Benjamin Stark Retires After 33 Years at ºÚÁÏÍø
Benjamin Stark, professor of biology and associate dean for research in the College of Science, has announced his retirement from IIT after 33 years of service. Stark earned a Ph.D. and an M.Ph. at...
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NIH Awards $6.3 Million to ºÚÁÏÍø’s BioCAT Facility for Biomedical Research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $6.3 million to continue to operate ºÚÁÏÍø’s Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (BioCAT) facility for biomedical research at the Advanced Photon...
Researchers Find New Clues in 100-Year-Old Mystery of Frank-Starling Law of the Heart
February 8, 2016 – Chicago, IL – Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology and Loyola University have discovered new clues in the 100-year-old mystery of the Frank-Starling law of the heart...
IIT Biologists Determine the Molecular Mechanisms of Enzyme Action in Cholera and Related Diseases
Illinois Institute of Technology biologists have described the operation at the molecular level of a key enzyme associated with cholera-causing bacteria. Karina Tuz, research assistant professor of...
Researchers Solve Mystery of How AkT "Moves" from Cytosol to Cell Membrane
Chicago – July 29, 2015 - Jialing Xiang, professor of biology at Illinois Institute of Technology, and her collaborators have solved a longtime mystery: how protein kinase (Akt), a key player in cell...
Stark Named AAAS Fellow
Benjamin Stark, professor of biology and associate dean for research at IIT College of Science, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Stark was...
Pombert’s Paper on Discovery About Pathogen’s Evolution in PNAS
Jean-Francois Pombert, IIT assistant professor of biology, and his international collaborators have discovered new information about the evolution of pathogens known as Microsporidia: that their polar...
IIT researcher finds Baxdelta2 tumor suppressor can be generated in some colon cancer cells
Discovery may lead to a better understanding of microsatellite unstable colon cancer and potentially provide targeted chemotherapeutics for treatment. June 11, 2014, CHICAGO – Illinois Institute of...
IIT-MEDLIFE To Participate in Medical Brigade in Peru
The IIT-MEDLIFE chapter has raised $26,000 to send 14 IIT students and one faculty member to a mobile clinic from May 18-26 in Lima, Peru. The money was raised through Armour College of Engineering...
IIT Professor Menhart Available To Speak About Eteplirsen
Drug Shows Tremendous Promise for Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Some sources believe the FDA may approve the drug within 30 days April 11, 2014—CHICAGO - Professor Nicholas Menhart of the...