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Dynamic control of the surrounding medium of a trapped particle. A single fluorescein-coated polystyrene bead is trapped, and the surrounding medium is periodically exchanged in a preprogrammed manner between high pH and low pH buffer solutions. The intensity of fluorescence emission from the pH sensitive dye fluctuates as the surrounding medium changes, demonstrating the effectiveness of the buffer exchange in the trap. Adapted with permission 2013 American Chemical Society.

Charles Schroeder and Melikhan Tanyeri have developed a new flow-based method for manipulating and confining single particles in free solution, previously not always possible in biological systems. ChBE News article.

Anna Jean Wirth, a Gruebele graduate student, was chosen to attend the 2013 Lindau, Germany week long meeting with Nobel laureates and other international graduate students in various disciplines. Wirth's research investigates protein folding. UIUC New Bureau article.

photo of Klaus Schulten and Juan Perilla

Klaus Schulten and Juan R. Perilla used Blue Waters to solve the structure of the HIV capsid. Collaborators from the University of Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt University provided experimental data for the molecular simulation. The report appears in the journal Nature. UIUC News Bureau article.

Charles Schroeder received a 2013 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. The award program recognizes his excellent research and his mentoring of undergraduates in his laboratory. ChBE article.

Scott Denmark recently received a 2012 Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Program Grant to support his research program in the discovery and development of asymmetric catalysis. Chemistry article.

Micrograph showing the uniformity of the nanocrystals at low magnification

The Yang research group has developed a new way to produce highly uniform nanocrystals used for both fundamental and applied nanotechnology projects. Their work is featured in the journal Nano-Letters. ChBE article.

photos of Martin Gruebele and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

Martin Gruebele and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer were elected to the National Academy of Sciences for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science and technology. Being named a fellow in the NAS is a great honor. UIUC News Bureau article.

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