Engineering Seminars Test Calendar 2.10

Monday, June 22, 2026

Final Defense: Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan Lab) - "Initiation of Biotin Synthesis in Yeast"

1:00 pm

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

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Deadline to submit 3 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla MRI seed project proposals

All Day

Beckman's Biomedical Imaging Center is accepting proposals for seed projects on 9.4 Tesla and 3 Tesla MRI. Proposals are due Wednesday, June 24.
- Other
Thesis Defense: "Symmetries and Defects in Topological Phases and Transitions"

9:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture
Yoga at Beckman
Recurring

12:00 pm

Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness
Collage With Us

2:00 - 4:00 pm

Beckman Institute Center Atrium
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, June 29, 2026

Zhenxiang Zhao, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Activity-Based Triggers for Imaging and Targeted Molecular Delivery"

1:00 pm

Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 117
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

FINAL DEFENSE: Noah Bender "Chiral Separation and Measurement of D- and L-Amino Acids in Mammals." Advisor: Professor Jonathan Sweedler

2:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Final Defense of Ye, Joshua, "How Rhodotorula toruloides uses difficult substrates to yield biofuels"

11:00 am

612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, July 6, 2026

Final Defense of Ebin Joseph, "TBA"

3:00 pm

612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)
- Seminar/Symposium
Thesis Defense

3:00 pm

276 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

New-to-Beckman tour

9:30 am

MRI Exhibit

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
- Informational
Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Friday, July 10, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

276 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Final Defense of Wesley Harrison, "Development of New Enzyme Chemistries with Photobiocatalysis and of Tools for Accelerating Enzyme Engineering"

3:00 pm

1092 Lincoln hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Samantha Barlock, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

1:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event
Thesis Defense

12:00 pm

276 Loomis
- Lecture

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Thesis Defense

9:30 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture
Thesis Defense

10:00 am

276 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, July 31, 2026

Deadline to submit 7 Tesla MRI seed project proposals

All Day

The Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center is accepting seed project proposals for 7 Tesla MRI research. They're due Friday, July 31.
- Other

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

New-to-Beckman tour

9:30 am

MRI Exhibit

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
- Informational
Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Student Research Celebration

3:00 - 5:00 pm

Atrium of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Join Beckman to celebrate its 2025 graduate fellows, as well as 2026 recipients of the Beckman Institute Undergraduate Fellowship, Thomas and Margaret Huang Award for Graduate Research and Erik Haferkamp Memorial Award for Undergraduate Research.
- Festival/Celebration

Friday, August 7, 2026

Thesis Defense

2:00 pm

276 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thesis Defense

12:30 pm

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

New-to-Beckman tour

9:30 am

MRI Exhibit

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
- Informational
Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 3, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

3:30 pm

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium
Tenure Talk: Professor Mei Shen, "TBA"

3:30 pm

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Thursday, September 10, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 11, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

12:00 pm

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

Monday, September 14, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

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

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event
Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

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

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 17, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 18, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

12:00 pm

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

Monday, September 21, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Free professional portraits at Beckman

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Fifth floor tower room at the Beckman Institute

Beckman community members are invited to stop by the fifth floor tower room to have a professional portrait taken. First come, first served, with no need to register in advance.
- Other
Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event
Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium