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Exploring the Mayo Clinic Undergraduate Research Experience

pace@illinois.edu (Hannah Wirth) — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:15:00 CDT

Carle, Illinois, and Mayo Clinic researchers advance breast cancer imaging device, supported by new NIH grant

alliance@mayoillinois.org (Carle Illinois College of Medicine) — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:45:00 CDT

A Carle Illinois College of Medicine research team is developing a new device that will improve the management of breast cancer using ultrasound imaging. The team has innovated new radiological clips that will increase visibility during imaging, reduce levels of radiation, and offer other new capabilities not previously available.

New tool improves accuracy, customization in DNA sequencing capabilities

alliance@mayoillinois.org (Coordinated Science Laboratory) — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:45:00 CDT

DNA analysis may open the door to scientists unlocking the mysteries of disease, among other breakthroughs. This analysis often includes identifying variants in DNA sequences – known as variant calling – which has a wide range of applications in bioinformatics and genomics, from discovering a person’s susceptibility to cancer to strategizing crop-breeding methods.

AI in Cancer Research: Applications of Computational Genomics

alliance@mayoillinois.org (Cancer Center at Illinois) — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:00:00 CDT

In bioinformatics, machine learning (ML) tools are used to solve problems in molecular biology and genetics. In healthy cells, genes — the carriers of hereditary information — are switched “on” or “off” to carry out specific tasks. Bioinformatics researchers can decode DNA using artificial intelligence (AI) to understand why some of these switches occur inappropriately, leading to disease.

How SNPs can be used to detect disease pathways

alliance@mayoillinois.org (Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance) — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:00:00 CDT

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new computational tool that can identify pathways related to diseases, including breast and prostate cancer, using single-nucleotide polymorphisms. SNPs, which refer to mutations in a person’s DNA, are the most common type of genetic variation among people. The researchers hope that the tool can help them discover new pathways that have been previously overlooked.

CCIL 2021 Seed Awards Support Collaborative Cancer Research

alliance@mayoillinois.org (Cancer Center at Illinois) — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:00:00 CDT

Nine interdisciplinary projects designed by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty were selected for the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) annual seed grant awards. Since launching in 2019, CCIL seed grant funding has supported interdisciplinary cancer research projects that facilitate cross-campus collaboration. Previous grant projects have led to a number of additional external funding opportunities, including a recent $1.25M NIH grant to further explore breast cancer progression.

Researchers develop new technique to study "microcancers" and screen cancer-fighting drugs

pace@illinois.edu — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:00:00 CDT

Three-dimensional microscale hanging drop arrays are useful in drug discovery, regenerative medicine, stem cell research, and biotechnology.

New computational models to understand colon cancer

pace@illinois.edu (Hannah Wirth) — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:30:00 CDT

A team from Illinois & Mayo Clinic have developed a new technique for creating “microcancer” cell cultures. It allows researchers to form hundreds of microcancers in a high-throughput format enabling direct measurement of cell health or response to drugs.

Knowledge Engine is ready to accelerate genomic research

healthinstitute@illinois.edu (Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine) — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:30:00 CST

Illinois and Mayo Clinic collaborate to lead NIH funded Big Data to Knowledge Center of Excellence.

Student improves bioinformatics software to better analyze human DNA

healthinstitute@illinois.edu (Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 08:30:00 CST

Coordinated Science Lab graduate student Zachary Stephens is changing the way medical experts examine and analyze this vast amount of DNA in the human body, ultimately contributing to the trajectory toward individualized medicine.

Getting Personal: Elena Wilson

healthinstitute@illinois.edu (Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine) — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 08:30:00 CST

An interview with University of Illinois senior, Elena Wilson, about her internships at Mayo Clinic and the Yale School of Medicine.

AI System Works with Physicians to Identify the Most Helpful Treatments for People Diagnosed with Depression

healthinstitute@illinois.edu (Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine) — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:30:00 CST

The Fall 2019 issue of Mayo Clinic Magazine features Illinois alum Arjun Athreya, the inaugural doctoral graduate of the Mayo Clinic and University of Illinois Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare Fellowship program.

Krannert offering free dance-based classes for those with Parkinson’s

healthinstitute@illinois.edu (Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine) — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 08:30:00 CST

People with Parkinson’s disease can take part in free monthly dance-based classes at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Studies have shown dance can have therapeutic benefits for people with Parkinson’s, a progressive nervous system disease affecting movement. The local Dance for People with Parkinson’s program is in its 10th year.

CSL researchers develop tools to aid in Alzheimer's diagnosis and prognosis

healthinstitute@illinois.edu (Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine) — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:30:00 CST

Alzheimer’s Disease has long stumped the medical community. A team of Illinois researchers, including 3 Mayo-Clinic and Illinois Alliance for Technology Based Healthcare fellows, is working to create tools that could help improve the diagnosis of the illness and produce more accurate prognoses.

Preparing the workforce of the future: students work side-by-side with Mayo researchers and physicians

healthinstitute@illinois.edu (Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine) — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:30:00 CST

Ten Illinois students came to Mayo Clinic through the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare. Each student was matched with research mentors whose research is supported in part by Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine.

How machine learning is crafting precision medicine

bridgetm@illinois.edu (Forbes Insights) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:15:00 CST

Dr. Liewei Wang of the Mayo Clinic, along with a team of researchers that includes members of the department of computer science at Illinois, developed a machine learning algorithm to predict whether a psychiatrist should prescribe a certain drug to a depression patient based on that patient’s unique medical record.

A Life Changing Collaboration

illinimbb@illinois.edu (Illinois Athletics) — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 16:15:00 CST

The Fighting Illini men's basketball team will host their Epilepsy Awareness game on Sunday. The game will help bring awareness to an illness that does not receive a lot of funding and does not have as much awareness as other neurological illnesses.

Novel quantum dots enhance cell imaging

lschmitt@illinois.edu (Laura Schmitt) — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 10:15:00 CDT

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes.

Researchers develop “cytological ruler” to build 3D map of human genome

nvasi@illinois.edu (Ben Short, Rockefeller University Press) — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:00:00 CDT

It has been almost 20 years since the human genome was first sequenced, but researchers still know little about how the genome is folded up and organized within cells.

New Informatics Tool Makes the Most of Genomic Data

cclutz2@illinois.edu (Claudia Lutz) — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:00:00 CDT

A new computational tool developed through a collaboration between the University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic combines multiple types of genomic information to make stronger predictions about what genomic features are associated with specific drug responses.

New NIH-funded Research Aims to Improve Prostate Cancer Outcomes

lschmitt@illinois.edu (Laura Schmitt) — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:00:00 CDT

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers recently received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new assay technology that could determine the effectiveness of cancer drug treatments and aid in disease prognosis.

Graduate Student Uses AI to Advance Epilepsy Research

alnavar2@dailyillini.com (Aaron Navarro) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:45:00 CST

Artificial intelligence may be the next great medical tool for those with epilepsy, according to a research project done by Ph.D. candidate Yogatheesan Varatharajah.

Research identifying extracellular matrix biomarkers may lead to targeted lung cancer therapies

bioengineering@illinois.edu (Da Yeon Eom, BioE intern) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:30:00 CST

Working with researchers at the Mayo Clinic, Illinois Bioengineering Assistant Professor Gregory Underhill have developed an engineering-based tool that helps unravel the extracellular matrix' (ECMs) composition and underlying mechanisms that enable cancer to spread and become resistant to chemotherapy and other treatments.

Novel Chip-based Gene Expression Tool Analyzes RNA Quickly and Accurately

lschmitt@illinois.edu (Laura Schmitt) — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:00:00 CST

A University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic collaboration has demonstrated a novel gene expression analysis technique that can accurately measure levels of RNA quickly and directly from a cancerous tissue sample while preserving the spatial information across the tissue—something that conventional methods cannot do.

Illinois and Mayo Clinic Team up to Develop Improved Method to Identify Seizure-causing Regions in the Brain

aschiess@illinois.edu (August Schiess) — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:00:00 CST

Yogatheesan (Yoga) Varatharajah and Ravi Iyer and collaborators from Mayo Clinic have developed a method to help doctors quickly identify the part of brain causing a patient’s epilepsy.