022 Silver Circle Award! The award reflects the impact that a dedicated faculty member has on students. Since 1966, the Silver Circle Award has been presented to some…
Mary Ashley has been announced as a 2022-23 University Scholar Recipient! University Scholars Program is a prestigious program, which is sponsored by the Office of the President and provides tangible recognition of faculty…
Aixa Alfonso was announced as the winner of a new faculty achievement award from the UIC Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement. This award recognizes faculty who have made extraordinary contributions to diversity…
Ruixuan Gao’s research of nanoscale imaging of biological ultrastructure has earned him distinction as a 2022 Searle Scholar. Gao, UIC assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences, is the second UIC scholar to receive…
On April 20th, 2022 the NASA and Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Serving Institutions Spring Technology Infusion Road Tour made a stop at UIC’s Forum to hear about relevant cutting edge research of…
Dr. Chris Whelan was featured in “Some Chicago birds are nesting nearly a month earlier than they did more than a century ago, Field study shows” in the Chicago Tribune on 3/25/22. You…
