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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
Two undergraduate research experience programs, TEAM-UP Together and Villa Cisse, wrapped up a second successful summer session at Illinois Physics under the direction of Illinois Physics Teaching Professor Sharlene Denos.
Minecraft players can now explore whole cells and their contents
Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast and human epithelial, breast and breast cancer cells in Minecraft, a video game that allows players to explore, build and manipulate structures in three dimensions.
Expanding Horizons
The first cohort of QCB’s Villa Cisse Scholars program visited the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign July 15-26 for an immersive orientation into biophysics research