Daehyuk's Seminars

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Dhanush Gandavadi & Yizun Wang

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Oraya Zinder / S Prasanth Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- 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
The Physics Colloquium: Mark Saffman (University of Wisconsin) "Architecting a neutral atom quantum computer: the cost of connectivity"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Final Defense - PhD - Joseph Tibbs

2:00 pm

HMNTL 1000
- Other

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
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shreyasi Neogi / Belmont Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

BIOE Seminar Series: Founder Professor Cunjiang Yu

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: William Fang / Zhao Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- 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
Madhusree Seal (Stadtmueller Lab)

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Rafael Fernandes "Altermagnetism: an unconventional quantum state of matter"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium
Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Mike Reynolds, Shell (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis), "Catalysis and Its Role in Building a Hydrogen Economy"

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

Friday, March 6, 2026

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

1:00 pm

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Ran Yang / Brieher Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Ying Li, Hong Kong University, "Profiling RNA Localization: Developing New Chemical Tools for Functional Exploration"

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
"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
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Katie Whalen / Freeman Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, "Photonic Approaches for Single-Molecule Sensing and Spectroscopy"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- 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
Alex Mortenson (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Molecular Scale Engineering of Polymer Membranes for Energy, Environment and Health"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- 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

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shengyi Fei / Zhao Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
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
Final Defense - PhD - Zong Fan

3:30 pm

Everitt 3100
- Other

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Final Defense - PhD - Chia-Wei Kuo

12:30 pm

HMNTL 1000
- Other
"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
2026 WCC Women's History Month Alumni Lecture: "Navigating the Transition from Graduate School to a Career in Industry R&D"; Nardine S. Abadeer, Ph.D., Owens Corning

4:15 pm

217 Noyes Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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

12:00 - 12:50 pm

Everitt 2310
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Hina Ahmad / Gillette Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- 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
Andy Briercheck (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Roni Harnik (Fermi Lab) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium
Abhinav Masih (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- 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

612 IGB
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Lorraine Bai / Li Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- 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

Final Defense - PhD - Tristan McCallister

11:30 am

Engineering Hall 106B1
- Other
"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

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
Prof. Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University, "Light-Matter Interactions mediated by Plasmonic Lattices"

2:00 - 3:00 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
Wenkan Liu (Wu Lab) - 'HAAbGAT: A Graphic Attention neural network model for HA-Antibody Epitope Prediction and Screening'

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
Hossein Omidi Ardali (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

Cell and Developmental Biology Journal Club

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

"Multiplexed connectomic imaging of brain microcircuits in health and disease," by Xiaotang Lu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 4269**
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Final Defense of Haowei Long, Low-Temperature Anion Exchange Membrane Ammonia Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

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
Brooke Bouwens (Hergenrother Lab)- "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- 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
Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Final Defense of Sonji Lamichhane, TBA

9:00 am 03/06/2026

433 Roger Adams Lab
- 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

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
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 13, 2026

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Reean Abdullah / Chen Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

"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
Cell and Developmental Biology Journal Club

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Hao Fan (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Harold Hwang (Stanford University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium
Minsoo Kim (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- 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

Friday, April 17, 2026

9th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Awards Symposium

12:00 pm

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

Monday, April 20, 2026

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Pallob Barai / Chen Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- 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

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
Piyush Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- 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
Pelham Kogut (van der Donk Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers) "Tuning the Dynamic Structure and Reactivity of Metal-Zeolites for Sustainable Catalytic Chemistries"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- 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

Monday, April 27, 2026

Final Defense - PhD - Hannah Theriault

9:00 am

Institute for Genomic Biology, room 612
- Other
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
Zixiao Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- 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

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

Friday, May 8, 2026

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

12:00 pm

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

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Final Defense of Haisu Kang, TBA

10:00 am 03/06/2026

TBA
- 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