10/2008-Dr. Lu Has a New Affiliated Faculty Position |
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10/2008-Dr. Lu Has a New Affiliated Faculty Position |
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New NSF Award for Dr. Lu |
Dr. Lu has received Special Creativity Extension Award from the National Science Foundation. The Award gives freedom from the pressure to prepare a formal proposal, which will stimulate additional creative work of greater risk and impact. |
Dr. Lu Receives New Honor |
Dr. Lu has received Distinguished Visiting Professor from the National University of Singapore. |
C&EN News Reports on Masha's PNAS Paper |
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Most-Accessed Articles published in 2007 |
"MRI Detection of Thrombin with Aptamer Functionalized Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles", published in Bioconjugate Chemistry is being featured on the ACS Publications web site as a most-accessed article of the 1st quarter of 2008. |
Most-Cited Articles published in 2007 |
"Smart Nanomaterials Inspired by Biology: Dynamic Assembly of Error-Free Nanomaterials in Response to Multiple Chemical and Biological Stimuli", published in Accounts of Chemical Research is being featured on the ACS Publications website as one of the Most-Cited Articles published in 2007 and cited through the period ending December 31, 2007. |
Students Get A Say |
Dr. Lu's Paper on Chemical Education was published in one of the most impacted magzine of general science Science and highlighted by Chemical and Engineering News published by ACS. MORE |
Top 10 Nanomedicine Ariticle 2007 |
Juewen's paper "Quantum Dot Encoding of Aptamer-Linked Nanostructures for One-Pot Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Analytes" which was published on Anal. Chem. was selected as the top 10 (#9) 2007 nanomedicine publication. The list was selected by Nanomedicine Research. |
New buffer resists pH change, even as temperature drops |
The study for temperature independent pH buffer was highlighted by University of Illinois News Bureau. It was also chosen for chosen for the promotion in the RSC supplement Chemical Biology..MORE |
Exploring the Secret Behind the Highly Specific DNAzyme
| Using an extremely sensitive measurement technique, researchers at the University of Illinois have found clear evidence that a lead-specific DNAzyme uses the "lock and key" reaction mechanism. In the presence of zinc or magnesium, however, the same DNAzyme uses the "induced fit" reaction mechanism, similar to that used by ribozymes. The result is published on Nature Chemical Biology and reported by varied news media. MORE |
DNAzyme Based Cu Sensing Highlighted by Chemical Science. |
The copper ion Cu2+ is essential in biochemistry but can be toxic in high concentrations. Now, thanks to work by two chemists in the US, it can be detected with greater sensitivity. MORE |
Dr. Lu Elected as AAAS Fellow
| Congratulations to Dr. Lu! Dr. Lu is among the 471 new elected AAAS fellows in this year. He was chosen for pioneering work in biological inorganic chemistry, particularly for design and selection of metallozymes and their applications in catalysis, sensing and nanomaterial assembly. MORE |
Research Excellence Highlighted by Annual Report of the University of Illinois |
The development of lateral device for detection of cocaine based on gold nanoparticles was highlighted by the annual report of the University of Illinois.
" Urbana researchers have developed a simple "dipstick" test for detecting cocaine and other drugs in saliva, urine and blood serum..". |
Early Career Award to Dr. Lu from Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) |
The following is the letter from SBIC President Robert A. Scott:
We are happy to announce that the first winner of the SBIC Early Career Award is Professor Yi Lu of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. Dr. Lu will receive the award at a special ceremony in Vienna at ICBIC XIII this summer and will deliver the award lecture. Our congratulations to Dr. Lu on this exceptional accomplishment.
The selection committee wishes to commend all the nominees for this first award, noting that this was a particularly strong field that bodes well for future awards.
Robert A. Scott
SBIC President |
DNA-base Uranium Detection |
A couple of Scientific media reports the uranyl sensor with high sensitivity (ppb level) and selectivity based on the DNAzyme technology which was developed in Lu Lab recently. MORE |
Simple Design of Dipstick Device for detection of Drugs |
In November 2006, Juewen and Debapriya’s work on lateral device for detection of drugs such as cocaine based on aptamer technology was reported by several scientific media.MORE |
DzymeTech Gets the Lead Out |
CHAMPAIGN – Yi Lu believes he's come up with a simple, more effective way to detect the presence of lead.
Within a couple of years, the University of Illinois chemistry professor hopes his Champaign-based company, DzymeTech Inc., will have test kits on the market that homeowners and home inspectors can use to check for lead in paint and water.MORE |
Advances in Advance |
Juewen's paper in Adv. Mater. was selected to be one of the "Advances in Advance" in the journal: The articles listed here have been judged by the referees or the editor to be either very important or very urgent and are immediately copyedited, proofread, and published online when the manuscript arrives in the editorial office in its final form.MORE |
Yi Lu's Talk in 2006 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA |
Top 5 Hot Talks/Cool Papers List for the 2006 MRS Spring Meeting
DNA Used to Detect and Quantify Trace Contaminants in Water
The detection and selective removal of trace contaminants from water is critical to ensure the quality of the world's drinking water supply. Yi Lu (Univ. Illinois), in his talk on Tuesday afternoon in symposium JJ, described the use of DNAzymes, which are DNA with enzymatic activity, to strongly bind with a specific analyte in water thereby allowing for the detection of specific contaminants. By combining the DNAzymes with flourescent molecules or gold nanoparticles, Lu's group has been able to made colorimetric sensors that change color, similar to litmus paper, when specific metal ions or even organic molecules are present in water, even at a concentration level of a few ppb. They have thus been able to use DNA to make a whole new class of materials for "litmus" tests for the presence of contaminants in water. MORE |
Adenosine and Cocaine Sensor |
In February 2006, Juewen’s work on nanoparticle and aptamer- based colorimetric sensors for adenosine and cocaine (Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 90-94) is reported by Nature (439, 666-669, 2006 News and Views).
"Aptamers in Nanoland"
(February 9, 2006). MORE |
Lead Sensor Based on DNAzyme and Nano Technology |
In May 2003, Juewen’s work on designing a highly sensitive and selective colorimetric DNAzyme sensor for Pb2+ detection (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 6642-6643) is reported by Chemical & Engineering News, Analytical Chemistry, Materials Research Society, Science News, etc. This work is also selected as one of the 2003 chemistry highlights by Chemical & Engineering News. MORE |
Fluorescent DNA Sensor for Lead |
In July 2000, Jing’s work on designing a highly sensitive and selective fluorescent DNAzyme sensor for Pb2+ detection is reported by Chemical & Engineering News, Analytical Chemistry, Nature Biotechnology News, etc. MORE |
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Chemical & Enigineering News, ACS 125th Anviversary Issue
"WHAT'S IN NAME"
Dr. Lu's article, featured in NEW VOICES:
YOUNG CHEMISTS LOOK AT THE FUTURE.
New Voices in Chemistry (Mar. 26, 2001 Volume 79 No.13 pp. 241) |
