DH @ Illinois

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

• Champaign-Urbana AgTech Breakfast

  Time

  8:00 - 9:30 am

  Location

  Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign)

  Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation host a Champaign-Urbana AgTech Breakfast for community leaders and local professionals in the agricultural technology sector. The event is by invite-only and held 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Illinois Conference Center.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Youssouf Sangaré | Islam in France

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• "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

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Fire at Five: Happy Hour and Bonfire - Spooky Pet Paw-Palooza

  Time

  5:00 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Atkins Building Patio & Lawn, 1800 S Oak St

  Fire At Five Happy Hour has returned! Join us on Thursday, October 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Patio & Lawn.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• SfN Preview Poster Night

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute Atrium

  • Exhibition

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Jui-Chung Yao and Chien-Hui Kao in conversation: Landscape as Storytelling: The Journey of "Yao’s Black Divine Comedy"

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Food For Thought | Fahad Mahmood and Aleksei Aksimentiev

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• First Friday Breakfast - November

  Time

  9:00 - 10:00 am

  Location

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive

  Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 a.m. on the first Friday of every month. 

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• "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

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Data + AI User Group - November

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive

  Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, November 13 from noon to 1 p.m for their monthly meetup.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Saturday, November 14, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Champaign Blockchain Meetup - November

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign

  This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

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

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Champaign-Urbana AgTech Breakfast

  Time

  8:00 - 9:30 am

  Location

  Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign)

  Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation host a Champaign-Urbana AgTech Breakfast for community leaders and local professionals in the agricultural technology sector. The event is by invite-only and held 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Illinois Conference Center.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Food For Thought | Kimberly Mack and Laura Hetrick

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• First Friday Breakfast - December

  Time

  9:00 - 10:00 am

  Location

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive

  Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 a.m. on the first Friday of every month. 

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Food For Thought | Tess McNulty and Alex Shakar

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• "Assessment and Remediation of Discourse Reading Difficulties from the Information-Processing Perspective," by Professor Shuo Lu, Neurolinguistics Laboratory, Shenzhen University, China

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Room 104

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Neuroscience Program's Winter Holiday Party

  Time

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union's South Lounge

  • Festival/Celebration

  

Friday, December 11, 2026

• Data + AI User Group - December

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive

  Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, December 11 from noon to 1 p.m. for their monthly meetup.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Friday, December 18, 2026

• Champaign Blockchain Meetup - December

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign

  This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Monday, January 25, 2027

• Elizabeth Rodini | A Walk through the Layered Lives of Rome

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture