University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Illinois Physics
Center for the Physics of the Living Cell

Research Highlights

3/3/2021 7:18:17 AM
Selvin Lab teams up with Huimin Zhao to Compare Gene Editing Tools
9/9/2020 12:51:34 PM
Selvin Lab on the Hunt for a Better COVID-19 Test
9/9/2020 12:27:26 PM
MYSTERIOUS CELLULAR DROPLETS COME INTO FOCUS
4/25/2020 1:17:23 PM
CPLC researchers uncover mechanism of protein unfolding by SDS
3/31/2020 10:55:12 AM
CPLC Researchers Develop Model of Human Cell
12/19/2019 11:16:34 AM
Nanopores identify amino acids in proteins, the first step to sequencing
11/14/2019 3:53:28 PM
CPLC team continues Schulten's legacy: first-ever atomic-scale model of a bacterial organelle simulates photosynthetic energy conversion
11/14/2019 3:37:15 PM
"Spotlight on New Faculty" highlights new CPLC faculty member Sangjin Kim
10/8/2019 4:04:12 PM
New Research from Golding & Kim Labs Featured in Cell & Nature Microbiology!
8/15/2019 11:36:59 AM
Aksimentiev's Research on DNA Circling the Nanopore Drain May Improve Sequencing Flow
4/10/2019 12:41:15 PM
Professor Klaus Schulten collaborator in giant screen film "Birth of Planet Earth", 2019
12/10/2018 1:50:20 PM
Karin Dahmen's presentation: “Ubiquitous Crackling: from Nanocrystal, to Neurons, to Earthquakes, to Stars" Video
10/26/2018 3:15:16 PM
High entropy alloys hold the key to studying dislocation avalanches in metals
10/9/2018 9:40:54 AM
Ha Lab reveals mechanisms of increased Cas9s specificity using single-molecule FRET
10/9/2018 9:33:22 AM
Chemla Lab reveals physics of DNA on ultra-short length scales
10/4/2018 10:40:59 AM
Super-resolution microscopy with small quantum dots reveals neuronal receptor localization
10/4/2018 10:29:45 AM
Simulations reveal structural mechanism of molecular switch in DNA repair protein
10/2/2018 9:20:21 AM
High precision microbial population dynamics under cycles of feast and famine
9/13/2018 10:52:48 AM
New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease
6/25/2018
DNA enzyme shuffles cell membranes a thousand times faster than its natural counterpart
3/30/2018
Team brings subatomic resolution to computational microscope
3/26/2018
DNA origami as a novel avenue for creating next-generation optical voltage sensing nanodevices
1/2/2018
A virus-bacteria coevolutionary 'arms race' solves the diversity paradox by 'Killing the Winner'
9/19/2017
CPLC/CBQB Symposium
8/31/2017
Quanta Magazine's Q&A with Goldenfeld: Seeing Emergent Physics Behind Evolution
7/19/2017
Massive simulation shows HIV capsid interacting with its environment
5/23/2017
Genetic mutation trade-offs lead to parallel evolution
3/15/2017
Rotation tracking and footprinting reveal asymmetric rolling adhesion mechanism
12/10/2016
Method to Label Proteins Inside the Living Cell for Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
9/26/2016
Real-time observation of Cas9 Activity
8/31/2016
CPLC Fellow Dr. Abhishek Singharoy's research featured in Beckman Institute News
6/15/2016
Quantitative analysis and prediction of G-quadruplex forming DNA
6/14/2016
Scientists observe real-time transposon activity in living cells
4/20/2016
Quantitative analysis and prediction of G-quadruplex forming DNA
3/22/2016
Methylation is responsible for sequence-dependent attraction between DNA strands
3/12/2016
Stochastic Nature of Phage Promoter Switching
3/4/2016
Cyclophilin A stabilizes the HIV-1 capsid through a novel non-canonical binding site
3/4/2016
Stochastic nature of phage promoter switching
1/15/2016
Computing the bacterial brain
12/15/2015
Synaptic receptor tracking on live neurons using stable small quantum dots
12/9/2015
Protein hairpin and Parkinson’s disease
11/19/2015
DNA nanosensors designed computationally
9/20/2015
Year of Light: The brilliance of mixing physics with biology
9/20/2015
Effect of DNA replication on mRNA noise
7/29/2015
Atomic modeling of an immature retroviral lattice using molecular dynamics and mutagenesis
7/14/2015
farFRET: Extending the Range in Single-Molecule FRET Experiments beyond 10 nm
7/10/2015
CPLC postdoctoral fellow Jingyi Fei publishes in Science
7/10/2015
Single molecular force across single integrins dictates cell spreading
6/23/2015
Spatially-Resolved Metabolic Cooperativity within Dense Bacterial Colonies
6/22/2015
Resolving Molecular Motor Action
5/31/2015
Aligning and repairing broken chromosomes
5/31/2015
Collaborative research team solves cancer cell mutation mystery
4/17/2015
New laboratory technique simultaneously reveals structure and function of proteins critical in DNA repair
3/17/2015
Scientists Find DNA is Packaged Like a Yoyo
2/16/2015
The princess and the pea: Cells' ultra-sensitivity for strong molecular forces
12/3/2014
Ibrahim Cissé is unraveling the mystery of DNA transcription, one molecule at a time
6/3/2014
Coarse-grained model of single-stranded nucleic acids
5/7/2014
Ankur Jain selected as finalist for the Gregorio Weber International Prize in Biological Fluorescence
2/24/2014
New research reveals how E. coli relieves the pressure
2/14/2014
Cracking its whips: coordination of flagellar locomotion in E. coli
2/14/2014
Advanced techniques yield new insights into ribosome self-assembly
1/10/2014
Metabolic variability in a modeled E. coli population
1/10/2014
Lattice microbes
1/10/2014
Phenotype Switching in a Self-Regulating Gene
1/10/2014
Protein-guided RNA dynamics during early ribosome assembly
1/10/2014
DNA looping and bistability of the lac genetic switch
8/26/2013
A Quantum of Force in Cell Adhesion
3/17/2013
In Vivo Optical Trapping Applied to two cellular motors fighting
2/9/2013
End of Chromosome control
2/9/2013
RNA silencing machinery in action
2/9/2013
The assembly landscape of Ribosome
2/9/2013
In Silico Evolution of a Proto-Ribosome
1/21/2013
Kinase sensor
1/21/2013
Kinase sensor
1/20/2013
Slide towards rescue of DNA
9/20/2012
Quantum Biology of the Sense of Smell
9/4/2012
Chemotactic adaptation kinetics of individual Escherichia coli cells
9/3/2012
Protein as a Nano-Spring
9/3/2012
Protein as a Nano-Spring
9/3/2012
Protein as a Nano-Spring
9/3/2012
Protein as a Nano-Spring
8/15/2012
Extreme Bendability of Short DNA
6/18/2012
Large Protein Folded Computationally
6/18/2012
NAMD 2.9 Goes Viral on Blue Waters
4/9/2012
Epigenetic Key
4/6/2012
Accurate all-atom model for computational studies of nucleic acid systems
4/6/2012
End-to-end attraction of short duplex DNA
6/23/2011
SiMPull: Single Molecule Pull-Down
6/23/2011
SiMPull: Single Molecule Pull-Down
6/21/2011
Computational Microscopy of the Ribosome
6/21/2011
Opposites Attract in a Motor Protein
6/21/2011
Placing New Proteins
6/21/2011
Growing a New Whip
6/21/2011
Large Step with Short Leg
6/21/2011
Computational Microscopy of the Ribosome
6/21/2011
Opposites Attract in a Motor Protein
6/21/2011
Placing New Proteins
6/21/2011
Growing a New Whip
6/21/2011
Large Step with Short Leg
5/10/2011
Ultra High Resolution Fleezers
5/10/2011
Ultra High Resolution Fleezers
4/18/2011
In Silico Cells
4/18/2011
New helicase mechanism to regulate recombination
4/18/2011
In Silico Cells
4/18/2011
New helicase mechanism to regulate recombination
7/14/2010
Calibrating in vivo tension sensor
7/14/2010
Calibrating in vivo tension sensor
1/12/2010
Protein folding in living cells
1/12/2010
Protein folding in living cells
12/25/2009
Reinventing RNA Polymerase
12/25/2009
Reinventing RNA Polymerase
11/11/2009
Managing the Protein Assembly Line
11/11/2009
Managing the Protein Assembly Line
10/22/2009
Molecular Road Roller
10/22/2009
Molecular Road Roller
10/21/2009
Protein Folding
10/21/2009
Protein Folding
10/4/2009
A bacterial treadmill
10/4/2009
A bacterial treadmill
9/25/2009
Bagging Cholesterol
9/25/2009
Bagging Cholesterol
9/17/2009
Copying DNA
9/17/2009
Copying DNA
9/1/2009
A viral time-bomb
9/1/2009
A viral time-bomb
7/25/2009
Where's North? Ask Superoxide!
7/25/2009
Where's North? Ask Superoxide!
6/16/2009
Why Kinesin is so Processive
6/16/2009
Why Kinesin is so Processive
5/25/2009
Cracks in the Mirror
5/25/2009
Cracks in the Mirror
5/11/2009
Electrostatic Tweezers
5/11/2009
Electrostatic Tweezers
4/25/2009
Amazing Filter
4/25/2009
Amazing Filter
4/21/2009
Signaling Networks in Protein: RNA Complexes
4/21/2009
Signaling Networks in Protein: RNA Complexes
3/25/2009
Silica Nanopores
3/25/2009
Silica Nanopores
1/25/2009
Open Sesame
1/25/2009
Open Sesame
1/12/2009
Protein Teamwork
1/12/2009
Bumpy DNA
1/12/2009
Protein Teamwork
1/12/2009
Bumpy DNA