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photo John RogersJohn Rogers has determined that droplets of fluid in fiber optic channels can increase the speeds of data-carrying photons. The concept has the possibility of increasing Internet speeds and capacity and has progressed to the prototype stage. The Globe and Mail article.
drawing of proteinYi Lu and his research team have discovered that by adjusting the hydrophobicity and the hydrogen bonding in a protein, they can raise or lower the redox potential, without changing the protein’s electron-transfer properties or decreasing the protein’s efficiency. This research could lead to the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range electron transfers, and fuel-cell catalysts for energy conversion. UIUC News Bureau article.
Single-stranded DNA-binding proteinTaekjip Ha and his colleagues found that single-stranded DNA-binding protein travels along single-stranded DNA, regulating the recombination or replication of the strands and is critical to DNA repair. Their study appeared in the October 21 issue of the journal Nature. UIUC News Bureau article.
photo of Brock SiegelChemistry alum Brock Siegel is a 2009 LAS Alumni Achievement Award winner. Dr. Siegel has been on the forefront in the mapping of the human genome, working for Applied Biosystems when it and its sister company Celera sequenced the human genome. He is presently involved with a new start-up company which aims to sequence the human genome quickly and inexpensively. He received his Ph.D. in 1974. Peter Beak was his research advisor. LAS Alumni News article.

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