Integrative Biology

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Tai Josek, Microscopist & Outreach Specialist, Beckman Institute, UIUC - “Bugging Out With Bugscope - using Electron microscopy for Outreach (and Research)”

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
The developing brain under pressure: How maternal infection impacts placental and fetal vascular barriers, brain macrophages, and corticogenesis

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Adrienne Antonson, PhD Department of Animal Science; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "The developing brain under pressure: How maternal infection impacts placental and fetal vascular barriers, brain macrophages, and corticogenesis"
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Valeria Trivellone, INHS, "The Host–Vector–Phytoplasma triangle: Eco-Evolutionary insights into emerging plant diseases"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Matthew Cabeen, Oklahoma State University -- "Careful control for costly competition: a “two-key” mechanism for pyocin regulation in P. aeruginosa"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 30, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Julia Jehn, EEB, "Plant Defenses"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Lightning Talks by Entomology Faculty and Graduate Students

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Cortical oscillations and neural timing: how attention enhances hearing in complex environments

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Howard Gritton, PhD Department of Comparative Biosciences; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “Cortical oscillations and neural timing: how attention enhances hearing in complex environments”
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Confocal Imaging Simplified: Faster Acquisition, Easier Operation, More Results - an Introduction to Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Confocal Imaging Simplified: Faster Acquisition, Easier Operation, More Results - an Introduction to Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal" Luke Summey Bioscience Sales Specialist - Nikon Instruments Inc.
- Seminar/Symposium
PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Tigga Kingston, EEB, "Working together for sustainable bat diversity in a changing world: The Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Andrea Graham, Princeton University -- "Where the Wild Things Are: Naturalizing mouse models for immunology & beyond"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 6, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller, Julian Catchen, and Grads, EEB, "Graduate Recruiting"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

ENT Faculty-Grad Student Discussion (for Entomology Dept. Faculty and Students only please) - NO speaker Colloquium

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Meeting
Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Sierra Bedwell/Heath Lab & Whitaker Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

PEEC Seminar - Dr. Jessie Tanner, University of Tennessee Knoxville, "Complex Choice Environments Level the Playing Field for Unattractive Treefrog Males"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. John Schroggins, University of Texas Southwestern -- "Viral inhibition by innate immune effector proteins"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Bell Lab members, EEB, "Stickleback Behavior"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Kasey Fowler-Finn, Professor, St. Louis University

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

PEEC Seminar - Dr. Heather Marlow, University of Chicago, "Evolution of gene regulatory mechanisms as a driver for cell type expansions in animals"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 20, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Tour of Champions, Meaghan Clark, "Rattlesnake conservation"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, February 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.
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Dominic Evangelista, Assistant Professor, Entomology, UIUC

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Synthetic biology for evolutionary studies and human health

12:00 pm

612 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"
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Suhail Chhakara/Kuzminov Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Anne Chambers, Northern Arizona University, "The evolutionary potential of California’s wild populations to withstand environmental change"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Katie Karl and Amanda Martinez, "Conservation Genomics of Herps"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Marianne Alleyne, Assistant Professor, Entomology, UIUC

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
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
Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Windsor Aguirre, DePaul University, "Fish Forms and Backbones: Microevolutionary Integration of Body Shape and Vertebral Structure in Adaptation and Disease"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Kevin Johnson, Principal Ornithologist, INHS, UIUC

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Gabriela Shipman/Brooke Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

PEEC Seminar (AM Session, Virtual) - Dr. Frederick Legendre, MNHN-Paris, "Interdisciplinarity and Museum Collections in the Study of Cockroach Evolution"

9:00 - 10:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
PEEC Exit Seminar (PM Session, In-Person) - Devin Goodson, PEEC, "A Social Ecological Approach to Studying Urban Human-Bird Relationships"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli, University of Michigan -- "Yes! Bacteria have organelles! How are they organized?"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 13, 2026

EEB Colloquium: EEB, "Coffee Hour"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Spring Vacation Begins

1:00 pm
- Other

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

Instruction resumes

7:00 am
- Other

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Laramy Enders, Associate Professor, Purdue University

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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
PEEC Seminar - Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gómez, University of California Irvine, "Measuring Collective Functions in Microbial Communities"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Chen Chen, Louisiana State University -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Ed Newcomer, "Graduate Student Invited Speaker, Nonacademic career, Conservation Stings"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Peter Marting, Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University - "Morphogenesis, organization, and defense of Honey bee nests"

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Investiture of Dr. Tigga Kingston as Chair of the Shelford-Pitelka-Batzli Professorship in Mammalian Ecology

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Illini Union South Lounge
- Ceremony/Service
Microbiology Student Seminar: Abbi Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

PEEC Seminar - Dr. Agustin Fuentes, Princeton University, "Sex is bodies, behaviors & lives: the biological limits of the binary and the benefits of a spectrum approach"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Lanying Zeng, Texas A & M University -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Laura Ingwell, Associate Professor, Purdue University

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Alison Kell, University of New Mexico -- "Understanding hantavirus pathogenesis through innate immune activation"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Michelle Villalobos, EEB, "Defense"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Rex Cocroft, Professor, University of Missouri

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Caroline Oldstone-Jackson/Heath Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adam Deutschbauer, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

No Entomology Colloquium - ESA North Central Branch Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa

All Day
- Other
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
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

PEEC Exit Seminar - Facundo Fernandez-Duque, PEEC, "Mechanisms of Flexible Parental Care"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mauricio Pontes, Penn State University -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Elizabeth Bello, Grad Student Exit Seminar, Entomology, UIUC

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

PEEC Seminar - Dr. Amy Toth, Iowa State University, "Remote Control of Complex Social Behavior from Outside of the Brain: Lessons from Functional Genomics in Wasps"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Courtney Ellison, University of Georgia -- "TBA"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller, EEB, "ASN Presidential Address Practice Talk"

9:00 am

2004, NHB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Entomology Colloquium - Josephine Rodriguez, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Virginia at Wise

11:00 am

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
2025-2026 Entomology Alumni / Department Potluck Picnic

5:30 - 7:30 pm

Crystal Lake Park Lake House, 206 West Park Street, Urbana, IL

Please bring a dish to share, and label ingredients for food allergens. Family members and significant others are welcome. Our alumna speaker, Dr. Josephine Rodriguez, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Virginia at Wise, will join us.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Instruction Ends

All Day
- Other
PEEC Exit Seminar - Roberto Cucalón Tamayo, PEEC, "Unveiling Cryptic Diversity in Freshwater Fishes with Uncertain Species Boundaries Using Genomics"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

All Day
- Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

Final Exams Begin

All Day
- Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Commencement

8:30 am

Memorial Stadium
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

All Day
- Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

All Day
- Other