University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nohemy Celis is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she has been conducting research under the mentorship of Professor Martin D. Burke since 2021. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry from California State University, San Bernardino, in 2019. Her doctoral research focuses on leveraging the natural product amphotericin B as a molecular prosthetic to restore CFTR function in cystic fibrosis airway and intestinal epithelia. In addition, she investigates how molecular prosthetics influence epithelial biology, with the broader goal of advancing small-molecule strategies to treat diseases driven by ion transport dysfunction.
W07.4- Molecular prosthetics restore anion movement in CF intestinal models
Thursday, October 23, 2025
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT