Illinois Mobile App Master Calendar

Sunday, June 21, 2026

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  Science on Tap - Pollinator Week

  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. Our speakers are Tristan Barley and Samantha Dubbs, from the Dolezal Bee Research Lab.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 22, 2026

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  Final Defense: Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan Lab) - "Initiation of Biotin Synthesis in Yeast"

  1:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Special Seminar - Youngwook Kim, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology

  1:00 pm

  MRL 208

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 25, 2026

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  International Opportunities in Extension

  9:00 - 10:00 am

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  PhD Final Defense – Vikram Kumar

  9:00 am

  Newmark Quade Conference Room

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 29, 2026

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  PhD Final Defense – Yi-Chia Chang

  1:00 pm

  CEEB 2012 (Conference Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

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  PhD Final Defense – Shirin Qiam

  9:00 am

  Newmark 1311

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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  FINAL DEFENSE: Noah Bender "Chiral Separation and Measurement of D- and L-Amino Acids in Mammals." Advisor: Professor Jonathan Sweedler

  2:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 2, 2026

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  Final Defense of Ye, Joshua, "How Rhodotorula toruloides uses difficult substrates to yield biofuels"

  11:00 am

  612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 29, 2026

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  PhD Final Defense – Yi-Chia Chang

  1:00 pm

  CEEB 2012 (Conference Room)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

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  PhD Final Defense – Shirin Qiam

  9:00 am

  Newmark 1311

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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  FINAL DEFENSE: Noah Bender "Chiral Separation and Measurement of D- and L-Amino Acids in Mammals." Advisor: Professor Jonathan Sweedler

  2:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 2, 2026

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  Final Defense of Ye, Joshua, "How Rhodotorula toruloides uses difficult substrates to yield biofuels"

  11:00 am

  612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, July 6, 2026

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  Final Defense of Ebin Joseph, "TBA"

  3:00 pm

  612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 9, 2026

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  Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: Pollinating Pocketbooks

  12:00 pm

  Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

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  Research Park AI and Robotics Symposium

  10:00 am - 5:00 pm

  EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive

  Join us on Wednesday, July 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the Research Park Robotics and AI Symposium.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Final Defense of Wesley Harrison, "Development of New Enzyme Chemistries with Photobiocatalysis and of Tools for Accelerating Enzyme Engineering"

  3:00 pm

  1092 Lincoln hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 16, 2026

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  Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: Portfolio of Profitable Perennials

  12:00 pm

  Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Raj Kishor Joshi (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center) "Interior magnetic field dynamics in Magnetars"

  11:00 am

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 23, 2026

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  Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: Scaling Miscanthus Markets: Sunflower Fuels’ Proposed Journey from Bedding to Bioenergy

  12:00 pm

  Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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  I-MRSEC REU Final Symposium

  9:00 am

  MRL 280

  I-MRSEC REU students' final symposium.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 30, 2026

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  Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: How Do You Grow Miscanthus in a Computer? Predicting Miscanthus Productivity in the Midwest

  12:00 pm

  Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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  I-MRSEC REU Final Symposium

  9:00 am

  MRL 280

  I-MRSEC REU students' final symposium.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 30, 2026

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  Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: How Do You Grow Miscanthus in a Computer? Predicting Miscanthus Productivity in the Midwest

  12:00 pm

  Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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  Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: Fuels Diversification at University of Iowa

  12:00 pm

  Explore biomass innovation, regenerative agriculture, and bioenergy solutions at our summer Biomass Webinar Series.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 13, 2026

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  Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD

  3:00 pm

  ESB 3110

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 28, 2026

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  Orit Peleg, University of Colorado Boulder

  4:15 pm

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 3, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Tenure Talk: Professor Mei Shen, "TBA"

  3:30 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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  Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 3, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Tenure Talk: Professor Mei Shen, "TBA"

  3:30 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 10, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 11, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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  Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 17, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 18, 2026

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  Sandage Symposium: Advancing Advertising Together

  9:30 am - 5:30 pm

  Illini Union

  The Sandage Symposium brings together industry experts, researchers, and students who are shaping the future of advertising.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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  Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 25, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  TBA

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 2, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abhishek Battacharjee, Yale University

  4:15 pm

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  TBA

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 2, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Abhishek Battacharjee, Yale University

  4:15 pm

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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  Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  TBA

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 9, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 16, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Jason MacLean, University of Chicago

  4:15 pm

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 22, 2026

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  2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 23, 2026

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  Rhonda Dzakpasu, Georgetown

  4:15 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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  Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 29, 2026

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  Statistics Seminar - Jose Zubizarreta (Harvard)

  3:30 pm

  2310 Everitt Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  TBA

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  1002 Grainger Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 2, 2026

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  Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  3:30 pm

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  5:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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  2026 iSchool Research Showcase

  12:00 - 4:30 pm

  Illini Union, Illini Rooms B & C

  The iSchool Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters by School of Information Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students. All are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 6, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

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  Emerging Leaders Seminar, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University, TBD

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2026

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  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "TBA"

  12:00 pm

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2026

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  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

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  CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

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  Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 19, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Christina Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

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  Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Christina Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

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  Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 9, 2027

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  Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University, TBD

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 25, 2027

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  "Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium

  Recurring

  All Day

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  "Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium

  Recurring

  All Day

  TBD

  March 25-26, more information is coming soon. Part of the Up Against Erasure event series.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 26, 2027

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  "Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium

  Recurring

  All Day

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  "Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium

  Recurring

  All Day

  TBD

  March 25-26, more information is coming soon. Part of the Up Against Erasure event series.

  • Seminar/Symposium