Dr. Andrew Riley has been named the UIC Rising Star in Basic Life Sciences. Awardees will be honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, April 17 at the Field Museum. The ceremony is part of the inaugural UIC Research Week. Congratulations Dr. Riley!

Dr. John Nitiss has been named the UIC Distinguished Researcher Award in Basic Life Sciences. Awardees will be honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, April 17 at the Field Museum. The ceremony is part of the inaugural UIC Research Week. Congratulations Dr. Nitiss!

Congratulations to Irina Gaisina (UICentre), Lijun Rong UIC Microbiology and Terry Moore Terry Moore 🏳️‍🌈 @uicpsi and colleagues for their discovery of an orally efficacious (mice) treatment for Influenza A! UIC Pharmacy University of Illinois College of Medicine this is UIC science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congratulations to OVCR Director of Research Initiatives Bernie Santarsiero, who received the Diamond Award from the Not Alone Foundation for his leadership and work in academic diversity programming:

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Dr. Guido Pauli received a Certificate of Appreciation from the National Cancer Institute for his ten years of service. He is a PDQ Integrative, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies Editorial Board member. Congratulations, Dr. Pauli!

Are you interested in lasso peptides and alternative host development? Check out our new preprint chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Dr. Paul Carlier is part of the first Faculty Entrepreneurial Leadership Program. The program supports the development of entrepreneurship-oriented faculty to seed new venture creation. Congratulations, Dr. Carlier!

Dr. Bernie Santarsiero is profiled on the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) website. NADOHE is the preeminent voice for chief diversity officers. Read his profile here: nadohe.org/spotlight/

A new class of compounds co-invented by researchers at UIC Pharmacy could help treat schistosomiasis, a potentially-deadly parasitic disease that affects roughly 200 million people worldwide. today.uic.edu/researchers-de…

A study published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics co-authored by #UICPharm 's Dr. Joanna Burdette used various cutting-edge techniques to identify a new biomarker for ovarian cancer.

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Ovarian cancer is particularly hard to detect. New research from UIC Pharmacy and University of Illinois Cancer Center used cutting-edge techniques to identify a new biomarker that offers hope for effective routine screening — possibly even at home. today.uic.edu/new-biomarker-…

#UICPharm researchers Luke Harding, Pavel Petukhov and Valentina Petukhova co-invented the new drug candidates for schistosomiasis.

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The latest issue of #ACSInfectiousDiseases in live!

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This month's cover article from BT Murphy Lab describes the development of DAPA, a tool used to discover new antibiotic natural products.

Meet grad student scholar, Jin Yi (Jeanie) Tan (2nd year doctoral student UIC Pharmacy)! She is focused on developing an “environment to bioassay” antibiotic discovery approach while collaborating with Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago. Learn more about her work at the link in our bio! #SeaGrantFunded

UICentre announces the “Launch Seed Grant”. Proposals (3 p) are due 9/15/23, to support early drug discovery-focused projects. Funding up to $50K. All UIC faculty are eligible. drugdiscovery.uic.edu/apply-for-supp…

#UICPharm 's Dr. Pavel Petukhov and a team of researchers have discovered a new treatment approach for deadly parasitic disease. Their research was published in Nature Communications. Read more about it here: ow.ly/2AkA50P8UeY

David C Lankin was presented with a certificate recognizing 60 years of ACS membership at the May 19th (2023) dinner program meeting of the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society

Congrats to Rocío Rivera Rodríguez, who was one of three UIC students to earn Fulbright Awards - today.uic.edu/three-uic-stud…

Dr. Andrew Riley was recently named a 2023 Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardee. This award is presented yearly to up-and-coming researchers worldwide who are in the early stages of their independent academic careers as assistant or junior professors. Congratulations, Dr. Riley!

Reminder! Brian Murphy is presenting at noon today as part of the UIC Global Health Colloquium,

UIC Global Health Colloquium: Establishing a Microbial Antibiotic Discovery Program in Northern Vietnam

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