Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• Machine Learning Enabled Surface Temperature, Heat Flux, and Phase Field Data Reconstruction Boiling

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Topological Brain Maps and the Shape of Thought," by Marty Sereno, Emeritus Professor Psychology, San Diego State University Adjunct Professor Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Associate Professor Jacob Covey

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• MIP Seminar: Dr. Felix Chan, University of Birmingham "'Targeting brain metabolism to treat rare genetic epilepsies"

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 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"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Qian Chen, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Houra Merrikh, Vanderbilt University -- "Regulation of replication restart after conflicts with transcription"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences 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"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• What Remains: Postcolonial Legacies of the Anatomical and Anthropological Sciences

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Sabrina Agarwal, PhD Department of Anthropology; University of California, Berkeley "What Remains: Postcolonial Legacies of the Anatomical and Anthropological Sciences"

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Neural mechanisms of group living," by Aubrey M. Kelly, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience Program, Emory University

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• On Jumping

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "Engineering Regenerative Multiphasic Biomaterials for Musculoskeletal Injury Repair""

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  3217 Everitt Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Postdoctoral Associate Natalia Gonzalez Medina & Graduate Student Sun Woong Hur

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sample Preparation Techniques for Optical Microscope

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Sample Preparation Techniques for Optical Microscope” Dr. Kingsley Boateng Assistant Director of Bioscience Research Microscopy Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, "Catalytic Chemistry Far from Equilibrium"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Jen-Chieh Peng (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Helicity of Relic Neutrinos and the Inverse Tritium Beta Decay"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Zihan Chu (Climer Lab) "Hippocampal Representational Drift in Memory Processing" & Hannah Eichenberger (M. Gillette Lab) "Modulation of Tight Junction Proteins and Neuroinflammation at the Blood-Brain Interface Under Environmental Circadian Disruption"

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing) "Investigating Reactive Transport Pathways in Anion Exchange Membranes to Guide Polymer Design"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Nidia Sequeira Trovao, Pathobiology/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- "The Genetic Traceability of Viral Pathogens Across the One Health Spectrum"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Angela Thomas, Final Defense, UIUC, "Exploiting Viral proteins for Directed Evolution Studies and Therapeutics"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 419

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Translation beyond Initiation, Elongation and Termination"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• High Throughput Gene Delivery Technologies for Applied Microbiology and Engineered Cell Therapies

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Cullen Buie, PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biological Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology “High Throughput Gene Delivery Technologies for Applied Microbiology and Engineered Cell Therapies”

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE) "From Catalytic Insights to Transformative Technologies"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Marie Christine Daniel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Mechanisms of monogamy: Neural and genomic foundations of social memory and attachment in prairie voles," Kimberly Long, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Approaches to Live Cell Imaging with Leica Microsystems

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Approaches to Live Cell Imaging with Leica Microsystems” Harold Vo, Confocal Sales Specialist, Leica Microsystems Josh Andrew, Account Manager, Thomas Scientific

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BIOE Seminar Series: Associate Professor Saurabh Gupta

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen, University of Notre Dame, "Navigating Various Disorders and Dynamics in Strongly Coupled Light-Matter Systems"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Philip Phillips (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Solving the Mott Problem"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Michael Gray, University of Alabama -- "How oral streptococci respond to the antimicrobial oxidants found in saliva"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "Enhanced FIB-SEM: A High-Resolution 3D Imaging Platform for Biology"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 28, 2026

• Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Microbial Chemistry in Anoxic Host Environments"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Unusual Enzyme Reactions in Natural Product Biosynthesis

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  David Gottlieb Memorial Lecture Ikuro Abe, PhD Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo Professor, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama "Unusual Enzyme Reactions in Natural Product Biosynthesis"

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Human 2D neurons and 3D brain organoid models for understanding brain development and neurological disorders," by Guo-li Ming Perelman Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Founder Professor & Director James M. Rehg, PhD

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Getting reliable quantitative images with Huygens: from Deconvolution and restoration to image analysis

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Getting reliable quantitative images with Huygens: from Deconvolution and restoration to image analysis” Melvin Le Bihan Scientific Consultant Scientific Volume Imaging BV

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, "Theory of Extended Bose-Hubbard Systems and Two-Dimensional Materials"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Geoff Greene (University of Tennessee) "The Neutron Lifetime, Why do we keep measuring it? & Why do we keep getting it “wrong”?"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Erin Swanson CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Krishna Bharadwaj CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Erin Green, University of Chicago -- "Defining regulatory control of environmental persistence in Acinetobacter baumannii"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Coming in from the Cold: A New Avenue for Exploring Post-Transcriptional Regulation"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Alumni and Graduate Awards

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Gies Memorial Stadium and surrounding area

  • Sporting Event

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• One Health Perspectives of Antimicrobial Resistance

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Paul Plummer, PhD Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Tennessee “One Health Perspectives of Antimicrobial Resistance”

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Host-microbe interactions mediating adverse effects of maternal environmental exposures on offspring neurodevelopmental health," Shelly A. Buffington, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Yuxiong Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Alessandra Buonanno (Albert Einstein Institute) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Giuliana Judge CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sneha Jayaram CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Karine Gibbs, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Kyle Lancaster, Cornell University, "TBD"

  Time

  1:30

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Sunday, October 11, 2026

• World of Genomics

  Time

  10:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Il 60637

  Join us for the interactive, hands-on science experience that is World of Genomics, featuring multiple stations focused on specific aspects of science!

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Neal Devaraj, University of California, San Diego, "TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• "Small-Molecule Antagonists of Voltage Gated Calcium Channel Auxiliary Subunits," by Samy Meroueh, Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Jackson Family Distinguished Professor He (Helen) Huang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Andrea Young (University of California Santa Barbara) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko) "The New Alchemy of Scientific Discovery: From Electrons to AI Agents"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Final Defense of Destiny Gray "TBA"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  165 Noyes Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• "From Molecular Pathogenesis to 4 phenylbutyrate rescue in Genetic Epilepsies associated with Impaired GABA receptor and transporter,," by Professor Jingqiong Kang, Department of Neurology & Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Brain Institute

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Where Science Meets Society: How Outreach Brings the IGB Motto to Materiality

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Where Science Meets Society: How Outreach Brings the IGB Motto to Materiality” Dan Urban Assistant Director of Outreach Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Peter Abbamonte (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Title"

  Time

  4:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Hannah King CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Shuaiqi Yuan CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Shady Amin, New York University Abu Dhabi -- "Steroid hormones produced by coral-associated bacteria modulate the coral immune response during thermal stress"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Professor Nicholas L. Truex, University of South Carolina, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Timothy Johstone, University of California Santa Cruz

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Junya Li/Martinez Lab and Angie Caserio/Metcalf Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Physiology under pressure: Sensory circuits of body-brain physiology," by Michael Schappe, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Neuroscience Program, Affiliate Faculty, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Chair & Professor Robin Queen

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Bob Bernstein (FermiLab) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Danielle Otero CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Kellen Sharpe CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense - Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  124 Burrill Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Zoi Rapti, Mathematics/University of Illinois Urbana-Illinois -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Jiayue Yang/Whitaker Lab and Simrandeep Singh/Imlay Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• SfN Preview Poster Night

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute Atrium

  • Exhibition

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Rita Huan-Ting Peng & Xin Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Patrick Ledwith (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Natalie Shkolnik CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Lorenzo Vergari, Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering-Illinois

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. Andrew Dillin (University of California Berkeley ) - "TBA"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  180 Bevier Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Paul Territo, Indiana University School of Medicine "TBD"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Xavier Mayali, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. Navdeep Chandel (Northwestern University) - " Mitochondrial signaling in physiology and disease"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• 2026 Emerging Leader in Inorganic Chemistry Speaker/ACS DIC John C. Bailar Coordination Chemistry Award, TBD, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Illuminating neurochemical signaling with non-genetically encoded sensors," by Natsumi Komatsi, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Lindsey Grady/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Longwei Liu

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Dylan Yost (Colorado State University) "Precision tests of quantum electrodynamics through hydrogen spectroscopy and vacuum birefringence"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Xiongyi Huang, Johns Hopkins University, "TBD"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Benjamin Good, Stanford University -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Coffee, Donuts & More for CCFD

  Time

  8:30 - 11:15 am

  Location

  Everitt Lab Near Atrium

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "Dynamic Host-Pathogen Co-Adaptation in Chronic Airway Infections”

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• NO SEMINAR: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Spontaneous Fission and Fusion of Block Copolymer Micelles"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Imlay and Yishuo Jiang/Sirk Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair & Professor Yingxiao Wang

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Andrew Haak, Mayo Clinic, "TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mohammed Kaplan, University of Chicago -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Professor Yangguang Ou, University of Vermont, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• Professor Yangguang Ou, University of Vermont, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• Thanksgiving Break - No Classes / No Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• "Brain-wide metabolomic imaging with cellular specificity," by Fan Lam, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Full-time faculty at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• BIOE Seminar Series: Samuel Y. Sheng Professor Kam Leong

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Everitt 2310

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Eli Pollak, Weizmann Institute of Science, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Brian Fields (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Professor Xin Zhou, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Professor Naihao Chiang, University of Houston, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• Professor Naihao Chiang, University of Houston, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Tori Boyle/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Neuroscience Program's Winter Holiday Party

  Time

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union's South Lounge

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• The Physics Colloquium: Doug Natelson (Rice University) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, December 10, 2026

• Final Defense: Jorge Calderin (Fratti Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 17, 2027

• Prof. Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, February 19, 2027

• Professor Julia Laskin, Purdue University, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• Professor Julia Laskin, Purdue University, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Tuesday, March 9, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

• Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, March 12, 2027

• Professor Devleena Samanta, University of Texas Austin, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• Professor Devleena Samanta, University of Texas Austin, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Tuesday, March 23, 2027

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and William Wightkin/Blanke Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 30, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Samantha Yruegas, Rice University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Abagail Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 31, 2027

• Prof. Teresa Head-Gordon, University of California Berkeley, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, April 1, 2027

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Yamuna Krishnan, University of Chicago, "TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, April 2, 2027

• Professor Jeff Nivala, University of Washington, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• Professor Jeff Nivala, University of Washington, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Tuesday, April 6, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Bryan Hunter, Northwestern University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Claire Murphy/Slauch Lab and J.D. Norcross/Dr. Steven Blanke

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, April 7, 2027

• Prof. Allison Squires, University of Chicago, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 13, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Brandon Barnett, University of Rochester

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Nathan Walker/Whitaker Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 20, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Katlyn Meier, University of Miami

  Time

  3:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Motaher Hossain/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, April 30, 2027

• 2027 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Paul Alivisatos, University of Chicago, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, May 6, 2027

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at Austin, "TBD"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

• Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium