UIUC Biophysics and Related Seminars

Thursday, January 28, 2021

- 9:00 am 10:00 am
- Zoom
Microbiology Thesis Defense: Kristen Farley/Metcalf Lab
To join the virtual thesis defense, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- Zoom
Molecular and Integrative Physiology Seminar: Mark Beenhakker, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Title: "Understanding how environmental stimuli trigger seizures."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81843577458?pwd=VHN1QmxUN25GWUJ2bGg3aW1jcTk3QT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Kathryn Whitehead, Carnegie Mellon University, "From Farm to Pharmacy: A Strawberry-Derived Solution to Oral Protein Delivery" (host: Prof. Brendan Harley)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom
Oligo-based technologies for visualizing nucleic acids in single cells
Brian Beliveau, PhD University of Washington; Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences "Oligo-based technologies for visualizing nucleic acids in single cells"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Student Seminar: Sneha Das/Kuzminov Lab and Katie Frye/Kehl-Fie Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Thursday, February 4, 2021

- 11:00 am
- Zoom
Molecular and Integrative Physiology Seminar: Matthew Sikora, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of SOM-Pathology, University of Colorado, Denver
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
CBI/Microbiology Seminar: James G. Ferry, Pennsylvania State University -- "Electron Transport in the Model Acetotrophic Methanogen Methanosarcina acetivorans"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 8, 2021

- 9:00 am 10:00 am
- Zoom
Microbiology Thesis Defense: Andi Liu/Mitchell Lab
To join the virtual thesis defense, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom
IGB Seminar
Nathan Springer, PhD University of Minnesota; Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83400748472?pwd=Skg3dDJTYmZTbVU2RHg3aU0yV2d5QT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Karthish Manthiram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Controlling Interfacial Electron and Atom Transfer Reactions for Chemical Synthesis", (host: Prof. Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Student Seminar: Molly Crowder/Blanke and Nic Handy/Wilson Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Thursday, February 11, 2021

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Eva Harris, University of California - Berkeley: "TBA"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 15, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided)
Professor Wei-chen Chang, North Carolina State University, "Mechanistic Studies and Potential Application of Non-heme Iron Enzymes in Natural Product Biosynthesis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom
Deconstructing Sinorhizobium – defining a minimal genome for symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Turlough Finan, PhD McMaster University, Professor of Biology “Deconstructing Sinorhizobium – defining a minimal genome for symbiotic nitrogen fixation”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88160954706?pwd=NHRaMWg3RXpRdWhiK2JzKzQwL2dKdz09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Matthew Paszek, Cornell University (host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Student Seminar: Roy Rodriguez Carrero/Metcalf Lab and Laura Suttenfield/Whitaker Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Sarah Gardner (Chan lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Zac Dewald (Kalsotra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 18, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom
Careers in Start-ups and Industry
IGB Postdoc Association Presents Chinmay Soman, PhD Co-founder and CEO of EarthSense Chang He, PhD Research scientist “Careers in Start-ups and Industry”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Terje Dokland, University of Alabama - Birmingham: "TBD"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 19, 2021

- 10:00 am 11:00 am
- Zoom
Microbiology Thesis Defense: Samantha DeWerff/Whitaker Lab
To join the virtual thesis defense, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Robert Kirchdoerfer (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biochemistry), “Molecular Virology of Coronavirus Infection"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom
IGB Seminar
Dana Dolinoy, PhD University of Michigan; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences & Nutritional Sciences, Director of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Center
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85172746102?pwd=NTBFeWJiTWdLNUJybGlEZ2tNMFZBUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Yvonne Chen, University of California, Los Angeles, "Engineering Next-Generation T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy" (host: Prof. Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Fadi Alnaji/Brooke Lab and Mohea Couturier/Whitaker IGB Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Santanu Ghosh (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Andrea Hernandez Garcia (Nair lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 25, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- TBD
Ms. Susanna Barrett, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Felipe Cava, Umea University -- "D-Amino Acids Shape the Environmental Microbial Biodiversity"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 26, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Webinar link: TBA
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program and the Dept. of Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Joseph Petrosino (Baylor College of Medicine) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84655510013?pwd=Q2NEb1FrWkRjMGV0TFR2dXRobWtqUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lisa Biswal, Rice University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Alan Collins/Whitaker IGB Lab and Matteo Cossu/Metcalf Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, MIT, "Action at the nanoscale: Single-molecule studies of protein motion"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Isaac Kim (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Qianqiao Liu (Stadtmueller lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 4, 2021

- 11:00 am 12:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Malcolm White, University of St. Andrews: "Ring War: virus – host conflict involving Type III CRISPR defense"
*NOTE SPECIAL TIME* -- To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
Mr. Robert Boyd, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 5, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Jessie Zhang (The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Molecular Biosciences), “Cross-talk in the post-translational modifications of RNA polymerase II"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Giulia Orazi/Whitaker IGB Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Via Zoom
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Gary Bassell, Professor and Chair, Emory University School of Medicine. "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Adrika Raybarman (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Xiaodan Lin (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 11, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Adam Sawyer, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Angela Wilks, University of Maryland -- "TBA"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 12, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Emily Scott (University of Michigan, Department of Pharmacology), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 18, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Ms. Autumn Frerk, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 19, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Christopher V. Rao (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89104261420?pwd=WGpRc1pvRm41UktZMFpFOEc4b2N6UT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jinsang Kim, University of Michigan, "Designing Conjugated Polymers and Organic Emitters for Smart Chemical and Bio Sensors"(host: Prof. Hyunjoon Kong)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Postdoc/Research Scientist Seminar: Fatih Cakar/Slauch Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker IGB Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Brendan Sullivan (Leckband lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Yannan Tian (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 25, 2021

- 11:00 am 12:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Sarah Coulthurst, University of Dundee -- "How to kill your rivals: microbial warfare mediated by the Type VI secretion system"
*NOTE SPECIAL TIME* To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
Mr. Shravan Dommaraju, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 26, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Amanda Whipple (Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology), “Regulation of gene expression in the brain by imprinted non-coding RNAs"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83367847299?pwd=azNZbVdKZGhsaDRZUXhLYjNlUlRWQT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Reid Van Lehn, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Molecular and Data-Centric Modeling of the Nano-Bio Interface" (host: Prof. Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Rowland/Kieffer Lab
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Kristie Koski, University of California - Davis, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 1, 2021

- 11:00 am 12:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anja Spang, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research -- "The evolution of the tree of life in the genomics era"
*NOTE SPECIAL TIME* To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
Mr. Michael Mulligan, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Paul Fox, Robert Canova Endowed Chair, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic. "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Che Yang (Zhao lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Chunyu Wu (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 8, 2021

- 11:00 am 12:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Asaf Levy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- "The Extracellular Contractilie Injection System: a novel microbial toxin delivery system"
*NOTE SPECIAL TIME* To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
Mr. Joel Roberts, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88963165628?pwd=VkJNSit3MzBrLzBBeG90ZHZwcjlGQT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jeffrey Gray, Johns Hopkins University, (host: Prof. Diwakar Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 9, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Katrina Forest (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Bacteriology), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Thursday, April 15, 2021

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Stephan Gruber, University of Lausanne -- "TBA"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 16, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Rudi Fasan (University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Yukiko Yamashita, HHMI Investigator, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan. “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
Prof. Sara Mason, University of Iowa, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- ZOOM
Department of Biochemistry Annual Graduate Student Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 22, 2021

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Taj Azarian, University of Central Florida -- "TBA"
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 23, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Kou-San Ju (The Ohio State University, Department of Microbiology), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/86760966978?pwd=ekZhT0JxVnFONW5WRXoxM1NlL2lwUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Eun Ji Chung, University of Southern California (host: Prof. Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 29, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83764184287?pwd=bG9McFVEODlGaDJnWSt1czY2SU9TUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Chih-Jen Shih, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, "How van der Waals Forces Transmit Through One-atom-thick Materials" (host: Prof. Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Zoom
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Marcin Grabowicz, Emory University -- "Lipoproteins - greasing the machines of outer membrane assembly”
To join the virtual seminar, a link will be added (University login/password required to access from the posted link).
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 30, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Gavin Williams (North Carolina State University, Department of Chemistry), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85872343278?pwd=N0hEcm95MDZ6YlM3dEVBMDNHR0VsZz09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Xiao-Ying Yu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, "Dynamic Multimodal Chemical Imaging of Biological, Environmental, and Material Interfaces" (host: Prof. Mary Kraft)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Via Zoom
Cel and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Yanlan Mao, Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, Medical Research Council, University College London "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 8, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Webinar link: TBA
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program and the Dept. of Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Pamela Silver (Harvard Medical School) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Please contact the UIUC Illinois Biophysics Society webmaster if you know of other events to add to the list.