UIUC Biophysics and Related Seminars

Thursday, May 21, 2026

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  Lali Gutierrez, UIUC, Final Defense, "Early-Aβ Targeting Probes For Alzheimer’s disease And Related Dementias In 5xFAD Mice"

  9:00 am

  B102 Chemical Life Sciences Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 22, 2026

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  FINAL DEFENSE: Brandon Rasmussen "Designing and Constructing a Transient Soft X-ray Absorption Spectrometer to Probe Molecular Photochemistry". Advisor: Professor Joshua Vura-Weis

  2:00 pm

  Natural History Building Room 2078

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 1, 2026

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  Final Defense: Musarrat Jabeen (Shapiro Lab) - ""Exploring The Therapeutic Potential, And Deciphering The Pathways Underlying Acquired Resistance To ErSO In Ovarian And Breast Cancer"

  3:00 pm

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

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  Final Defense Joo Hun "John", TBA

  2:00 pm   03/06/2026

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, June 12, 2026

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  Final Defense Ching Hsiu Chung, TBA

  10:00 am   03/06/2026

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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  Brain Evolution and Mental Health Conference

  Recurring

  9:00 am

  The Brain Evolution and Mental Health Conference aims to bring together scientists and clinicians interested in exploring the brain at a cellular level across the Tree of Life, uncovering evolutionarily conserved and species-specific mechanisms of social behavior, and understanding mechanisms of human mental disorders.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 18, 2026

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  Brain Evolution and Mental Health Conference

  Recurring

  9:00 am

  The Brain Evolution and Mental Health Conference aims to bring together scientists and clinicians interested in exploring the brain at a cellular level across the Tree of Life, uncovering evolutionarily conserved and species-specific mechanisms of social behavior, and understanding mechanisms of human mental disorders.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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  Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

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

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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  'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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  Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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  Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2026

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  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

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  Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

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

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

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  Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

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

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 30, 2027

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  2027 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Paul Alivisatos, University of Chicago, TBD

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Lecture