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Alexander Mankin Headshot 2023

June 9, 2026

New antibiotic attacks bacteria in never-before-seen way

UIC scientists have discovered a new antibiotic to fight against drug-resistant superbugs.

Antibiotics, ribosome illustration

November 1, 2016

Two antibiotics fight bacteria differently than thought

May allow improvement of old, mainstay infection-fighting drugs

Alexander Mankin, professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy

November 25, 2014

A flip of the coin brings a career studying ribosomes

Alexander Mankin’s work ‘with this fascinating molecular machine’

Alexander Mankin

May 8, 2013

Pharmacy scholar recognized for ribosome, biotech research

AACP will present its Dawson Award to UIC’s Alexander Mankin