Posted 4.10.2008
Professor Claudio Grosman's article "Pore-opening mechanism of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor evinced by proton transfer" is featured in the March 2008 edition of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
http://www.nature.com/nsmb/journal/v15/n4/abs/nsmb.1407.html
Professor Huimin Zhao has been recognized as a 2008 University Scholar by the University of Illinois. This award is given to the University's most talented scholars, teachers, and researchers for their excellence.
Posted 2.7.2008
This month's feature article in Experimental Biology and Medicine, entitled "Engineering chimeric polypeptides to illuminate cellular redox states", is co-authored by Biophysics graduate student Bryan Spring and advisor Bob Clegg, in conjunction with others at the U of I Institute of Genomic Biology. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/sfeb-ecp012308.php
Posted 1.31.2008
Professor Steve Sligar is the new Director of
the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Professor Andy Belmont is the new Head of the department
of Cell & Developmental Biology.
Professor Phil Best is an Associate Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
Posted 11.1.2007
Four Biophysics faculty members, John Gerlt, Yi Lu, Scott Silverman,
and Greg Timp, have been selected as American Association for
the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Fellows for 2007.
Posted 8.6.2007
Professor Steve Sligar has been named as a Fellow
of the Biophysics Society for 2008 for his work in biophysics.
This is the 8th year such an honor has been awarded, and those
chosen are being honored for their contributions to the expansion
of the field of biophysics.
Posted 8.6.2007
In July 2007, The International Society of Photosynthesis Research presented Emeritus Professor Govindjee with the "Communications Award" at their 14th International Congress of Photosynthesis Research in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the second such award granted by the Congress.
Posted Previously
Biophysics faculty paper is Science Editor's Choice at the Biophysical Journal. Prof. Emad Tajkhorshid and coworkers investigated the dynamics of TonB-dependent outer membrane transport. [Biophys. J. BioFAST: April 20, 2007. doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.104158]
Being recognized for his work with NMR spectroscopy, Professor Chad Rienstra has been awarded the 2007 Sloan Foundation Fellowship.
Professor Paul Selvin has been selected as a University Scholar for 2007. This is the highest recognition the University grants to faculty members.
Howard Ducoff, Professor Emeritus, has been chosen to receive the 2007 Scholar in Training "Excellence in Mentoring Award" from the Radiation Research Society.
Nobel Laureate (in Medicine 2003) and Biophysics Professor Paul Lauterbur passed away at his home on March 27, 2007. He shared his Nobel Prize for the discovery of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
