MCB Seminars-School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminars

Friday, August 29, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ji Zhang (Indiana University School of Medicine)- "Targeting Amino Acid Metabolism in Blood Cancers"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab): "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 4, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Daniel Llano, UIUC, "TBA"

Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Sangjn Kim, Physics Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jay Lennon, Indiana University -- "The viral trap: how dormancy shapes host–phage infection and evolution"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Matthew Doremus, Entomology Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan Lab) - TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 25, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Rebecca Smith, Entomology Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 3, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Aimin Liu (University of Texas San Antonio) - "The Untapped Chemistry of Amino Acids"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kimberly Seed, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Arnold Mathijssen (University of Pennsylvania) - "Rheotaxis: Invasion of bacteria swimming upstream into microstrucured devices"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
CBI-TG Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University St. Louis -- Trainee Host: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Hatoum-Aslan Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ian Wilson (The Scripps Research Institute) - "From antibodies to small molecules: structure-based design of novel therapeutic candidates to influenza virus"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Fellow: Jorge Calderin - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Arthur Charles-Orszag, University of California - Davis -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. John Calarco (University of Toronto) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Brett Loman, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adrienne Antonson, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kade Fellow: Dipta Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Justin Lessler, University of North Carolina -- "Will there be a warning for the next pandemic?"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dabich Fellow: Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jacob Allen, Nutritional Sciences/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab) - 'TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Helen Nguyen, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department/UIUC -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium