In the news

Oct. 2013. Our research was featured on NIH director’s blog.

Sep. 2013. Burroughs Wellcome Fund announced 2013 CASI recipients.

Aug. 2013. Illinois researchers advance understanding of schistosome reproduction. (Listen to the research on podcast).

Aug. 2013.  Our image of a developing schistosome larva inside the muscular tentacle of its snail host was selected as one of the winners of the second annual BioArt competition by American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB).  The image will be featured in an exhibit on the National Institutes of Health main campus, also will be displayed at Washington Dulles International Airport’s Gateway Gallery from June through November 2014.

Feb. 2013. The parasite’s foundation of youth.

Mar. 2010. Long polymer chains dance the conga.

Jul. 2009. Rethinking Brownian motion with the ‘Emperor’s New Clothes.

Nov. 2008. Liquid or solid? Charged nanoparticles in lipid membrane decide.