MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Monday, November 3, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Jenny Cheng / Van Bortle Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Afifa Iqbal / Sokac Lab

  12:30 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Angie Caserio/Metcalf Lab and Simrandeep Singh/Imlay Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Andrew Dillin / University of California Berkley

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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  Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "A deep mutational scanning-based high-throughput platform for epitope masking and immunofocused vaccine antigen design."

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "Elucidating the molecular mechanism of CAVE anti-phage system"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

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Thursday, November 6, 2025

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Tanveer Singh (Chung Lab), UIUC, "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  Tanveer Singh, Ph.D.

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adrienne Antonson, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab and Ezza Khan/Mera Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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  Kade Fellow: Dipta Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Kendall Nettles, University of Florida, "Structure and function of steroid receptors revealed by chemical biology and machine learning approaches"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

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  Microbiology Seminar: Justin Lessler, University of North Carolina -- "Will there be a warning for the next pandemic?"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Friday, November 14, 2025

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "Discriminationg self and nonself dsRNA during antiviral defense"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Monday, November 17, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Zengmin Cong / K. Prasanth Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Michael Bochert/Golding Lab and Lindsey Grady/Hatoum-Aslan

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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  Final Defense: Yanheng Chen (Chen Lab) - "The role of CagA in the pathogenicity of H. pylori infection"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Ting Wang / Washington University

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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  Dabich Fellow: Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

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  MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Hongyu Zhao (Chung Lab) & Taylor McNeal (Raetzman Lab) "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jacob Allen, Nutritional Sciences/UIUC -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Monday, December 1, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Purnam Ghosh / Belmont Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Humayra Oishi / S. Prasanth Lab

  12:30 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab) - 'TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Helen Nguyen, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department/UIUC -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Monday, December 8, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Faizan Rashid / Sokac Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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  Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

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Monday, December 15, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Tejus Sreelal / Li Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: *ZOOM* Dr. Bas Van Steensel / Netherlands Cancer Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Sierra Bedwell/Heath Lab & Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Bing Yang / Purdue University

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Suhail Chhakara/Kuzminov Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abagail Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Long Cai / Caltech

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Caroline Oldstone-Jackson/Heath Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Anne Carpenter / Broad Institute

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium