MCB Calendar

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84857389506?pwd=TW15ZmViVGpEQWJkVlhCb3NiMDdGUT09
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Environmental Chemical Exposures & Women's Reproductive Health
Tamarra James-Todd, Phd Harvard University; Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Environmental Chemical Exposures & Women's Reproductive Health"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Student Seminar: Ashika Gupta/Imlay Lab and Ami Seeger/Blanke Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Thursday, October 28, 2021

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Erin Garcia, University of Kentucky -- "Exchange of CDI system antibacterial toxins by Burkholderia cepacia complex species"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 29, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Contact Department for Zoom Link
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Kenneth Matreyek (Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pathology), “Harnessing multiplex genetic assays for the quantitative understanding of protein sequence - function in mammalian cells"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83566081431?pwd=VllERlduN0hrUUYzQ1p0YTk2U2xKZz09
"Understanding the Social Brain," by Weizhe Hong, Department of Biological Chemistry and Department of Neurobiology University of California, Los Angeles
The central goal of our lab is to study general principles of how social behavior is regulated in the brain. We study how neural circuits regulate social behavioral decisions within a single brain as well as how emergent inter-brain neural properties arise from social interactions between individuals.
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Via Zoom
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Pierre McCrea, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
"Delving into delta-catenin's contributions to dendrite morphology: actions of a novel phospho-switch." Director, Genetics and Epigenetics Program.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Qi Zou (Cronan)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Sonya Kumar Bharathkar (Stadtmueller lab) - "Structure, Biophysics and Bioengineering of Secretory Immunoglobin A"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 4, 2021

- 10:30 am 11:30 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Thesis Defense: Marinos Kalafatis - Slauch Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- https://go.illinois.edu/mip-seminars
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Aras Mattis, University of California San Francisco
"Patient-derived in Vitro Model of Fatty Liver Disease" Department of Pathology. Regulation of hepatic development, metabolism, and paths towards cancer.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anna Konovalova, University of Texas -- "Mechanism of signal transduction across the bacterial cell envelope"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89020408831?pwd=c2luSzU1akdPazFlYmpIQSt3T1pPUT09
Regulating Genomic Sequencing
"Regulating Genomic Sequencing" Jacob Sherkow, J.D. University of Illinois; Professor of Law IGB Faculty, Genomic Security and Privacy theme
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Student Seminar: Ruben Sanchez Nieves/Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83566081431?pwd=VllERlduN0hrUUYzQ1p0YTk2U2xKZz09
"Stress-induced acetylcholine signaling in the hippocampus: too much of a good thing?," by Marina Picciotto, Charles BG Murphy Professor in Psychiatry, Deputy Chair for Basic Science, Professor of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology, Yale University
This seminar will present data that increasing activity of ACh inputs to the hippocampus selectively induces stress-dependent behaviors, including increased susceptibility to social stress. Our working hypothesis-ACh signaling in hippocampus may be relevant to negative encoding bias, that is, increased focus on negative events, experienced by individuals with depression.
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Junya Li (Kalsotra lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Lainie Liang (van der Donk lab) - Investigation of cacaoidin biosynthetic pathway
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 11, 2021

- 9:30 am
- 419 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE: Imran Rahman (van der Donk lab) - BIOSYNTHESIS AND MECHANISM OF ACTION OF ENTEROCOCCAL CYTOLYSIN
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- https://go.illinois.edu/mip-seminars
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Michelle L. Olsen, Virginia Tech
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Neuroscience. The focus of the Olsen lab is to better understand the role of astrocytes in normal and abnormal central nervous system function.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Roman Melnyk, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 12, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- B102 CLSL - Chemical and Life Sciences Building, Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Wenjing Wang (University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry), “Designing molecular sensors and tools for studying brain signaling"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Student Seminar: Sneha Das/Kuzminov Lab and Sangeetha Ramesh/Mitchell Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84601022563?pwd=S2t0NW8yaE96c0VPME5uVWF6cUZUdz09
In Pursuit of Perfect Tomato and Corn Varieties and the Chemistry Behind Their Scents
Esther Ngumbi Assistant Professor of Entomology and of African American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “In Pursuit of Perfect Tomato and Corn Varieties and the Chemistry Behind Their Scents”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B103 CLSL
MCB Career Seminar: Owen Ryan, ADM - “ADM Cell Engineering: Designing Biology for a Sustainable Future”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kisurb Choe (Sweedler lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kritika Mehta (Zhang lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 18, 2021

- 10:30 am 11:30 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Thesis Defense: Alex Phillips -- Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Sarah C. Kucenas, University of Virginia
Professor, Department of Biology. Bioinformatics and Genomics, Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neuroimmunology, Neuroscience, Translational Science
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Katie Berry, Mount Holyoke College -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Professor Michael Jewett, Northwestern University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 19, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Contact Department for Zoom Link
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Gaya K. Amarasinghe (Washington University in St. Louis), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 20, 2021

- All Day
Thanksgiving Break Begins
- Other

Thursday, November 25, 2021

- All Day
Thanksgiving Day
- Other

Friday, November 26, 2021

- All Day
Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday
- Other

Monday, November 29, 2021

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83566081431?pwd=VllERlduN0hrUUYzQ1p0YTk2U2xKZz09
"Behavioral flexibility: The intersection between memory and decision neural circuitry," by Sheri J. Y. Mizumori Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Successful adaptation to changing environmental conditions depends on the ability of one's memory to flexibly guide decision processes. Possible roles for the hippocampus and lateral habenula in this critical function will be discussed, as well as their implications for our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying disorders of behavioral flexibility/eg-depression
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Student Seminar: Molly Crowder/Blanke Lab and Stefanie Eben/Imlay Lab
- Seminar/Symposium