Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology

Friday, February 13, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Andrew Jones (Duke University) - "Come to my window: Porosity and binding distribution provide better predictors for biofilm penetration"

12:00 pm

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

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Engineering Microbial Systems for Transformation, Protection, and Function Across Extreme Environment

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Adam Arkin, PHD Dean A. Richard Newton Memorial Professor of Bioengineering University of California, Berkeley "Engineering Microbial Systems for Transformation, Protection, and Function Across Extreme Environment"
- Seminar/Symposium
First Year Project Presentations - Group 4

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
Structural Determinants of Tendon Function During Development

4:00 pm

100 Material Science Engineering Building
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Professor Pedro Curi Hallal, Director of MPH Program

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Faculty Search Candidate

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Single-Molecule Spatial Organization and Dynamics of Nuclear Speckle Components Revealed by MINFLUX Nanoscopy

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

“Single-Molecule Spatial Organization and Dynamics of Nuclear Speckle Components Revealed by MINFLUX Nanoscopy” Minxue Liu, PhD Candidate – Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Subir Sachdev "Many-fermion quantum entanglement in the cuprate superconductors"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Escape, Scattering and Trapping in Two-Degree-of-Freedom Models

12:00 pm

2005 MEL John Deere Pavilion
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing) "Effects of Conformational and Orientational Ordering in Polymer Crystal Nucleation"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Final Defense - PhD - Skye Shepherd

2:00 pm

HMNTL 1000
- Other
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University -- "Building an intracellular Biofilm during urinary tract infection"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
Quantum Transport for Advanced Sensing and Computing

4:00 pm

119 Material Science Engineering Building
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, February 22, 2026

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

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
Microbiology Student Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Suhail Chhakara/Kuzminov Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
"Watching memories form with single neuron resolution," by William Frost, PhD, Professor and Chair, Cell Biology and Anatomy, Director, Stanson Toshok Center for Brain Function and Repair, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Dhanush Gandavadi & Yizun Wang

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Effect of PGC1α expression on mitochondrial biogenesis and pathogenesis in Fragile X syndrome

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

“Effect of PGC1α expression on mitochondrial biogenesis and pathogenesis in Fragile X syndrome” Vipendra Kumar Visiting Research Scientist, Prof. Nien-Pei Tsai’s lab Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois
- Seminar/Symposium
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Brent Stockwell, Columbia University "Metabolism & Ferroptosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications"

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Mark Saffman (University of Wisconsin) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

MIP Seminar: Dr. Catherine Christian-Hinman, UIUC, "TBA"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- Seminar/Symposium
Final Defense - PhD - Joseph Tibbs

2:00 pm

HMNTL 1000
- Other
Microbiology Seminar: Alvaro Hernandez, Director of DNA Services at Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center UIUC -- "Sharing capabilities available in the DNA Sequencing Laboratory to the campus community"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yang Hai (University of California Santa Barbara) - "Natural product discovery, biosynthesis, and biocatalysis."

12:00 pm

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

Monday, March 2, 2026

Final Defense - PhD - Ruo-Jing Ho

10:00 am

Beckman 4269
- Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Partners in Slime: Host-Microbiota Interactions in the Gut Mucus Layer

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Shai Bel, PhD Azrieli Faculty of Medicine; Bar-Ilan University “Partners in Slime: Host-Microbiota Interactions in the Gut Mucus Layer”
- Seminar/Symposium
"Mechanisms underlying perception and mnemonic interaction in the human brain," by Adam Steel, Assistant Professor, Psychology

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Professor & Chair Mitra Hartmann

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Targeted drug delivery to tumor associated macrophages in glioblastoma mouse models

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

“Targeted drug delivery to tumor associated macrophages in glioblastoma mouse models" Urbi Saha, PhD Student Department of Neuroscience, University of Illinois
- Ceremony/Service
The Physics Colloquium: Rafael Fernandes "Altermagnetism: an unconventional quantum state of matter"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Mike Reynolds, Shell (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Final Defense - PhD - Amanda Bacon

2:00 pm

HMNTL 1000
- Other
Final Defense: Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "Accelerating Vaccine Design Through Antibody Discovery and High-Throughput Immunofocused Antigen Engineering"

3:00 pm

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Rasika Harshey, University of Texas: "Nucleolus-like Organization of ribosomal RNA loci in E. coli"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2026

Final Defense of Jerry Rong, "THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE WITH BOTTLEBRUSH POLYMERS AS CHANNELS FOR CHEMICAL TRANSPORT"

1:00 pm

1026 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

Prof. Ying Li, Hong Kong University, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Carl Denard, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Huimin Zhao)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
"Understanding Individual Variation in Cortical Dynamics: A Computational Approach," by Matthew Singh, Dept. of Statistics, University of Illinois; Beckman Institute

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Professor David Odde

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Jainendra Jain (The Pennsylvania State University) “absolutely mindboggling! weirder than we ever thought.”

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli, University of Michigan -- "Yes! Bacteria have organelles! How are they organized?"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

SPRING BREAK - NO SEMINAR

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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

Sunday, March 22, 2026

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.
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, March 23, 2026

Final Defense: Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab) - "High-throughput profiling of the arms race between antibodies and viral antigens."

3:00 pm

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
"The proximate (including neural!) basis of evolutionary divergence in paternal care in sticklebacks," by Alison Bell, Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Waldemar von Zedtwitz Professor & Chair Lucila Ohno-Machado

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Lunch with the Core

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Oraya Zinder, PhD Candidate Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Roni Harnik (Fermi Lab) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern, "TBD"

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Chen Chen, Louisiana State University -- "Staphylococcal Superantigen-like Protein 11, a Foe or a Friend?"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

Final Defense - PhD - Yu-Hsuan Yeh

9:00 am

Everitt 1103
- Other
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Dianne Newman (CalTech) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

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

Monday, March 30, 2026

Final Defense: Rachel Martini (van der donk Lab) - "Discovery and Characterization of Glycocin and Lanthipeptide Natural Products"

10:00 am

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium
Final Defense: Junyao Zhou (Shapiro Lab) - "A Novel Pathway Controlling the Anticancer Therapy-induced Immunogenic Cell Death"

2:00 pm

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 121 Poster Session

6:00 pm 8:00 p.m.

Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

"Circadian clocks in brain aging and Alzheimer's Disease," by Erik S. Musiek, MD, PhD, Charlotte & Paul Hagemann Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Abbi Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Michael Robben

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Bing Yang / Purdue University

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University, TBD

2:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Final Defense of Bidipta Ghosh, TBA

3:00 pm 03/06/2026

TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Gabriela Gonzalez (Louisiana State University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

MIP Seminar: Dr. Jimmy Dooley, Purdue University "TBA"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lanying Zeng, Texas A & M University -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Final Defense of Haowei Long, TBA

9:00 am 03/06/2026

117 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
BIOE Seminar Series: Stanley Dicker Professor X. Edward Guo

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Long Cai / Caltech

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: The Klaus Schulten Lecture - Elizabeth Villa "Discovering Chimallivirus biology with in-cell cryo-EM"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Final Defense of Sonji Lamichhane, TBA

9:00 am 03/06/2026

433 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
MIP Seminar: Dr. Evangelos Kiskinis, Northwestern University "TBA"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Todd Squires, University of California, Santa Barbara, (Host: Prof. Baron Peters)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Alison Kell, University of New Mexico -- "Understanding hantavirus pathogenesis through innate immune activation"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

Final Defense: Rebecca Schneider (Stadtmueller Lab): "TBA"

10:00 am

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium
Final Defense - PhD - Brittany Payan

11:00 am

Everitt 1103
- Other
ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Seminar/Symposium
Dr. Tamas Balla (NIH) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Caroline Oldstone-Jackson/Heath Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
"Regulating CNS Border Security," by Tony Filiano, PhD, Associated Professor of Neurosurgery, Duke University

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Richard and Loan Hill Chair & UIC Distinguished Professor Eben Alsberg

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Harold Hwang (Stanford University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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

10:00 am

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Styliana Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adam Deutschbauer, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

9th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Awards Symposium

12:00 pm

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

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Final Defense: Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

10:00 am

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Anne Carpenter / Broad Institute

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Hyun Youk (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Self-organization capacity of living systems"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

MIP Seminar: Dr. Avtar Roopra, University Wisconsin-Madison, "TBA"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mauricio Pontes, Penn State University -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Christina (Tina) Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Title:TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Joe Sanfilippo (UIUC) - "TBA"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
TBD, Professor Henry White, The University of Utah

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

Biological Physics Seminar: Minsu Kim (Emory University) ""

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Lecture

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Minsung Kwon & Revathi Manoharaan

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Gene Yeo / UC San Diego

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: James Kakalios (University of Minnesota) “THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES”

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

MIP Seminar: Dr. Mitchell Roitman, University Illinois Chicago, "TBA"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Courtney Ellison, University of Georgia -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

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

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
TBD, Professor Robert Lazenby, Florida State University

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Career Development / Dr. Surabhi Sonam / UIUC

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

The Physics Colloquium: The Hans Frauenfelder Colloquium - Peter Wolynes (Rice University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

MIP Seminar: Dr. Micah Schott, University of Nebraska Medical Center, "TBA"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

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

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
GF Smith Lecture, TBD, Professor Joseph Wang, University of California San Diego

4:00 pm

RAL116
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Final Defense of Haisu Kang, TBA

10:00 am 03/06/2026

TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 15, 2026

TBD, Professor David Issadore, University of Pennsylvania

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2026

CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

9:30 11:00 am

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Ceremony/Service
ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

11:00 1:00 p.m.

Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Reception/Open House

Monday, November 16, 2026

Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium