School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Faculty Search Candidate

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Confocal Imaging Simplified: Faster Acquisition, Easier Operation, More Results - an Introduction to Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  "Confocal Imaging Simplified: Faster Acquisition, Easier Operation, More Results - an Introduction to Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal" Luke Summey Bioscience Sales Specialist - Nikon Instruments Inc.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Yiran Zheng (Chen Lab) - "Myeloid BRD4 regulates the resolution of DSS-induced colitis"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "A Potent mRNA-Interrupting Small Molecule Eliminates Colorectal Cancer"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 5, 2026

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Patrick Sweeney, UIUC, "Neural mechanisms mediating altered feeding during lactation"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Andrea Graham, Princeton University -- "Where the Wild Things Are: Naturalizing mouse models for immunology & beyond"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 6, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Donald McDonnell (Duke) - "Evolution of Endocrine Therapies for Breast and Prostate Cancer"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Donald McDonnell, Duke University, "Evolution of Endocrine Therapies for Breast and Prostate Cancer"

  12:00 pm

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 9, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Faculty Search Candidate

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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  First Year Project Presentations - Group 3

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium
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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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Faculty Search Candidate

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller) - "The structures of full-length and truncated Joining Chain associated polymeric immunoglobulins provide insights into polymeric antibody assembly and evolution"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - ""Biochemical characterization of QatBC, an essential complex involved in the QatABCD antiphage system"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 12, 2026

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Erik Nelson, UIUC, "Leveraging cholesterol homeostasis to re-educate myeloid immune cells to be anti-cancer""

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Danielle Mai, Stanford University, "Decoding Repetitive Proteins to Engineer Stimuli-responsive Biopolymers"

  2:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. John Schroggins, University of Texas Southwestern -- "Viral inhibition by innate immune effector proteins"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Andrew Jones (Duke University) - "Come to my window: Porosity and binding distribution provide better predictors for biofilm penetration"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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  Engineering Microbial Systems for Transformation, Protection, and Function Across Extreme Environment

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Adam Arkin, PHD Dean A. Richard Newton Memorial Professor of Bioengineering University of California, Berkeley "Engineering Microbial Systems for Transformation, Protection, and Function Across Extreme Environment"

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  First Year Project Presentations - Group 4

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium
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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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Faculty Search Candidate

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Single-Molecule Spatial Organization and Dynamics of Nuclear Speckle Components Revealed by MINFLUX Nanoscopy

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Single-Molecule Spatial Organization and Dynamics of Nuclear Speckle Components Revealed by MINFLUX Nanoscopy” Minxue Liu, PhD Candidate – Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University -- "Building an intracellular Biofilm during urinary tract infection"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, February 22, 2026

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  Science on Tap

  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.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 23, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Diptika Raut / Li Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anusmita Biswas / Freeman Lab

  12:30 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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  Synthetic biology for evolutionary studies and human health

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Angad Mehta, PhD Department of Chemistry; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Synthetic biology for evolutionary studies and human health"

  • Seminar/Symposium
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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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Oraya Zinder / S Prasanth Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Effect of PGC1α expression on mitochondrial biogenesis and pathogenesis in Fragile X syndrome

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Effect of PGC1α expression on mitochondrial biogenesis and pathogenesis in Fragile X syndrome” Vipendra Kumar Visiting Research Scientist, Prof. Nien-Pei Tsai’s lab Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Brent Stockwell, Columbia University "Metabolism & Ferroptosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications"

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Wenkan Liu (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Catherine Christian-Hinman, UIUC, "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Alvaro Hernandez, Director of DNA Services at Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center UIUC -- "Sharing capabilities available in the DNA Sequencing Laboratory to the campus community"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yang Hai (University of California Santa Barbara) - "Natural product discovery, biosynthesis, and biocatalysis."

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 2, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shreyasi Neogi / Belmont Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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  Partners in Slime: Host-Microbiota Interactions in the Gut Mucus Layer

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Shai Bel, PhD Azrieli Faculty of Medicine; Bar-Ilan University “Partners in Slime: Host-Microbiota Interactions in the Gut Mucus Layer”

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  "Mechanisms underlying perception and mnemonic interaction in the human brain," by Adam Steel, Assistant Professor, Psychology

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium
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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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: William Fang / Zhao Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Targeted drug delivery to tumor associated macrophages in glioblastoma mouse models

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Targeted drug delivery to tumor associated macrophages in glioblastoma mouse models" Urbi Saha, PhD Student Department of Neuroscience, University of Illinois

  • Ceremony/Service
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  Madhusree Seal (Stadtmueller Lab)

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

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  Final Defense: Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "Accelerating Vaccine Design Through Antibody Discovery and High-Throughput Immunofocused Antigen Engineering"

  3:00 pm

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Rasika Harshey, University of Texas: "Nucleolus-like Organization of ribosomal RNA loci in E. coli"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Ran Yang / Brieher Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  "Understanding Individual Variation in Cortical Dynamics: A Computational Approach," by Matthew Singh, Dept. of Statistics, University of Illinois; Beckman Institute

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Katie Whalen / Freeman Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Alex Mortenson (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli, University of Michigan -- "Yes! Bacteria have organelles! How are they organized?"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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  SPRING BREAK - NO SEMINAR

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, March 22, 2026

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  Science on Tap

  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.

  • Social/Informal Event

Monday, March 23, 2026

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  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other
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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shengyi Fei / Zhao Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  "The proximate (including neural!) basis of evolutionary divergence in paternal care in sticklebacks," by Alison Bell, Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Hina Ahmad / Gillette Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Lunch with the Core

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Oraya Zinder, PhD Candidate Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Andy Briercheck (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abhinav Masih (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern, "TBD"

  4:00 pm

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Chen Chen, Louisiana State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Dianne Newman (CalTech) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  Final Defense: Rachel Martini (van der donk Lab) - "Discovery and Characterization of Glycocin and Lanthipeptide Natural Products"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Lorraine Bai / Li Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Final Defense: Junyao Zhou (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  2:00 pm

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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  "Circadian clocks in brain aging and Alzheimer's Disease," by Erik S. Musiek, MD, PhD, Charlotte & Paul Hagemann Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abbi 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

Wednesday, April 1, 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

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Hossein Omidi Ardali (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Jimmy Dooley, Purdue University "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lanying Zeng, Texas A & M University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Journal Club

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Brooke Bouwens (Hergenrother Lab)- "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Evangelos Kiskinis, Northwestern University "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Alison Kell, University of New Mexico -- "Understanding hantavirus pathogenesis through innate immune activation"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  Dr. Tamas Balla (NIH) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 13, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Reean Abdullah / Chen Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  "Regulating CNS Border Security," by Tony Filiano, PhD, Associated Professor of Neurosurgery, Duke University

  4:00 pm

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Journal Club

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Hao Fan (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Minsoo Kim (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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  Final Defense: Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adam Deutschbauer, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

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  9th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Awards Symposium

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 20, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Pallob Barai / Chen Lab

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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  Towards Mapping Inflammation in Real Time; Spatiotemporal Molecular Profiling of Inflammation with Microengineered Devices

  12:00 pm

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Csaba Forro, PhD and Daniel Wang, PhD, Group Leaders at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago "Towards Mapping Inflammation in Real Time" "Spatiotemporal Molecular Profiling of Inflammation with Microengineered Devices"

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  Final Defense: Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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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
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  Piyush Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Pelham Kogut (van der Donk Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Avtar Roopra, University Wisconsin-Madison, "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mauricio Pontes, Penn State University -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Joe Sanfilippo (UIUC) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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  Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Gene Yeo / UC San Diego

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Zixiao Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Mitchell Roitman, University Illinois Chicago, "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Courtney Ellison, University of Georgia -- "TBA"

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Parisa Hosseinzadeh (University of Oregon) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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  Instruction Ends

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

• 

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  All Day

  • Other
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  MIP Seminar: Dr. Micah Schott, University of Nebraska Medical Center, "TBA"

  11:00 am

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

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  Final Exams Begin

  All Day

  • Other
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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Juan Guan (University of Texas) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, May 25, 2026

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  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

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  Juneteenth

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

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  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other