Urbana Campus Research Calendar
Monday, September 16, 2019
This Colloquium is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
Sarah E. O’Connor, PhD Director, Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena, Germany "Chemistry and Biology of Plant Natural Products"
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED James Eberwine, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Co-Director Penn Program in Single Cell Biology "Integrating Single Cell Subcellular Biology in the Quest for Emergent Biologies"
Patty Jones, associate director for research at the Beckman Institute, will speak about publication ethics, including authorship and predatory journals, at the first fall Responsible Conduct of Research seminar. Hosted by the Beckman Institute, the talk begins at noon Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Room 1005. The series is targeted toward students, postdocs, and faculty members.
This session will cover the review and scoring criteria for NIH proposals and the intricacies of the NIH peer review process. Participants will learn how to tailor their proposal to fit the NIH criteria.
Network science describes principles by which large numbers of pairwise relationships between brain regions can be illuminated. Examples will be given of descriptions of collections of brain regions into subnetworks or communities, individual differences in community structure, how community structure relates to disease, and how it might be changed through experience.
R I: Getting Started with R workshop
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Join a team of librarians for this series of five workshops, during which you will learn how to become a more successful researcher. Each section will be offered twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Register for more information here: https://go.library.illinois.edu/research.
"Forest genetics and forest species conversation"
Illinois alumna Jen Heemstra, associate professor of chemistry at Emory University and Chemical and Engineering News columnist, will speak in the Beckman Institute auditorium. She will discuss why success is more likely when you’re willing to fail. Following the talk, a Simple Poster Session in the atrium showcases research illustrated with one simple idea.
SPSS I: Getting Started with SPSS
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Mark Your Calendars for the Fall University of Illinois Press Publishing Symposium!
Featuring Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, discussing the nation's science and technology policy.
Friday, September 20, 2019
Join us in shaping the future of K-12 Computer Science Education for all Illinois students.
Monday, September 23, 2019
This Distinguished Lecture is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
Food, drink, socializing, humanities and art project presentations, and DJ KamaMau (aka Kamau Grantham) spinning funky tunes!
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute is offering REDCap consultations on Tuesdays during the fall semester from 9-11 a.m. in partnership with the Scholarly Commons, 306 Main Library. A REDCap application specialist will answer questions and provide information about using Illinois REDCap for data collection.
Nathalie Pochet, PhD Broad Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Neurology "AMARETTO for network biology and medicine: linking diseases, drivers, targets and drugs via graph-based fusion of multi-omics, clinical, imaging and perturbation data"
Participants will learn how to develop the Specific Aims section of their proposal.
While there is general agreement about which patches of cortex are involved in reading words, there is extensive debate about the type of cognitive comptutation carried out in those patches.
R II: Inferential Statistics with R
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
"Balancing of productivity and sustainability goals in production agriculture research"
This Colloquium is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
SPSS II: Inferential Statistics with SPSS
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Join the nation's foremost experts in human nutrition, obesity research, and child and family health at the Food and Family Conference 2019. Hosted by the Family Resiliency Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with the Christopher Family Foundation. Registration and more information coming soon!
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned
Discovering molecular mechanisms for soybean cyst nematode resistance
K. "Vish" Viswanath, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will present "Scale and Skills: Translational Communication to Address Health Inequities,” on Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. in Levis Faculty Center Room 210 (light refreshments provided).
Speaker: Dr. K. "Vish" Viswanath, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) This event is free and open to the public. Immediately following the lecture, guests are invited to join us for light refreshments.
Friday, September 27, 2019
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned
The O’Leary Learning Center honors the family's lifelong commitment to education and learning with the establishment of a sophisticated 4,400 square foot laboratory space. It is designed to advance research and teaching in the college for enhanced collaboration of interdisciplinary research projects,an improved online learning space, and enriched STEM instruction.
Monday, September 30, 2019
This Distinguished Lecture is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute is offering REDCap consultations on Tuesdays during the fall semester from 9-11 a.m. in partnership with the Scholarly Commons, 306 Main Library. A REDCap application specialist will answer questions and provide information about using Illinois REDCap for data collection.
John Glass, PhD J. Craig Venter Institute; Professor and Leader of the Synthetic Biology & Bioenergy Group
This session will provide an overview of other components of a standard research grant including: developing the research strategy, background/significance, methods, biosketches, narrative, and the cover letter.
"Even a Moon Shot Needs a Flight Plan: Genetics and Ethics in the Obama Administration" Dr. Alondra Nelson President, Social Science Research Council Harold F. Linder Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
There are significant concerns about the reproducibility of scientific results across many fields including neuroimaging. This talk will discuss the source of these problems and outline a set of approaches to improve the reproducibility of neuroimaging research.
STATA I: Getting Started with STATA
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Join a team of librarians for this series of five workshops, during which you will learn how to become a more successful researcher. Each section will be offered twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Register for more information here: https://go.library.illinois.edu/research.
Fall 2019 working group meetings of the Migration & Game Design Group. Students, faculty, staff & members of the Champaign-Urbana community are welcome. Lunch provided with RSVP to wggp@illinois.edu by September 29th.
"Genomic and molecular characterization of Xanthomonas curcurbitae, the causal agent of bacterial spot disease of cucurbits"
SAS I: Getting Started with SAS will cover the following topics
Thursday, October 3, 2019
"Pathogens causing bacterial spot of tomatoes in Illinois"
FREE coffee and treats. You're invited to bring a friend, stop by and take a break!
Monday, October 7, 2019
This Distinguished Lecture is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute is offering REDCap consultations on Tuesdays during the fall semester from 9-11 a.m. in partnership with the Scholarly Commons, 306 Main Library. A REDCap application specialist will answer questions and provide information about using Illinois REDCap for data collection.
Jay Keasling, PhD University of California Berkeley College of Chemistry; Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Questionnaire Design
This session will cover any remaining sections such as compliance, key personnel, subawards, incorporating collaborators and subcontracts, building the budget and budget justification, cost sharing, data dissemination, data sharing, letters of support, and research resources.
STATA II: Inferential Statistics with STATA
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
"Improving photosynthetic efficiency for increase yield"
This colloquium talk is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
SAS II: Inferential Statistics with SAS
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
Monday, October 14, 2019
This Distinguished Lecture is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Kevin White, PhD President of Tempus Labs Inc.; Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Medicine, University of Chicago
Your grant went through peer review, but didn’t get funded. Now what? This session will address how to respond to the reviewers’ comments, interpret critiques, and use feedback from reviewers or mentors to improve your grant proposal.
The last few years has seen rapid progress in the discovery of genes underlying risk for severe mental illness, Research in the Ament lab aims to trace mechanisms from genes to brain to mental illness through human genetics, stem cell models of brain development, and single-cell genomics.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Join a team of librarians for this series of five workshops, during which you will learn how to become a more successful researcher. Each section will be offered twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Register for more information here: https://go.library.illinois.edu/research.
Do you have questions regarding your MA thesis? Come to the Thesis Office Hours. Get help from Emily Wuchner (Thesis Coordinator, Graduate College) and a small group of research specialists on the submission process, procedures and requirements, formatting texts, research queries, and working with data.
"The physiology, mapping, and prediction of stable carbon isotopes: a proxy trait for water-use efficiency in maize"
ATLAS.ti: Qualitative Data Analysis
R I: Getting Started with R workshop
Thursday, October 17, 2019
IHSI's Achieving Equity dialogue series seeks to enhance human wellbeing by illuminating topics of injustice and disparity in health. Each event will bring together critical parties—researchers, clinicians, community organizations, agencies, students, and engaged citizens—to move from awareness to action.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019
This Colloquium is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute is offering REDCap consultations on Tuesdays during the fall semester from 9-11 a.m. in partnership with the Scholarly Commons, 306 Main Library. A REDCap application specialist will answer questions and provide information about using Illinois REDCap for data collection.
Maja Bucan, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Genetics
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Fall 2019 working group meetings of the Migration & Game Design Group. Students, faculty, staff & members of the Champaign-Urbana community are welcome. Lunch provided with RSVP to wggp@illinois.edu by October 20th.
"Spectral characterization of plant stress responses"
This Colloquium is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speakers Series.
R II: Inferential Statistics with R
Thursday, October 24, 2019
"Identification of Triticum Aestivum chromosomes possessing genes that confer natural tolerance to Halauxifen-Methyl"
A special lecture by Eleonora Stoppino, Professor of Italian and Medieval Studies, on Della Bradamante gelosa by Secondo Tarentino.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Joseph Devietti, Assistant Professor, Computer & Information Science, The University of Pennsylvania
This colloquium talk is part of the Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute is offering REDCap consultations on Tuesdays during the fall semester from 9-11 a.m. in partnership with the Scholarly Commons, 306 Main Library. A REDCap application specialist will answer questions and provide information about using Illinois REDCap for data collection.
Trudy Mackay, PhD Clemson University; Professor, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry
There has been a surge in technologies to observe how genes and proteins change in the brain during disease. I will describe a new method, DART (drugs acutely restricted by tethering), to rapidly restrict drugs to genetically defined neurons in behaving mice. The approach offers a new way to establish causal circuit and molecular substrates of normal and aberrant behavior.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Join a team of librarians for this series of five workshops, during which you will learn how to become a more successful researcher. Each section will be offered twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Register for more information here: https://go.library.illinois.edu/research.
Microbial strains have been successfully engineered to produce a wide variety of chemical compounds, several of which have been commercialized. As new products are targeted for biological synthesis, yield is frequently considered a primary driver towards determining feasibility. Theoretical yields can be calculated, establishing an upper limit on the potential conversion
"Unraveling the hexaploid sweet potato inheritance using ultra-dense multilocus mapping"
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Soil solarization - An organic weed control strategy for specialty crop production
