UIUC Biophysics and Related Seminars

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Dr. Megan Angela Steves, University of California Berkeley, "Multidimensional widefield single-molecule microscopy beyond the camera frame rate"

10:00 - 11:30 am

1024 Chemistry Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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
Chemical Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar, Dr. Steven D. Knutson, Princeton University, "Chemical Tools for Biological Discovery: From Profiling RNA Modifications to Spatial Mapping of Cancer Interactomes"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave., Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Friday, January 23, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "Discriminationg self and nonself dsRNA during antiviral defense"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The developing brain under pressure: How maternal infection impacts placental and fetal vascular barriers, brain macrophages, and corticogenesis

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Adrienne Antonson, PhD Department of Animal Science; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "The developing brain under pressure: How maternal infection impacts placental and fetal vascular barriers, brain macrophages, and corticogenesis"
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Matthew Cabeen, Oklahoma State University -- "Careful control for costly competition: a “two-key” mechanism for pyocin regulation in P. aeruginosa"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 30, 2026

Dr. Matthew Du, University of Chicago, "Discovering Emergent Phenomena in Many-Body Systems: From Polaritonic Chemistry to Nonequilibrium AI"

10:00 - 11:30 am

1024 Chemistry Annex
- Seminar/Symposium
Biochemistry Seminar: Juan Du (Northwestern) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Cortical oscillations and neural timing: how attention enhances hearing in complex environments

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Howard Gritton, PhD Department of Comparative Biosciences; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “Cortical oscillations and neural timing: how attention enhances hearing in complex environments”
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Prof. Lukas Muechler, Penn State, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
Yiran Zheng (Chen Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 5, 2026

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

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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

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
Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. John Schroggins, University of Texas Southwestern -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Andrew Jones (Duke University) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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

Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing) "Effects of Conformational and Orientational Ordering in Polymer Crystal Nucleation"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, February 22, 2026

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

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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
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

Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

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

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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

Madhusree Seal (Stadtmueller Lab)

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Mike Reynolds, Shell (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Carl Denard, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Huimin Zhao)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
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

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
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

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Andy Briercheck (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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

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

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

CHBE 121 Poster Session

6:00 pm 8:00 p.m.

Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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

TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University

2:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Hossein Omidi Ardali (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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

Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Long Cai / Caltech

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Brooke Bouwens (Hergenrother Lab)- "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Todd Squires, University of California, Santa Barbara, (Host: Prof. Baron Peters)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
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

ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Seminar/Symposium
Dr. Tamas Balla (NIH) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Hao Fan (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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

10:00 am

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Styliana Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
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

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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

Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Anne Carpenter / Broad Institute

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Piyush Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
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
Prof. Christina (Tina) Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Title:TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
Zixiao Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

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

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

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

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

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

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

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2026

CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

9:30 11:00 am

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Ceremony/Service
ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

11:00 1:00 p.m.

Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Reception/Open House

Monday, November 16, 2026

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

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

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