BW Users at UoI
Monday, February 16, 2026
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Daniel Shoemaker, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyAdam Arkin, PHD Dean A. Richard Newton Memorial Professor of Bioengineering University of California, Berkeley "Engineering Microbial Systems for Transformation, Protection, and Function Across Extreme Environment"
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3:45 - 4:45 pmAstronomy Building -
4:00 pm100 Material Science Engineering Building
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310 -
12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
“Single-Molecule Spatial Organization and Dynamics of Nuclear Speckle Components Revealed by MINFLUX Nanoscopy” Minxue Liu, PhD Candidate – Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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12:00 pm2005 MEL John Deere Pavilion
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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4:00 pm119 Material Science Engineering Building
Friday, February 20, 2026
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1:00 - 2:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Sunday, February 22, 2026
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1:00 pmRiggs 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.
Monday, February 23, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Angad Mehta, PhD Department of Chemistry; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Synthetic biology for evolutionary studies and human health"
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm612 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
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, February 26, 2026
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1:00 - 2:00 pm190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Ethan Lake, Miller Fellow, University of California - Berkeley
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4:00 - 6:00 pm200 South Wacker Drive, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
Join us for a special networking night in Chicago!
Friday, February 27, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL -
1:00 - 2:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Monday, March 2, 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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9:30 amMRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Rahul Trivedi, Research Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
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12:00 pm612 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”
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pm612 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
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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1:00 pmRoom 126, 501 E. Daniel StreetWayne A. Wiegand, the F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus at Florida State University, will present "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Missing Stories in American Library History. A reception will follow the lecture.
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The Physics Colloquium: Rafael Fernandes "Altermagnetism: an unconventional quantum state of matter"
4:00 - 5:00 pmLoomis Lab 141
Thursday, March 5, 2026
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11:00 am - 12:15 pmRoom 4045, 614 E. Daniel Street & ZoomJoel Waldfogel will present "AI and the quantity and quality of creative products: have LLMs boosted creation of valuable books?" as part of the AImpact Speaker Series.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Hong-Ye Hu, Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI) Fellow, Harvard University
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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4:30 - 5:30 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Friday, March 6, 2026
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1:00 - 2:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Monday, March 9, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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10:00 - 10:30 amBeckman Institute Center Atrium
Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Dafei Jin, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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2:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
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3:00 pmAtrium
Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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4:00 pm116 Roger Adams Lab
Friday, March 13, 2026
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1:00 - 2:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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2:00 - 3:00 pmChemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Friday, March 20, 2026
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1:00 - 2:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Sunday, March 22, 2026
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1:00 pmRiggs 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.
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5:00 - 7:00 pmWhite Oak, 270 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Monday, March 23, 2026
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12:00 - 1:00 pmESB 190
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3:30 pmHYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science and online
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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11:00 amRhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
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11:00 am - 12:00 pmPlease join Library Trends for a thoughtful discussion on how the intersection of technology and reality is reshaping the roles of librarians in education. The guest editors and authors of select articles from 74 (3), "Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality" will be presenting their research.
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12:00 - 12:50 pmEveritt 2310
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12:00 pm612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Oraya Zinder, PhD Candidate Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois
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12:00 pmBeckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower
Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Friday, March 27, 2026
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12:00 pmCharles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
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1:00 - 2:00 pmSiebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Monday, March 30, 2026
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6:00 pm 8:00 p.m.Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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11:00 - 11:50 am190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Speaker: Henry Yuen, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
