MNTL Master Calendar
Monday, October 3, 2022
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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IGB Faculty Spotlight Lecture Pamela Martinez Vargas, PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Department of Statistics "SARS-CoV-2 dynamics across scales: From within-host dynamics to socioeconomic disparities"
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Prelim Examination: William North, October 4, 2022 @ 1:00 PM, MNTL 2003, Exam Topic: Engineering Semiconductor Laser Mode Properties Through Surface Patterning
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
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Final Examination: Huozhi Zhou, October 5, 2022 @ 10:00 AM, CSL 301, Exam Topic: Interactive Learning in Nonstationary Environments
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"Emergent behavior and phase transition in cell-ECM systems mediated by long range cell-cell mechanical interaction" Umnia Doha, PhD Student, Mechanical Science & Engineering Instrument: LSM 710 Lunch will be provided
Thursday, October 6, 2022
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The transition to graduate school is even more complicated when it is also accompanied by a transition to a new country. In this workshop, a panel of international graduate students will answer questions and share their experiences; all students are welcome to attend, but RSVP from international students will have priority.
Friday, October 7, 2022
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Final Examination: Liuqing Gao, October 11, 2022 @ 8:00 AM, Online, Exam Topic: Advancing Acoustic Devices Towards mmWave
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Prelim Examination: Theodoros Mamalis, October 11, 2022 @ 11:00 AM, Online, Exam Topic: Improving algorithmic performance using stochastic learning rates: in-expectation and almost-surely stochastic approximation, and online learning, results and applications
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Kim Barrett, PhD UC Davis School of Medicine, Vice Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology "Intestinal epithelial reprogramming in the pathogenesis of infectious diarrhea"
Thursday, October 13, 2022
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Featuring talks from Glenn Fried, PhD, Kingsley Boateng, PhD, Reza Rajabi-Toustani, PhD, Devinda Wijewardena, Yuhan Wang, Gopika Gopan, and Abberior Staff Register by emailing core-event-reservations@igb.illinois.edu by October 10th, 2022
Friday, October 14, 2022
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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Steve Quake, PhD Stanford University; Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering; Co-President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub; Professor of Applied Physics; Professor of Physics "A Decade of Molecular Cell Atlases"
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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"Uncovering cell biology of the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum" Maria Guadalupe Nava, Graduate Student, College of Veterinary Medicine Instrument: SR-SIM Lunch will be provided
Thursday, October 20, 2022
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Graduate school can be a stressful time; this workshop seeks to open a conversation about the importance of maintaining one's mental health. Presenters will focus on healthy coping mechanisms, dealing with impostor syndrome, and resources available to support students.
Monday, October 24, 2022
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Final Examination: Chao Pan, October 24, 2022 @ 12:00 PM, CSL, Exam Topic: Topics in Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Storage System Design
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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Ron Milo, PhD Weizmann Institute; Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences "The biomass distribution on Earth"
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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"Introduction of the New Vevo F2 for Preclinical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering" Sarah Burris, PhD & Bret Hawkins, FujiFilm Instrument: Vevo F2 Lunch will be provided
Friday, October 28, 2022
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Final Examination: Hyungjoo Seo, October 28, 2022 @ 8:30 AM, Online, Exam Topic: Impedance- and Spatial-domain Aliasing in Interference Management Techniques
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Final Examination: Steven Blair, October 28, 2022 @ 11:00 AM, ECEB 5070 & Zoom, Exam Topic: From the Ocean to the Operating Room: Translating Single-Sensor Spectral Imagers to Image-Guided Cancer Surgery
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Health Innovation Professor, and the Director of Women’s Health, Hormones and Metabolism lab “Spatial genomic and metabolic regulation of therapy response in metastatic breast cancer”
Thursday, November 3, 2022
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After a semester in graduate school, it is important to reflect on what you have learned so far and what your goals are for the future. This workshop's presentation will focus on celebrating successes and using the topics from previous workshops going forward.
Monday, November 7, 2022
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Prelim Examination: Raman Kumar, November 7, 2022 @ 2:00 PM, HMNTL 2003, Exam Topic: Light Emission and Negative Differential Resistance in Transistor-Injected Quantum Cascade Structures
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD Washington University in St. Louis; The Lilyan & E. Lisle Hughes Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering "Harnessing Plasmonic-Fluors for Ultrasensitive and Minimally-invasive Bio-diagnostics"
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Monday, November 28, 2022
Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Prelim Examination: Zhijie Dong, December 1, 2022 @ 3:00 PM, Beckman 4369, Exam Topic: Ultrafast Three-dimensional Ultrasound Imaging