Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory | U of I

Prof. Nick Holonyak recently gained several awards and additional recognition for his invention of the LED.

Collaborators from the Mayo Illinois Alliance for Technology Based Healthcare have developed a new, single molecule assay for detecting methylated DNA -- a naturally occurring process that controls gene expression. The assay involves using a synthetic solid-state nano pore, and researchers say it has great potential in speeding disease-specific analyses of genetic samples. The findings appear in the current issue of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).

An Illinois research team has created a new high-sensitivity, high-resolution optical laser biosensor with promise for use in the drug discovery process.

MNTL Director Rashid Bashir and his research team have advanced the technology of integrating laboratory functions -- creation of a "lab on a chip" -- by addressing heat, evaporation and luminescence issues.