Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology Master Calendar

Thursday, August 5, 2021

- All Day
- Academic Date
Last day of instruction for POTs S2, S2B, SF and 1
- Other
- All Day
- Academic Date
Reading day (no classes; no final exams) for POT S2, S2B, SF and 1
- Other
- 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- https://go.chemistry.illinois.edu/WhatsUpQandA
What's Up in the Department? Q&A with the Head of Chemistry
Mark your calendars for this virtual event, which will be a great opportunity before the start of the 2021-2022 academic year for all graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to meet with department Head Catherine J. Murphy for a question-and-answer session.
- Other

Friday, August 6, 2021

- All Day
- Academic Date
Final examination period for POTs S2, S2B, SF and 1
- Other
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Zoom
Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging REU Project Presentations
- Exhibition

Saturday, August 7, 2021

- All Day
- Academic Date
Final examination period for POTs S2, S2B, SF and 1
- Other

Monday, August 9, 2021

- All Day
- Academic Date
August degree conferral date (no commencement)
- Other

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

- 4:30 pm
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87622728368
Understanding Each Other: practical steps toward better intercultural communication
Interactive session led by Tanya Crossman providing training and support to organizations serving cross-cultural populations.
- Lecture

Thursday, August 12, 2021

- 1:00 pm
FINAL DEFENSE, Syeda Tajin Ahmed, "Interfacial properties of grafted zwitterionic polymers and interactions with proteins at the nanoscale"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 13, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuc-igpjMjHtYGjkdMCUfkO_bQSQ8rVjYJ
DCGSAC Seminars - Careers in Chemistry; Virtual Seminar with Dr. Christine Herman, Title: #SciComm Careers: Journalism and Beyond
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

- 10:00 am
- 1227 Beckman Institute Urbana, IL 61801
Mr. David H. Mast, Final Defense, UIUC, METHODS FOR THE STEREOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF ENDOGENOUS CELL-CELL SIGNALINGPEPTIDES IN THE METAZOAN
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 23, 2021

- All Day
- Academic Date
First day of instruction for the Fall semester and POT A courses
- Other

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Barriers to Inclusion: Service Dog Handlers in Science Laboratories
IGB DEI Seminar Series Joey Ramp CEO of Empower Ability Consulting Neuroscience Research Affiliate, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Barriers to Inclusion: Service Dog Handlers in Science Laboratories"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building
StereoDIC Measurements with Modeling in Composite Manufacturing and Drone-Based Wide Area Measurements
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 26, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Channing Der, University of North Carolina, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 30, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Matthew Francis, University of California, Berkeley, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Via Zoom
Cell and Developmental Biology Early Career Inclusive Excellence Seminar: Neset Ozel, Desplan Lab, Department of Biology, NYU. "Coordinated control of neuronal differentiation and wiring specificity by a sustained code of transcription factors."
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 2, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Paul Dauenhauer, University of Minnesota, "Programmable Catalysts for Faster Surface Chemistry: The Catalytic Mechanics of Dynamic Surfaces" (host: Flaherty)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 6, 2021

- All Day
- Public Holiday
Labor Day (all-campus holiday)
- Other

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Via Zoom
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Seth Blackshaw, Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 9, 2021

- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Kristina Schoonjans, EPFL, Switzerland
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Our laboratory aims to identify novel mechanisms and strategies to target a wide range of chronic disorders, including metabolic disease and cancer.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, National Institute of Health, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 10, 2021

- 10:00 am
- Virtual meeting details will be provided upon request
Final Defense, Mr. Nandan Haloi, "Microscopic Characterization of β-Barrel Proteins Using Atomic Scale Simulations"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81782090894?pwd=bFNDcU5qempDZ2hIY3NRQngyNjdBUT09 Meeting ID: 817 8209 Password: 7652220894
Professor Ashley Ross, University of Cincinnati OH, Title: New analytical approaches to measure brain-immune communication
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Via Zoom
Cell and Developmental Biology Early Career Inclusive Excellence Seminar: Lydia Grmai, Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh. "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 16, 2021

- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau, UCLA
Professor, Department of Neurology. Our research is particularly relevant to neuropsychiatric disorders that lack distinct neuropathological features and are therefore more likely caused by subtle alterations in how neuronal activity propagates across brain circuits.
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Professor Melanie Ohi, University of Michigan, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Paul Fox, Robert Canova Endowed Chair, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic. "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 23, 2021

- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Geffen, University of Pennsylvania
Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Neuroscience and Neurology. Dr. Geffen has been directing the Laboratory for Auditory Coding at the University of Pennsylvania since 2010.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided at later time)
Professor Shanteri Singh, University of Oklahoma, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 24, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84458568819?pwd=blc3UU0yVUJna2JLTWlXZ1F4WFh3UT09 Meeting ID: 844 5856 8819 Password: 535875
Professor Christopher Barile, University of Nevada, Reno Title: Electronically Switchable Windows based on Reversible Metal Electrodeposition
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- https://www.igb.illinois.edu/webform/picture_a_scientist_rsvp
Q&A with "Picture A Scientist" Director
The IGB is hosting a virtual Q&A with Ian Cheney, one of the two directors of the documentary "Picture A Scientist."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michael Toney, University of Colorado, Boulder, "Insights into Battery Operation and Degradation through X-ray Scattering" (host: Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided at later time)
Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 8, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
17th Annual Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium, Pam Silver, Ph.D., Duke University, title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 14, 2021

- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Todd Fiacco, University of California Riverside
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology. Glial-Neuronal Interactions, Astrocyte control of neuronal excitability and Reactive astrocytes in disease.
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 18, 2021

- All Day
- Academic Date
POT B courses begin (non-traditional courses may begin earlier or later)
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dr. Eugenia Trushina, Mayo Clinic, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 21, 2021

- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology, C. Ladd Prosser Endowed Lecture Series: Dr. Carla Shatz, Standford University,
Sapp Family Provostial Professor, The Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford Bio-X and Professor of Biology and of Neurobiology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lily Cheung, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Arnab Mukherjee, University of California Santa Barbara (host: Schroeder)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Via Zoom
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Pierre McCrea, Director, Genetics and Epigenetics Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 4, 2021

- 10:00 am
Allan Sykes, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Aras Mattis, University of California San Francisco
Department of Pathology. Regulation of hepatic development, metabolism, and paths towards cancer.
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 11, 2021

- 11:00 am
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar: Dr. Michelle L. Olsen, Virginia Tech
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Neuroscience. The focus of the Olsen lab is to better understand the role of astrocytes in normal and abnormal central nervous system function.
- Seminar/Symposium