School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

Thursday, September 4, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Daniel Llano, UIUC, "Sounds from the deep: Corticollicular interactions in the mouse"

Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with CNRG: CNRG Help Desk

"CNRG Help Desk" Tommie Sturgeon, CNRG Manager of User Services
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Sangjin Kim, Physics Department/UIUC -- "Coordination between transcription, translation, and mRNA degradation in bacteria"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 8, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shuting Liu / Belmont Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Discovery of direct human-bacterial protein-protein interactions

Ilana Brito, PhD Mong Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering; Cornell University "Infection Genomics for One Health"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Graham Hatfull, University of Pittsburgh "From Petri Dish to Patient: Mycobacteriophages and Their Therapeutic Potential"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
"Memories in motion: using virtual reality to examine representational drift," by Jason Climer, Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Faculty affiliate, Beckman Institute and the Neuroscience Program
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shrunali Amin / Sokac Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Jason Climer, UIUC, "Plasticity and forgetting in place cells"

Assistant 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. Jay Lennon, Indiana University -- "The viral trap: how dormancy shapes host–phage infection and evolution"
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, September 14, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- Riggs Beer Company, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, IL 61802
Science on Tap

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 will be Professor Lori Raetzman
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, September 15, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Minxue Liu / K. Prasanth Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
"Protein-lipid interaction underlying Arc-mediated intercellular communication," by Kai Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Neuroscience Program
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Scott Siechen
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Shalu Srinivasan, Recodetx "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116, Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, Illinois
Everything Old is New Again: Revisiting the Ribosome in Antibiotic Discovery

Gerry Wright, PHD Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University "Everything Old is New Again: Revisiting the Ribosome in Antibiotic Discovery"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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

Monday, September 22, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Temirlan Shilikbay / Ceman Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Global Methane Hub Seminar Speakers

Graeme Attwood, PhD Principal Scientist, AgResearch at the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited "Cultivation of plant-adherent rumen bacteria and creation of the Hungate1000 Culture Collection resource" Adam Guss, PhD Genetic and Metabolic Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory “Rapid development of genetic tools for diver
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"Proteomic level studies of neuronal signaling complexes enabled by open source recombinant antibodies," by Jim Trimmer, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Tejas Mahadevan / Sokac Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX

"Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX" Joseph Slivka, PhD Candidate, Yildiz & Limmer Group - Physics, University of California, Berkley
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan Lab) - "Initiation of Biotin Synthesis in Saccharamyces cerevisiae"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 25, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Ehren Newman, Ph.D., Indiana University, "TBA"

Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Rebecca Smith, Entomology Department/UIUC -- "Using Models to Improve Disease Response"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 29, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Aatiqa Nawaz / Ceman Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Uterine Fibroids: How Genetics Informs Neoplastic Transformation and Treatment

Serdar Bulun, PhD John J. Sciarra Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine "Uterine Fibroids: How Genetics Informs Neoplastic Transformation and Treatment"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"A Marker Chromosome in Patients with Psychosis Identifies Glycine Decarboxylase (GLDC) as a Novel Regulator of Neuronal and Synaptic Function in the Dentate Gyrus," by Uwe Rudolph, Professor, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
A Home-Built Spatial Transcriptomics Microscope: Sample Prep and Applications

"A Home-Built Spatial Transcriptomics Microscope: Sample Prep and Applications" Duncan Nall, Research Scientist, Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Ceremony/Service
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Audrey Peng / Freeman Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

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

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Comparative Biosciences
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with CNRG: Audio/Visual

"Audio/Visual" Joe Leigh, CNRG Associate Director of IT Solutions
- 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

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
What experience taught me: 7 keys to startup success

Fox Family Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture Jim Hedges CEO of CoverCress “What experience taught me: 7 keys to startup success”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"Unraveling the Circuit Logic of Neuropeptide Signaling," by Sung Han, Associate Professor, Clayton Foundation Laboratory for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Andrew Riley / Brieher Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core: An Introduction to the LSM 980

"An Introduction to the LSM 980" Umnia Doha, Research Scientist,Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Canran Deng (M. Gillette Lab) & Zihuan Lin (Raetzman Lab) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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

Monday, October 13, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Snigdha Mathure / Smith-Bolton Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with CNRG: Biocluster

"Biocluster" Dan Davidson Director of CNRG and Research Computing
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"Hippocampal engrams regulating fear memory," by Steve Maren, Director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anna Mankovich / Freeman Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Yuwei Pan (Zhao Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Lucy Liu (Christian-Hinman Lab) & Gabe McKenna (Tsai Lab) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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/Mera Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University in St. Louis, "The Environment Sculpts the Cell: pH, Peptidoglycan, and β-lactam Resistance"
- 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

Saturday, October 18, 2025

- 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Lincoln Square Mall, 201 Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL 61801
Genome Day

Join us for a fun day of hands-on science! Talk with scientists and explore exhibits and activities including learning how organisms relate to each other on the Tree of Life, extracting strawberry DNA to make necklaces, and understanding how genomics pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Although designed for K-12 children, all members of the community are welcome.
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 20, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Afifa Iqbal / Sokac Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Targeting lipid metabolism to restore immune reactivity of irradiated glioblastoma

Claire Vanpouille-Box, PhD Cell Biology in Radiation Oncology; Weill Cornell Medicine "Targeting lipid metabolism to restore immune reactivity of irradiated glioblastoma"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"Network Neuroscience: Linking Structure and Function," by Olaf Sporns, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Patterning the meristem: Development and Evolution of the floral ground plan

"Patterning the meristem: Development and Evolution of the floral ground plan" Ya Min, Assistant Professor Plant Biology, Physics
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Fellow: Jorge Calderin - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium