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Research Facilities
MNTL is one of the country's largest and most sophisticated university facilities for conducting photonics, microelectronics, biotechnology, and nanotechnology research. Our 15 class 100 and 1000 cleanrooms, 46 general purpose labs, and 2,500 square foot biosafety level-2 bionanotechnology complex contain all the tools researchers need to conduct their work.
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- Hybrid microscope could make digital biopsies more accessible to labs, clinics
By adding infrared capability to the standard optical microscope, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hope to bring cancer diagnosis into the digital era.
- Innovative new quantum-dot imaging probes cut through noise, leading to more effective disease diagnoses
A research team led by Holonyak Lab's Andrew Smith developed a new form of quantum dots with short-wave infrared (SWIR) emission for imaging single molecules in cells and tissues.
- Center for Genomic Diagnostics to build new technology for detecting disease
The Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) have partnered together to form the Center for Genomic Diagnostics.
- Holonyak Lab professor among 2020 Jump ARCHES Grant recipients
Fourteen research projects, one led by a Holonyak Lab professor, are sharing $1.9 million in funding through the Jump ARCHES research and development program.
- Researchers expand microchip capability with new 3D inductor technology
In a study led by Xiuling Li, interim director of Holonyak Lab, engineers introduce a microchip inductor capable of tens of millitesla-level magnetic induction. Using fully integrated, self-rolling magnetic nanoparticle-filled tubes, the technology ensures a condensed magnetic field distribution and energy storage in 3D space.
- Researchers develop single-molecule detection of cancer markers, bringing 'liquid biopsy' closer to clinic
A team led by Holonyak Lab's Brian Cunningham developed a method to capture and count cancer-associated microRNAs with single-molecule resolution.