UIUC Biophysics and Related Seminars

Friday, May 30, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave, RAL 433

  Physical Final Defense: Kevin Adams, "From Tilings and Master Equations to Microkinetic Models"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 5, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 1024 Chemistry Annex

  Joe Forzano, UIUC, Final Defense, "Development of ALDH1A1-Activated Photosensitizers for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:30 pm
  • 307 Gregory Hall

  FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "Novel Understandings of Yielding in Soft Materials Through Recovery Rheology Techniques""

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 419 RAL (Rose Room)

  Final Defense: Arthur Zou (Leckband Lab) - "Epidermal growth factor receptor is an essential component in E-cadherin force-transduction complexes"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• • 10:00 am   1:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 28, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Tenure Seminar: Prof. Angad Mehta, UIUC, "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  The Unofficial ZEN Blue Player's Guide: Advanced Tricks and Secrets

  "The Unofficial ZEN Blue Player's Guide: Advanced Tricks and Secrets" Matt Curtis, Product Application Sales Specialist

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 4, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Baron Peters)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

• • 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

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• • 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
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 24, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 25, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, October 26, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

  • Seminar/Symposium