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2016

December 21, 2016
SUCCESS STORY
New Technique Switches Key Biomolecules “on” and “off”
CBC Catalyst Award (2013) to Andrei Karginov (UIC) and Michael Glotzer (UChicago)
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December 21, 2016
“in the news”
CBC-Facilitated Collaborative Science Initiative Renewed
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November 31, 2016
NEWS
CBC Colleague Receives the UIC Innovator of the Year Award
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November 30, 2016
NEWS
CBC Announces 2015 Fall round and 2016 Spring round HTS Awards
▸ 2015 Fall HTS Awards
▸ 2016 Spring HTS Awards


November 21, 2016
News
2016 CBC Symposium Recap:
Recognizing the Significance of Genetics in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

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November 18, 2016
News
2016 Spring Round Catalyst Awards Announced
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November 8, 2016
success story
CBC Funded Researchers Discover a Way to Inhibit a Major Cancer Gene
CBC Catalyst Award (2012) to John O’Bryan (UIC) and Shohei Koide (NYU; at UChicago at the time of the award)
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October 31, 2016
success story
Muscles Have Circadian Clocks that Control Exercise Response
CBC Spark Award (2011) to Nissim Hay (UIC), Joseph Bass (NU), Graeme Bell and Louis Philipson (UChicago)
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October 26, 2016
news
Two CBC Pioneers at the core of Tempus
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October 22, 2016
“in the news”
Kudos to CBC for its Infrastructure support!
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September 30, 2016
news
Dr. Milan Mrksich Receives the 2016 iCON Innovator Award
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September 21, 2016
success story
Researchers Discover that DNA Naturally Fluoresces
CBC Lever Award (2015) to Vadim Backman (NU), Lucy Godley (UChicago) and Jack Kaplan (UIC)
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September 12, 2016
success story
Male Chemistry Primes Females for Reproduction — But at a Cost
CBC Catalyst Award (2014) to Erik Andersen (NU) and Ilya Ruvinsky (UChicago)
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August 12, 2016
news
Spring 2016 Postdoctoral Research Awards Announced
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August 11, 2016
news
Fall 2015 Postdoctoral Research Awards Announced
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July 21, 2016
CBC newsletter, vol. 18
Inviting New Proposals; New UChicago Scientific Director; Symposium Update and New Website
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July 13, 2016
success story
New Antidepressant Target Discovered by CBC-Funded Researchers
CBC HTS Award (2013) to Dane Chetkovich and Ye Han (NU)
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July 12, 2016
success story
With CBC Support, Scientists Identify Neurochemical Signal Likely Missing in Parkinson’s
CBC Junior Recruitment award (2011) to Daniel Dombeck (NU)
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July 7, 2016
success story
CBC Funding Helps Develop Injectable Biomaterial that could be used to Manipulate Organ Behavior
CBC Postdoctoral Research award (2014) to Yucai Wang, a postdoctoral fellow in Bozhi Tian’s lab (UChicago)
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June 22, 2016
success story
CBC Funding Helps to Understand Pancreatic Cancer Cells
CBC Catalyst Award (2014) to Hidayatullah Munshi (NU), and Marsha Rosner and Tao Pan (UChicago)
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June 17, 2016
biotech news
Milan Mrksich Receives the 2016 iCON Innovator Award
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June 14, 2016
success story
CBC-Funded Project Plays a Major Role in a Presidential Initiative
CBC Lever Award (2008) to Kevin White (UChicago), Robert Grossman (currently at UChicago but then at UIC), Richard Morimoto (NU) and Luis Amaral (NU)
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April 15, 2016
announcement
The CBC welcomes new Scientific Director for The University of Chicago, Lucy Godley
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March 31, 2016
CBC newsletter, vol. 17
CBC Funding Programs Deadlines, Upcoming Events and News
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March 29, 2016
success story
Crucial Step in Red Blood Cell Development Discovered
CBC Catalyst Award (2014) to Peng Ji (NU) and Amittha Wickrema (UChicago)
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March 10, 2016
News
2015 Fall Round Catalyst Awards Announced
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February 17, 2016
Success Story
RNA modification discovery suggests new code for control of gene expression
CBC Postdoctoral Research Award to Dan Dominissini, a postdoctoral fellow in Chuan He’s group (UChicago)
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February 9, 2016
Success Story
“Clasping” Collaboration
Three CBC Scientists Join Forces to Develop Exceptional-Quality Antibodies Displaying an Unprecedented Mode of Action
Recruitment Awards to Alex Ruthenburg (UChicago) and Neil Kelleher (NU); Shohei Koide, CBC Scientific Director for UChicago
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February 8, 2016
Announcement
Upcoming Winter/Spring 2016 Application Deadlines
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February 7, 2016
News
CBC Exploratory Workshop:
Seeing better together – Strategic Cross-Institutional Microscopy Initiatives

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January 20, 2016
Success Story
Researchers Pinpoint Place Where Cancer Cells May Begin
Scientists use fruit fly genetics to understand how things could go wrong in cancer
CBC Scholar Award to Nicolás Peláez, NU, Class of 2011
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