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Sana Basheer is bound for a career in medicine—this much she knows. What she will specialize in after she heads to medical school at the University of Chicago on a full scholarship this fall remains...
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New Research by Biology Ph.D. Student Providing Insights into the Habits of Western Bean Cutworm
New research from Illinois Institute of Technology biology Ph.D. student Dakota Bunn (Ph.D. BIOL Candidate) is providing insight into the habits of the western bean cutworm, a pest to corn and dry...
Promising New COVID-19 Treatment in Development at Illinois Tech
A new COVID-19 treatment in early stages of development at Illinois Institute of Technology—an inhaled therapy called CROWNase—shows the potential to limit COVID-19 infection. The treatment is patent...
Building Blocks of Human Bone Presented in New Study
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology have partnered with an international team of scientists to uncover the fundamental structure for the development of bone. The study authors from the...
Illinois Tech Researcher Part of International Team That Has Uncovered Building Block of Human Bone
Chicago, IL — October 8, 2020 — Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) have partnered with an international team of scientists to uncover the fundamental structure for the...
New Research on Collagen Could Influence Treatment of COVID-19
New research from Joseph Orgel, a professor of biology and biomedical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, is advancing the understanding of the role of collagen, the major constructive...
Eating Away a Plastic Disaster
Plastics are polluting the world’s oceans at an exponential rate, but students at Illinois Institute of Technology are working to genetically modify algae that could eat away at the growing problem...
Summer Stipends Send Illinois Tech Undergrads to the Lab
Forget the beach. Anam Adil (BCHM 2nd Year) says she’s enthusiastically spending her summer this year working in a lab conducting pioneering cancer research side-by-side with master’s students and Ph...
Minh and Juarez Receive NIH Grant for Predicting Molecular Interactions to Aid Drug Discovery
The research groups of David Minh, assistant professor of chemistry, and Oscar Juarez, assistant professor of biology, have received an award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH/1R01GM127712...
Iva Veseli, Accelerated Master’s Biology/Computer Science Student, Wins National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award
Iva Veseli (B.S. BIOL/M.S. CS 5th year) has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award to pursue her Ph.D. in the biophysical sciences at the...