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QCB Announces 2025 Postdocs

QCB Announces 2025 Postdocs

QCB is proud to announce their 2025 Postdoctoral Fellows. Abner Apsley , Eric Shinn, and Jan Stevens were selected for their scholarly research and capabilities to enhance and expand the research that is the Center’s mission: developing 4D (space plus time) whole-cell models and experiments to transform our understanding of how cells function.

Opening pathways to STEM

Opening pathways to STEM

Opening pathways to STEM: community college students dive into leading-edge university researchOctober 3, 2025Written by Maddie Stover for Illinois PhysicsCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two undergraduate research experience programs, TEAM-UP Together and Villa Cisse, wrapped up a...

Minecraft players can now explore whole cells and their contents

Minecraft players can now explore whole cells and their contents

Minecraft players can now explore whole cells and their contentsFebruary 3, 2025 With their colleagues, researchers, from left, Stephen Boppart, Tianyu Wu, Zaida Luthey-Schulten, Zane Thornburg and Rohit Bhargava, developed CraftCells, a tool for exploring the key...

Expanding Horizons

Expanding Horizons

Expanding HorizonsFirst cohort of Villa Cisse Scholars excited to gain new science perspectives in this new QCB undergraduate program.October 9th, 2024 Armine Dingilian (standing back left) and Annette Wells (standing back right) assist the Villa Cisse scholars in...