The Center for the Physics of Living Cells - CPLC

02/14/2023

10/04/2022

Scientist Neural Data Analysis Systems Neuroscience The mission of the Allen Institute is to unlock the complexities of bioscience and advance our knowledge to improve human health Using an open science multi scale team oriented approach the Allen Institute focuses on accelerating foundational resea...

03/09/2022

Wonderful write up on CPLC Co-director Zan Luthey-Schulten and collaborators’ work on modeling a minimal cell.

Biologists are discovering the true nature of cells—and learning to build their own.

12/03/2021

Dr. Jessica Esquivel isn't just extraordinary because of what she is capable of as an Afro-Latina astrophysicist — she's also extraordinary in her vulnerability and relatability. She's on a mission to break barriers in science and to show the humanity behind scientists.

10/27/2021

Physics World celebrates the contributions of Black physicists with a series of essays published jointly with Physics Today

10/07/2021

Congratulations to Paul Selvin on winning the 2022 Ignacio Tinoco Award from the Biophysical Society!

Selvin receives 2022 Ignacio Tinoco Award

07/09/2021

FUTURE-MINDS-QB, a bridge program streamlining a path from a master’s degree at Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, to a doctoral degree at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a T32 training grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)!

This program will increase participation from underrepresented groups in biomedical data science and quantitative biology, helping build a more diverse scientific community.

https://physics.illinois.edu/news/article/39123

07/08/2021

TODAY Easter, 1st UK/US PoLS Seminar with Dr. Alice Pyne and Dr. Zan Luthey-Schulten.

04/12/2021

Friday 4/16, 3:00 Eastern/2:00 Central iPoLS/CPLC Seminar
Dr. Sara Pedron Haba, “Dynamic Bioengineered Hydrogels to Study Brain Tumor Biology”
Email [email protected] for Zoom info

04/05/2021

Congratulations to CPLC Alum Prof Ibrahim Cissé on winning the 2021Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science!

“📺👨🏿‍🔬🧪Watch our short video with Nigerien-born physicist , and check out our full video with the professor on : https://t.co/87Iy5wgDnh. CC: , https://t.co/C1L8KZAlgv”

04/05/2021

CPLC Faculty Martin Gruebele explains why Champaign-Urbana is a pretty great place to live and do science.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/university-illinois/my-campus-ui-chemistry-professor-martin-gruebele/article_b8ea7457-6634-51fb-b189-7cc17911ca38.html

04/05/2021

CPLC faculty Nigel Goldenfeld is still hard at work developing models to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois.

For the first time in months, COVID-19 cases are climbing again in Illinois. So is the percent of tests coming back positive. So are hospitalizations. All as vaccines are injected into tens of thousands of Illinoisans a day.