SLAM Microscopy was named one of the ten best microscopy innovations in 2019 by the journal Microscopy Today.  SLAM microscopy, which stands for Simultaneous Label-free Autofluorescence Multi-harmonic microscopy, is a new imaging technology developed by senior research scientist Dr. Haohua Tu, bioengineering graduate student Sixian You, and a team of researchers from professor Stephen Boppart’s Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory at the Beckman Institute.   SLAM microscopy achieves real-time, functional, molecular, and structural imaging, which enables richer […]

Fourteen second-year students at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine participated in a PechaKucha event on July 19. These students shared first-hand experiences from their Discovery Learning course during this rapid-style, storytelling event in front of judges and a participating audience.    As part of Carle Illinois’ innovative, active-learning curriculum, the Discovery Learning course is a three-week elective course which provides students the opportunity to choose between clinical immersion, research immersion, or global studies opportunities.  […]

Thirty-two new medical students have joined the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. On Sunday, June 30, the engineering-based college of medicine welcomed the class of 2023 at a white coat ceremony at Alice Campbell Alumni Center. This week is the first week of classes for the students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome these 32 outstanding individuals,” said King Li, dean of the Carle Illinois College of […]