Physics - CPLC Calendar

Friday, January 23, 2026

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  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

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  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

Friday, January 30, 2026

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

  11:15 am - 12:15 pm

  217 Noyes

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Biochemistry Seminar: Juan Du (Northwestern) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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  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

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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  Prof. Lukas Muechler, Penn State, "Strong Correlations and Topological Transitions in Chemical Reactions"

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B-102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

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

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, February 22, 2026

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  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

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  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

Friday, February 27, 2026

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  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

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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  Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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  Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, "Harnessing spin polarization in photoexcited quantum dots"

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

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

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University

  2:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  Dr. Tamas Balla (NIH) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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

  10:00 am

  419 RAL (Rose Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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  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

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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  Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

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

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

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

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium