THE CANCER CENTER AT ILLINOIS’ COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

To the CCIL community, Discrimination, as painfully illustrated by recent events, affects every aspect of our daily lives. While the recent loss of life and ensuing violence provide an acute reminder, they are also a painful outcome of the cumulative effects of chronic, everyday discrimination. These every day “thousand small cuts” eventually add up to […]

REGISTER FOR TIME DAY SYMPOSIUM 2020

The fourth annual TiMe Day Symposium will take place on April 16, 2020, and will highlight tissue microenvironment research from the TiMe program. The Symposium will feature keynote speaker Dr. Amy LeBlanc, Senior Scientist in the Molecular Imaging Program and Director of the Comparative Oncology Program at the National Cancer Institute, and plenary speakers. Graduate […]

RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH

Students and faculty are welcome and encouraged to attend the Beckman Institute’s Responsible Conduct of Research seminar series to learn and discuss good practices for conduct of research and enhancing collaboration. Patty Jones, Beckman’s associate director for research on will give a lecture about “Teamwork, Communication, and Research Integrity” on February 18, 2020, at 12 […]

2019 TIME SCHOLAR AWARDS

Throughout 2019, the TiMe cohort has continued to demonstrate their dedication to cancer research with a focus on the tissue microenvironment. This year, students published 13 papers, presented their research in 50 conference presentations, and filed 3 patents. 17 awards were received by 5 TiMe scholars, including travel awards, best poster awards, and more. Congratulations […]

TIME DAY SYMPOSIUM 2019

Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Program Scholars organized and hosted the third-annual TiMe Symposium on April 26, 2019, at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Over 90 participants across 15 University of Illinois campus departments attended the Symposium. Dennis Discher, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, served as keynote speaker, […]

2018 TIME SCHOLAR AWARDS

At the end of the year, we would like to recognize the scholars in the Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Program for their achievements. Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding work and effort in their research. Emily Chen: Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship, MF3 Award; A.T. Widiger Chemical Engineering Fellowship Jamila Hedhli: Top 5 Most Innovative […]

DIRECTOR’S NOTE WINTER 2018

The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has come a long way since we started coming together as a small “Cancer Community” in 2011. Our membership has grown, we have developed strong educational programs to enhance training for tomorrow’s scientists, and our clinical partnerships continue to thrive. Together, these efforts have led to the elevation of […]