https://ondruslab.org/home daily 1.0 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/1813c886-948a-4649-b8a1-ec0e903624a1/AdobeStock_312346842+%5BConverted%5D-short.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://ondruslab.org/research daily 0.75 2022-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/21a4b3b9-7ad8-48f8-b007-cb4cfb42f6af/20220817_Website-Images-v2-2.jpg Research - Make it stand out Oxysterol-dependent protein colocalization in specialized cell membranes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/cc4a4217-d3a7-46c5-834f-d27689640d68/20220817_Website-Images-v2-3.jpg Research - Make it stand out Multiple points of cholesterol regulation in the Hedgehog signaling pathway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/c2304393-812c-40fd-88cc-3d570524b1ee/20220817_Website-Images-v2-1.jpg Research - Make it stand out A proteome-wide map of 20(S)-hydroxycholesterol targets in live cell membranes. https://ondruslab.org/members daily 0.75 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/3edbb087-4474-4c43-a0cc-26b9b9e5a21b/1.jpg Members - Make it stand out Favorite quote: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." -John Keats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/6f600f19-437f-46e3-b367-99c548cb0b29/IMG_3555_Original.jpg Members - Make it stand out Favorite quote: “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” - Franz Kafka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/a3eb54bb-6845-4c75-8abc-cff78fe95e2a/Angela+photo.001.jpg Members - Make it stand out Favorite quote: “Let the rest do whatever, while you do whatever it takes.” -Grant Cardone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/5f23daa2-302f-4bed-84d0-1ba4b233a176/Sri.001.jpg Members - Make it stand out Favorite quote: ”The cosmos is within us. 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Calm yourself, the storm will pass.”- Buddha https://ondruslab.org/publications daily 0.75 2025-05-21 https://ondruslab.org/contact daily 0.75 2023-02-24 https://ondruslab.org/news daily 0.75 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/a1779e55-9519-458e-b328-49a92baad967/ACS-MEDI2025-OndrusLab.jpg News - Fantastic showing by all of the graduate students in the Ondrus Lab at the 2025 ACSMEDI-EMFC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers conference! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/d35e57c4-1fd0-400f-a989-1db9220605cc/Picnic-2.jpeg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/35565b5c-1f59-4699-8b93-868c659d603b/Escape+room+2024-group.jpg News - Escaped the lab, then the Escape Room (both teams)! 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Cameraderie is the real prize, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/1ad36a74-ddc0-4e02-96cd-8ace8a32f166/Xmas2023.jpg News - Holiday party - Off Color Brewing - Mousetrap Just enough food to kick off the holiday season… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/1247a631-3dbc-4d88-a7f6-664361083723/2025_Lablympics.jpg News - A hard-won, hotly-contested 3rd place showing for the Ondrus Lab amalgam in the 2025 Lablympics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/4a6207bd-72dd-4f76-a393-5d00492f90d2/RickyUIC+URF-2025.jpg News - Very proud of Ricky for winning the Distinguished Presentation Award in the category of Life Sciences at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Forum! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/39bc5f39-4295-4aa3-8150-4ec26e69b727/OB-Holiday2025.jpg News - The Ondrus and Billingsley Labs… the perfect recipe for a holiday party at the Great Central Brewing Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/6118d2ee-f85e-4689-aa9b-c9f588ea5571/IMG_5842+%281%29.jpg News - Fun in the sun at 12th Street Beach! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/07059b00-d94f-4e3c-bef7-25d893432b04/MIKIW2024-group.jpg News - Looking good at MIKIW, right here at UIC! 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Everyone wins! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/c0aa270b-32c3-4640-af8c-0e70580569c5/Bri+Gilbert+Peterson+Award+2023.jpeg News - Congratulations to Bri on winning the Gilbert Peterson Summer Research Award! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/07fa6df5-cc21-439a-a781-bea7531cbdc3/IMG_7139.jpg News - Congratulations to Angela on winning FIRST PLACE in the UIC Graduate College’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition!!! Off to represent UIC in the Midwest Association of Graduate School competition in Indianapolis! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/e5ded79a-5ff9-4df4-a72c-f3e4458d29c0/IMG_0972.jpg News - Congratulations to Vander for winning Outstanding Poster Presentation at the 2025 East Central Illinois ACS Undergraduate Research Conference! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/6a3f22bd-43fd-41b8-852b-d9acfec9153d/Jas+grad.jpg News - Incredibly proud of our first UIC Master's graduate Jas Jackson, who helped build the lab and earned her degree all at the same time. 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Congratulations on a well-earned degree- we will dearly miss your enthusiasm and your group meetings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/2b067b45-d7fc-4d8a-b56a-71cce486f544/Group-t-shirts2023.jpg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://ondruslab.org/synthesis daily 0.75 2022-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6294e06d36dcf130636bf02c/c87b1da2-f29d-4c7b-ace1-b0ef95864a62/Synthesis.jpg Synthesis - Make it stand out See: Cheng Y-S, et al. Nature Chem Bio, 2021, (2) Zhang T, et al. Synlett, 2021. https://ondruslab.org/values daily 0.75 2022-08-24