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The Center for the Physics of Living Cells is an NSF Physics Frontier Center for collaborative research in the Department of Physics at the University of IL.
Urbana, IL
Joined March 2016
Professor Zaida Luthey-Schulten and graduate students Zane Thornburg, Benjamin Gilbert, and Troy Brier have "developed a three-dimensional, fully dynamic kinetic model of a living minimal cell that mimics what goes on in the actual cell." https://t.co/3DBPf9p67s
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Relating cellular signaling timescales to single-molecule kinetics: A first-passage time analysis of Ras activation by SOS
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One step closer to protein fingerprinting. Excellent collaboration with @cees_dekker' group, just out in @ScienceMagazine
Today we publish a paper in @ScienceMagazine that expands nanopore readings to the proteome: a nanopore-based scanner to read off PROTEINS at the single-molecule level! 🤩 Awesome experiments by postdoc Henry Brinkerhoff of our #CDlab, with MD simulations of @aksimentievLab 1/x
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There is still time to join some of the #BlackinPhysicsWeek events! https://t.co/71t4PlOGRW
blackinphysics.org
#BlackInPhysics is a week dedicated not only to celebrating Black physicists and our contributions to the scientific community, but also to reveal a more complete picture of what a physicist looks...
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CPLC faculty Paul Selvin wins 2022 Ignacio Tinoco Award from Biophysical Society! Read more:
physics.illinois.edu
Illinois Physics Professor Paul Selvin has been selected for the 2022 Ignacio Tinoco Award of the Biophysical Society. The citation reads, “for novel and ongoing contributions to development of...
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Thank you so much @washingtonpost for this wonderful feature! Momma I made it! Now let’s do some science!
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Raven Baxter, a.k.a. “Raven the Science Maven,” is a role model for many with her music video, science teaching and other work. Having ADHD, she says, has helped her creativity.
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The new FUTURE-MINDS-QB program will streamline a path from a master’s degree at @Fisk1866 to a doctoral degree at #ILLINOIS. The program aims to increase participation from underrepresented groups in biomedical data science and quantitative biology 🔸 https://t.co/ejqMGEKL9C
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Congratulations to CPLC Alum @IbrahimCisse_
Big news today! We are super excited to share this information. @IbrahimCisse_ joins @mpi_ie/@maxplanckpress as our new Director. He will head the new department of Biological Physics. Learn more about the research in the @Cisse_lab here: https://t.co/3HHFqbhH5j
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Friday 4/16, 3:00 Eastern/2:00 Central CPLC Seminar Dr. Sara Pedron Haba, “Dynamic Bioengineered Hydrogels to Study Brain Tumor Biology” Email denos@illinois.edu for Zoom info
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After a long hiatus, Johns Hopkins Chromatin Workshop returns in virtual format. May 6, 9 am - 1 pm. Keynote by Zhiguo Zhang of Columbia U. Mark your calendar! https://t.co/H7hQCL0lUV
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We are excited to announce our EVENTS for #BlackInBiophysicsWeek starting Monday, May 10th!!! 🤩🤩🤩 #BIBPSWeek features daily themed discussions and events for students and scientists at all career levels, while encouraging a healthy work-life balance. More details coming soon!
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Congratulations to CPLC Alum Prof Ibrahim Cissé on winning the 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science!
📺👨🏿🔬🧪Watch our short video with Nigerien-born physicist @IbrahimCisse_ , and check out our full video with the @Caltech professor on @YouTube: https://t.co/87Iy5wgDnh. CC: @Cisse_lab, @MIT
#DiversityinSTEM #ImmigrantsinSTEM #Biophysicist #VilcekPrizes
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CPLC Faculty Martin Gruebele explains why Champaign-Urbana is a pretty great place to live and do science. https://t.co/Z7IACfiqVC
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TODAY at 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern
Join us this Thursday at 4pm CT / 5pm Eastern for virtual iPoLS student talks!
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Two named lectures at Johns Hopkins Biophysics from across the oceans. Mark your calendar. Yigong Shi: March 24, 10 am. "Mechanism of RNA splicing by the spliceosome" Petra Schwille: May 10, 12 pm "The secret life of proteins - new ways of thinking about protein function"
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My daughter made this cover artwork submission for GOLD FISH paper. Because it was not chosen I am free to share. At least, she had fun creating it.
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Join us this Thursday at 4pm CT / 5pm Eastern for virtual iPoLS student talks!
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What a wonderful first day of the 2021 iPoLS Education Meeting! Thank you Dr. Ebony McGee @RelationshipGAP Dr. Alison Williams, & Dr. Donnell Walton for your talks & to all the student moderators and attendees! We are excited for mentoring/networking workshops today @1pm Eastern!
Join us for the iPoLS Education Meeting: Black in Physics of Living Systems Research, this Friday and Saturday, March 12th and 13th! See our meeting website for more information and to register: https://t.co/gbTtXo6g3W
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TODAY Starting at 12:30pm Central! You can still register:
Join us for the iPoLS Education Meeting: Black in Physics of Living Systems Research, this Friday and Saturday, March 12th and 13th! See our meeting website for more information and to register: https://t.co/gbTtXo6g3W
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