Morrill Hall Display Calendar

Monday, January 30, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Divyanshi / Yang Lab

"Assembly of the germplasm aggregate."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Miles Norsworthy / Gillette Lab

"Redox environments alter the rat hippocampal neuron response to Semaphorin 3a"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Kieran Samuk, University of California Riverside, “The evolution and consequences of recombination rate variation”
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 6, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: You Jin Song / K Prasanth Lab

"The role of nuclear-enriched long non-coding RNA in hypoxia response and cancer progression"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Aatiqa Nawaz / Ceman Lab

"Role of RNA Helicase MOV10 and its phosphorylation in mRNA regulation."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Stylianos 'Stelios' Chatzimanolis, Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - "Systematics and natural history of Xanthopygina rove beetles"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
First Year Project Presentation - Ellie Bacon, Jilai Cui, Jonathan Cerna, Chen Huang, and Urbi Saha
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Molly Schumer, Stanford University - Via Zoom
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 9, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Sean Fanning, Loyola University, "Unconventional Antagonists Reveal Novel Estrogen Receptor Structure-Transcriptional Relationships in Breast Cancer"

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 13, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Gabriela Hernandez Gonzalez / Belmont Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Yunshu Song / Stubbs Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Jennifer Koop, Professor, Northern Illinois University - "Alien invaders! Studies on the ecology and evolution of invasive parasites"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
First Year Project Presentation - Jake Maxon, Laura Rosok, Rafael Gonzalez-Ricon, Martin Irani and Usan Dan
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Iris Lyu (Stadtmueller lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium - B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. David Parichy, University of Virginia
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 16, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Ilia Karatsoreos, UMass, "Biological Clocks in Health and Disease"

Associate Professor, Dept. Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 20, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Eliza Grames, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Nevada, Reno - "Insect biodiversity loss and conservation in the Anthropocene"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"fMRI of cortical layers and neurovascular coupling in humans and animals," Jozien Goense, Department of Psychology, Department of Bioengineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Kelsey Witt Dillon, Brown University
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 24, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Joel McManus (Carnegie Mellon University), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
First Year Project Presentation - Allison Louie, Shelby Martell, Meghan Connolly, Eunyoung Kim, and Jinyan Zhou
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Hina Zhou (van der Donk lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Mat sinclair (Tajkhorshid lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Sara Lipshutz, Loyola University Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 2, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Aijun Wang, UC Davis, "TBA"

Professor, Dept. Biomedical Engineering
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 3, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Chang Cui (Harvard University), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 6, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Ainsley Seago, Associate Curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"Tuning landscapes of the primate ventral stream," by Carlos R. Ponce, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Arthur Zou (Leckband lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
JUnyao Zhu (Shapiro lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Prosanta Chakarbarty, Louisiana State University
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 9, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Angie Salles, UIC, "TBA"

Assistant Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 10, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Neha Garg (Georgia Tech), "Mapping microbial responses to biological and chemical environments using omics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 11, 2023

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Monday, March 13, 2023

- All Day
No CDB Seminar - Spring Break
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

- All Day
Tuesday Neuroscience Seminar - SPRING BREAK
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 20, 2023

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Audrey Peng / Freeman Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Allison Boss-Kennedy / Chen Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Aron Katz, INHS
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
Tuesday Neuroscience Seminar, Heather Read, University of Connecticut
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Chi Zhang (Fratti lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Ruth Shaw, University of Minnesota
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Rachel Martini (van der Donk lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 23, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Lori Zeltser, Columbia University, "TBA"

Associate Professor, Dept. Pathology and Cell Biology
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 24, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Keith T. Wilson (Vanderbilt University Medical Center), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 27, 2023

- 10:00 am
- 419 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE: Qi Zou (Cronan lab) - "The Regulatory Function of Enterococcus faecalis Acyl Carrier Proteins in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in the Transcription Factor FabT-dependent Manner"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shrunali Amin / Sokac Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anna Mankovich / Freeman Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Ellen Santos, Professor, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

- 4:00 pm
"Development of Expert-level Classification of Seizures and Rhythmic and Periodic Patterns During EEG Interpretation," by Jimeng Sun, Professor, Computer Science and Health Innovation, Professor, Carle's Illinois College of Medicine
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Jorge Calderin (Fratti lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Nick Baker (Kalsotra lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. David Kikuchi, Oregon State University
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 30, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Martin Myers, University of Michigan "TBA"

Professor, Dept. Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 31, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Grant Jensen (Brigham Young University), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 3, 2023

- All Day
MCB Retreat
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Cassandra Extavour, Professor, Harvard University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"Brain-behavior evolution in dogs and foxes," Erin E. Hecht, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Katie Grogan, University of Cincinatti
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 6, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Brad Rothberg, Temple University "TBA"

Professor, Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 7, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
6th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Award Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- B102 CLSL
Department of Biochemistry Annual Graduate Student Awards Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 10, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Andrew Riley/Brieher Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Snigdha Mathure/Smith-Bolton Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Sydney Cameron, Emeritus Professor, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
"Mechanisms and Biomarkers of Auditory Hypersensitivity in Fragile X Syndrome," by Khaleel A. Razak, Professor, Department of Psychology, Director, Graduate Neuroscience Program, University of California, Riverside
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

- 12:00 pm
CDB Alumni Seminar : Dr. Tudorita Tumbar - Cornell University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Gilberto Padron (Sanfilippo lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Jackson Scholar Yuwei Pan (Zhao lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Josephine Paris, University of L'Aquila - Via Zoom
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 13, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Kellie Breen Church, Univ. Calif. San Diego "TBA"

Associate Adjunct Professor, Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 14, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ryohei Yasuda (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 17, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Journal Club
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Jim Whitfield, Emeritus Professor, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
Tuesday Neuroscience Seminar, Amy Brewster, Southern Methodist University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

- 12:00 pm
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Invited Seminar: Dr. Steven Henikoff, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

The Henikoff Lab focuses on better understanding inheritance that does not depend on DNA sequence by applying genomic tools to the study of proteins of the epigenome: histones, transcription factors, nucleosome remodelers, and RNA polymerase II.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Jessica Palalay (Sanfilippo lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Kim Hoke, Colorado State University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Yiquan Wang (Wu lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 20, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Zoom
Dr. Vitaly Klyachko, Washington University, St. Louis, "TBA"

Professor, Biophysics
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 21, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Fengyi Wan (Johns Hopkins University), "Host-pathogen interactions during enteric bacterial infection”
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 24, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Tejas Mahadevan / Sokac Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Temirlan Shilikbay / Ceman Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Michelle Smith, Insecticide, Nematicide & SAT Biology & Field Sciences Lead, Corteva Agriscience
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
Tuesday Neuroscience Seminar, Mark Brandon, McGill University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Taras Oleksyk, Oakland University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Rebecca Schneider (Stadtmueller lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Yannan Tian (Huang lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 28, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Christopher S. Hayes (UC Santa Barbara), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 1, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anish Bose / Smith-Bolton Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Fredy Kurniawan/S Prasanth Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Brian Lovett, Professor, USDA-ARS Cornell University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 1005
End of Year Recognition and Awards Celebration
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Career Development Seminar: Dr. Nilmani Singh

Career Development Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Graeme Lindsey (Procko lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminar - Sulagna Chakraborty, Graduate Student Exit Seminar, University of Illinois
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Yanheng Chen (Chen lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 4, 2023

- All Day
Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect
- Other

Friday, May 5, 2023

- All Day
Final Exams Begin
- Other

Saturday, May 13, 2023

- 8:30 am
Commencement
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 15, 2023

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1
- Other

Monday, June 12, 2023

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2
- Other

Monday, September 11, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Minxue Liu / K Prasanth Lab: "Determine the role of monoallelically expressed single nucleolus-localized ncRNAs (SNULs)."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Dazhen Liu / S Prasanth Lab:
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 18, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Afifa Iqbal / Sokac Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Jennifer Gerton, University of Kansas School of Medicine.
- Seminar/Symposium