Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
"Profiling Cells Inside and Out with Nanostructured Materials" Shana Kelley, PhD University of Toronto, Departments of Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Dan Davidson Director of CNRG and Research Computing "Efficient Data Management"
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Xudong Guan NMR Specialist, IGB Core Facilities "Pure Shift NMR"
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Noah Fierer, PhD University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology "The Microbial Ecology of Our Homes"
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Liqing Chen Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology "Imaging Sugar Distribution in Vivo Using FRET Sensors"
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Redefining heredity, weaving together historical and current scientific research, exemplary original reporting, and his own experience as a parent of two daughters, New York Times columnist and author Carl Zimmer will explore ways in which DNA editing and CRISPR may change our world, and examine controversial topics in light of current advances in DNA analysis.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Lisa Ainsworth, PhD USDA ARS, University of Illinois; Department of Plant Biology; IGB Faculty, Genomic Ecology of Global Change & Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation themes "Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Improve Maize Response to Ozone"
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Mayandi Sivaguru Associate Director, IGB Core Facilities "A Geobiological Vantage Point of Human Kidney Stone Changes the Medical Wisdom Held Over a Century"
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Jingyi Fei Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago "Kinetic Mechanisms of RNA-based Gene Regulation Revealed by Quantitative Imaging"