Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology

Thursday, May 1, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University "Dissecting disease-mediated dysregulation of gut-brain circuits"

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University "TBA"

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 180 Bevier Hall, 905 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL
CANCELLED Lunch with CNRG: Generative AI

"Generative AI" Chris Panumpabi, CNRG Conference & Events Audio/Visual Specialist
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Harnessing Fluid Mechanics for Single-Cell Manipulation in Personalized Medicine
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Klas Udekwu, University of Idaho -- "Dissecting 'function' in microbial communities"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 2, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 2005 MEL John Deere Pavilion
Physics-Guided Machine Learning for Acoustic and Spectral Imaging
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102
2025 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University, "Carbon Dioxide Conversion for a Sustainable Future: Research and Policy"
- Lecture

Monday, May 5, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amanda Smith and Katherine Hatzis, "Obtaining a job as a Chemistry Professor at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

- 9:00 am
- 1306 Everitt Laboratory
FINAL DEFENSE, Kyle Benjamin Timmer, "Development of Multicompartment Biomaterials to Modulate Cellular Environments for Improved Tendon-to-Bone Rotator Cuff Repair"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:30 am
- B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory (CLSL)
Final Defense: Catherine Jalomo, "Nanomaterials as Delivery Systems"; Professor Catherine Murphy, Advisor
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Emily Davidson, Princeton University, (host: Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium
Cell and Developmental Biology Departmental Seminar: Dr. Saurabh Anand
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Heritage Room, Main Level ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave
Lunch with the Core - Creating Art of Science

"Creating Art of Science" Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- Grainger Library - Grainger Commons 233/235
Final Defense - PhD - Ananthan Nambiar
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Geraldine Cochran (Ohio State University), "Leveraging Familial Capital to Improve Graduate Students Experiences"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 8, 2025

- 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
IGB Fellows Symposium

Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and connect with others at the poster session at the 2025 Fellows Symposium.
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 9, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Dr. Kevin Corbett (University of San Diego): "“Ubiquitination pathways in bacterial innate immunity”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 8:00 pm
- Analog Wine Library, 129 N Race St, Urbana, IL
Art of Science 15: AERENCHYMA - Opening Reception

The IGB’s Art of Science program is a celebration of the common ground between science and art. Images from Illinois research were the starting point for these works, which were created by researchers working in partnership with IGB artist Julia Pollack. These pieces are the result of conversations between the scientists and the artist.
- Exhibition

Monday, May 12, 2025

- 10:00 am
- 161 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Anaira Roman Santiago, "Understanding Molecular Level Interactions and Design of Selective Electrochemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Sergei Korshunov/Imlay Lab and Sanjay Rohaun/Imlay Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 18, 2025

- 9:30 - 11:00 am
- Krannert in Tryon Festival Theatre
ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Illini Union - room ABC
ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Thursday, June 5, 2025

- 1:30 pm
- 307 Gregory Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 12, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

- 10:00 am 1:00 pm
- 116 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 28, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Tenure Seminar: Prof. Angad Mehta, UIUC, "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
The Unofficial ZEN Blue Player's Guide: Advanced Tricks and Secrets

"The Unofficial ZEN Blue Player's Guide: Advanced Tricks and Secrets" Matt Curtis, Product Application Sales Specialist
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX

"Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX" Joseph Slivka, PhD Candidate, Yildiz & Limmer Group - Physics, University of California, Berkley
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core: An Introduction to the LSM 980

"An Introduction to the LSM 980" Umnia Doha, Research Scientist,Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium