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 ASM Honors Aspiring MicrobiologistsASM (Aug 2007): The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the most prestigious science competition for high school students, was held this year in Albuquerque, N.M., in May. Approximately 1,500 students from 40 countries compete annually for scholarships, internships, grants, science equipment, and prizes, and ASM sponsors special awards in microbiology. ASM judges Steven Finkel (University of Southern California), Nancy Freitag (University of Illinois at Chicago), and Paul Kiem (Northern Arizona University) reviewed the microbiology projects and were impressed by the caliber of the students’ science.
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$22 million gift for immunology College of Medicine's largestUIC News (Jun 2007): A $22 million estate gift commitment from a Texas physician and his wife — the largest gift ever to the College of Medicine and the largest individual gift in UIC history — will help support medical research, education and treatment in immunology. The gift from James and Marion Grant of Austin, Texas, will establish the Dr. James A. and Marion C. Grant Program in Basic and Applied Immunity and two Dr. James A. and Marion C. Grant Endowed Chairs.
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 Immigrant Honored at Navy Ship NamingBATH, Maine (AP) — Le T. Phung credits the USS Sterett with saving her life: The ship rescued her after a week adrift in the South China Sea when she fled Vietnam nearly 25 years ago. On Saturday, Phung was the matron of honor for the christening of the latest Navy warship to bear the Sterett name: a 510-foot destroyer. It is the fourth warship named after Lt. Andrew Sterett, who served aboard the frigate Constellation during the U.S. Navy's first victory against a foreign navy.
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 An Impending PandemicUICMedicine (Winter 2007): Viral immunology expert Bellur Prabhakar is invited to help the U.S. government prepare for an outbreak of avian flu.
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Structure of Iron Regulatory Protein-RNA Complex SolvedUIC News (Dec 2006): The surprising structure and properties of a protein responsible for regulating the transport, storage and use of iron -- as it binds its target RNA -- are described by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Dec. 22 issue of Science. |
Innovation gives you confidence and a respectable position across the globeThe Financial Express (Dec 2006): Distinguished professor Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, now at the |
Campus NewsUIC News (Oct 2006): About 150 people heard speakers from medical, public health and business leaders. Joseph Flaherty, dean of the College of Medicine, said it is a matter of time before the U.S. is hit with a flu pandemic.
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 Local Doctor Offers Tips On Dealing With Flu SeasonCBS2Chicago (Sep 2006): Dr. Bellur Prabhakar says the most important thing to do to ensure you don't catch flu is to plan, especially at the workplace, which can be a breeding ground for flue gems.
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The corporate world tackles influenzaMedill Service (Sep 2006): Medical, military and business speakers bluntly told a Chicago business gathering on Monday: an avian flu pandemic is inevitable, and companies must prepare to fight back. Modifying sick leave policies is one way. A major influenza outbreak, warned Joseph Flaherty, dean of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, is "not a question of if, but of when and how severe."
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Dr. Deepak Study shows how herpes virus infects eye, evades immune systemUIC News (Sep 2006): The herpes virus has an unusual strategy for infecting cornea cells that may explain how it evades the immune system, according to a study by UIC medical researchers.
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 UIC Scientists Provide First Images of HIV in Living CellsUIC News (Dec 2002): In stunning color images using time-lapse microscopy, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have for the first time captured the very earliest stages of HIV infection in living cells.
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