School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

Friday, July 3, 2026

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  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other

Sunday, July 12, 2026

• 

  Science on Tap - Maayan Freiberg-Dadon

  1:00 pm

  Riggs Beer Company, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, IL 61802

  Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting. Our speaker is Maayan Freiberg Dadon, Postdoc at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, August 24, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  your class

  • Other

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• 

  NSP Faculty Mixer

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• 

  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 7, 2026

• 

  Labor Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• 

  "Topological Brain Maps and the Shape of Thought," by Marty Sereno, Emeritus Professor Psychology, San Diego State University Adjunct Professor Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 11, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• 

  Aubrey Kelly, Emory University

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 18, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• 

  Kimberly Long, Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• 

  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 25, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• 

  Guo-li Ming, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 2, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• 

  Shelly Buffington, Baylor College of Medicine

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• 

  'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 9, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• 

  Samy Meroueh, Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 16, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• 

  Jingqiong Kang, Vanderbilt University

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• 

  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• 

  Michael Schappe, MIP, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• 

  Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• 

  SfN Preview Poster Night

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute Atrium

  • Exhibition

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• 

  Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 6, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• 

  Natsumi Komatsi, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2026

• 

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• 

  NO SEMINAR: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• 

  Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• 

  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service
• 

  Thanksgiving Break - No Classes / No Seminar

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• 

  Thanksgiving Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, November 27, 2026

• 

  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, November 30, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  I-Hotel

  • Other

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• 

  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Christina Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• 

  Neuroscience Program's Winter Holiday Party

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Illini Union's South Lounge

  • Festival/Celebration

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other
• 

  Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 11, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 24, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, December 25, 2026

• 

  Christmas Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, December 28, 2026

• 

  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, December 29, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Wednesday, December 30, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Thursday, December 31, 2026

• 

  President Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 1, 2027

• 

  New Year's Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 15, 2027

• 

  Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 18, 2027

• 

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

• 

  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• 

  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

Thursday, May 6, 2027

• 

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Other

Friday, May 7, 2027

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, May 15, 2027

• 

  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 17, 2027

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, May 31, 2027

• 

  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other