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Congratulations to Rachel Schaaf for winning a predoctoral fellowship from the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry! and More here!
Read Young Innovator profile on Dr. Diana Ranoa, describing her pivotal role in developing the UIUC saliva test for COVID-19.
Young Innovator Program Inventor Spotlight: Diana Ranoa, describing her pivotal role in developing the UIUC saliva test for COVID-19.
Diana Ranoa is a Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Fellow. She currently works in Paul Hergenrother’s lab where she tests the ability of synthetic compounds to elicit host immune responses in order to block different types of cancer. During the pandemic, she volunteered to help create Viral Transport Medium (VTM) in mass quantities to facilitate testing in Illinois. Ranoa was also instrumental in developing the saliva test for SARS-CoV-2, which has attracted national attention and has been approved by the FDA for emergency use.
Read the rest of the IGB article here.
A compound for breast cancer discovered and developed in the Hergenrother and Shapiro labs has been licensed to Bayer
Paul Hergenrother helps discover cancer compound now in licensing deal. Researchers affiliated with the Cancer Center at Illinois discovered a novel small molecule compound that is now the subject of a new global licensing agreement between the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG and the cancer drug development company Systems Oncology LLC.
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eNTRyway is LIVE!
eNTRyway is our web app for predicting compound accumulation in Gram-negative bacteria. It predicts the likelihood of a small-molecule to accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria. This prediction is based on the presence of a suitable ionizable nitrogen, proper shape, and flexibility.