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Stay up to date with the latest achievements and milestones in our department, including faculty promotions, research publications, grant awards, and student recognitions. Explore cutting-edge discoveries and celebrate the accomplishments of our vibrant research community!

Faculty Research Grant: Er Lab

Posted on February 03, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Emrah Er on receiving the U2D2: University of Illinois Cancer Center-UICentre Drug Discovery Program award for his innovative project, “Discovery of ISGylation Inhibitors for Breast Cancer Metastasis and Immune Modulation.” This…

Faculty Research Grant: Er Lab

Posted on February 03, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Emrah Er on receiving funding as Co-PI, alongside Contact PI Dr. Jalees Rehman, for their project titled “Tissue Microenvironmental Regulation of Precancer Progression to Invasive Lung Cancer” through the University…

Faculty Research Grant: Er Lab

Posted on February 03, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Emrah Er on receiving the prestigious American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant! This remarkable achievement highlights his groundbreaking work, “Investigating the Role of Interferon Stimulated Gene 15 in Mechanosurveillance and…

Student Award: Hsun Wang, Kitajewski lab

Posted on January 30, 2025

Congratulations to Hsun Wang from Dr. Jan Kitajewski’s lab on receiving the prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) PreDoctoral Fellowship award for the project titled “ACKR1 Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Inflammation.” This well-deserved recognition reflects…

Departmental Newsletter - January 2025

Posted on January 28, 2025

The Department of Physiology and Biophysics is excited to share updates from across the department in this edition of our bi-annual newsletter. Celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni, discover the latest research breakthroughs…

Publication News: Naba lab

Posted on January 22, 2025

Congratulations to the Naba lab for their new publication entitled “The novel ECM protein SNED1 mediates cell adhesion via the RGD-binding integrins α5β1 and αvβ3” published in the Journal of Cell Science. This…

Faculty Research Grant: Lee Lab

Posted on January 02, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Monica Lee on receiving a $3.3 million NIH/NHLBI grant for a project titled “Identifying the role of nuclear pore components in vascular function.” This research aims to uncover how nuclear…

Faculty Award: Alexandra Naba, PhD

Posted on December 11, 2024

Alexandra Naba, Associate Professor in our Department, is the recipient of the 2024 College of Medicine Departmental Faculty of the Year award. The Departmental Faculty of the Year Award is given annually to…

Award: 34th Physiology Awards Night

Posted on December 09, 2024

Congratulations to all our award winners from the 34th Physiology Awards Night. Andrius Kazlauskas was the recipient of the Philip K Hawley Distinguished Faculty Award. PhD candidates Rouci Hu and Mete Ozgurses won…

Publication News: Naba Lab

Posted on November 18, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Aman Bains, postdoc in the Naba lab, for her latest review entitled “Proteomic insights into the extracellular matrix: a focus on proteoforms and their implications in health and disease” published in Expert Review…