Seminars of Interest

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Seminar Cancelled

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Benjamin Good, Stanford University -- "Rapid evolution in the gut microbiome"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Prelim Exam: Aiden Jung

  Time

  9:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Rm 5086

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prelim Exam: Mihir Kavishwar

  Time

  9:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  Coordinated Science Laboratory 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Exam: Evan Widloski

  Time

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "Dynamic Host-Pathogen Co-Adaptation in Chronic Airway Infections”

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• NO SEMINAR: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Afifa Iqbal / Sokac Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Saireet Misra / Belmont Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Computational development of novel therapeutics for precision oncology

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  "Computational development of novel therapeutics for precision oncology" Daniel P. Wickland, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Senior Associate Consultant in the Division of Computational Biology Mayo Clinic

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prelim Exam: Akshay Naik

  Time

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  DCL 3211

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• Beckman Core Facilities Tech Talk

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

  Beckman Core Facilities Tech Talk

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Decoding Diet Using Genomics

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Dr. Lawrence David, PhD Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Duke University "Decoding Diet Using Genomics"

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Spontaneous Fission and Fusion of Block Copolymer Micelles"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Adapting to Cracks: Learning from the Dynamic Structure of Mineralized Tissues and Cells

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Yishuo Jiang/Sirk Lab and Megan Ringling/Blanke Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Using the Axioscan and ImageJ to Examine How Dietary Fiber Influences Stress-Induced HPA Axis and Microglial Activation

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Using the Axioscan and ImageJ to Examine How Dietary Fiber Influences Stress-Induced HPA Axis and Microglial Activation” Jordan Rindels, Ph.D Student Gut-Microbiota Communication Lab, Division of Nutritional Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller) - "Mexican axolotl SIgX structure reveals conserved pIgR mediated IgX(A) mucosal transport in amphibians"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• Dr. DeLisa Fairweather, MD, will speak on "The Yin and Yang of EVs in Myocardial Inflammation"

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  3269 (3rd floor tower room) Beckman Institute

  Dr. DeLisa Fairweather, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, will speak on "The Yin and Yang of EVs in Myocardial Inflammation"

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers) "Influence of Block Length and Tacticity on Polyampholyte Conformation and Phase Behavior"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Mohammed Kaplan, University of Chicago -- "In situ structural biology using cryo-electron tomography"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• FSHN Graduate Seminar- Dr. Karen Tabb Dina

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  Bevier Hall

  PRESENTER Karen Tabb Dina, PhD Professor and Mark Brandt Faculty Scholar School of Social Work University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign TITLE Maternal Mental Health and Maternal-Infant Outcomes DATE Nov. 20, 2026 TIME 11 a.m. LOCATION 180 Bevier Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hua Wang - "Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines for Treating Solid Tumors"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• Thanksgiving Break - No Classes / No Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 23, 2026

• Prelim Exam: Shuen Wu

  Time

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Rm 5086

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 24, 2026

• Final Exam: John Pan

  Time

  9:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  Coordinated Science Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Oraya Zinder / S. Prasanth Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Final Exam: Alex Zhang

  Time

  9:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Room 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Energetic Materials Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  2005 Mechanical Engineering Building (JDP)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Engineering stomata for improved water use efficiency

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  "Engineering stomata for improved water use efficiency" Tracy Lawson, PhD Department of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Biology Co-leader, IGB Photosynthesis & Food Security Research Theme University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Exam: Charlotte Hu

  Time

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Brain-wide metabolomic imaging with cellular specificity," by Fan Lam, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Full-time faculty at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Final Exam: Jooyoung Hong

  Time

  12:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Room 5070

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Vision and plans for the Advanced Microscopy and Diagnostics Facility

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  “Vision and plans for the Advanced Microscopy and Diagnostics Facility” Subha Srinivasan Associate Director for Research & Operations Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Exam: Navid Elahi

  Time

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Evan Hebner (Leckband) - “E-cadherin Mechanosensing Regulates Spheroid Morphology”

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prelim Exam: Nachuan Wang

  Time

  4:00 - 6:00 pm

  Location

  Coordinated Science Laboratory 221

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Christina Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• MIP Seminar: Dr. Dave Zhao, University of Illinois "TBA"

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Exam: Hyungyo Kim

  Time

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Professor Xin Zhou, Harvard University, "Rewiring Cell-surface Signaling with Engineered Biologics"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Prelim Exam: Ankan Dastider

  Time

  9:00 - 11:00 am

  Location

  Nick Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory Rm 3005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prelim Exam: Wang-Chien Chen

  Time

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Rm 5086

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Edwin Antony (SLU School of Medicine) - "Visualizing allostery in large enzyme complexes"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prelim Exam: Gonzalo Nunez Munoz

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Rm 5086

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prelim Exam: Vignesh Sundaresha

  Time

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Coordinated Science Laboratory 221

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, December 7, 2026

• Prelim Exam: Tahsin Shameem

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Rm 5086

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• The Regulation of Human Skeletal Development and Musculoskeletal Disease Risk

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Terence Capellini, PhD Professor and Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology; Harvard University “The Regulation of Human Skeletal Development and Musculoskeletal Disease Risk”

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Exam: Yan Miao

  Time

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Coordinated Science Laboratory B02

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Assessment and Remediation of Discourse Reading Difficulties from the Information-Processing Perspective," by Professor Shuo Lu, Neurolinguistics Laboratory, Shenzhen University, China

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Room 104

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Tori Boyle/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Keegan Schoeller/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, December 10, 2026

• Final Defense: Jorge Calderin (Fratti Lab) - "The Detection of Vacuolar Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P3), and its Control on SNARE-Mediated Membrane Fusion Through Binding Vam7 and Impacting the Assembly of Critical Membrane Microdomains."

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, December 11, 2026

• Prelim Exam: Yuqi Xue

  Time

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Coordinated Science Laboratory 221

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prelim Exam: Jerry Wang

  Time

  4:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Coordinated Science Laboratory 216

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, December 14, 2026

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

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

• Final Exam: Mingrui Liu

  Time

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute, Room 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, January 20, 2027

• Prakhar Bharadwaj (Meroueh Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Abhinav Masih (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, January 27, 2027

• Piyush Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Wenkan Liu (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, February 1, 2027

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Luyan (Lorraine) Bai / Li Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 3, 2027

• Minsoo Kim (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hao Fan (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, February 5, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, February 8, 2027

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Ansumita Biswas / Freeman Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 10, 2027

• Brooke Bouwens (Hergenrother Lab)- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Alex Mortenson (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, February 15, 2027

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Zheng (William) Fang / Zhao Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 17, 2027

• Sizhe Chen (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Hossein Omidi Ardali (Tajkhorshid Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, February 22, 2027

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

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

• Thy Ta (Burke Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Zhiye Lu (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 1, 2027

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Diptika Raut / Li Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 3, 2027

• Yuan Zhou (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Evan Johnson (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, March 5, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 8, 2027

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

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 9, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

• Vinishaa Sree Muthukumaraswamy (Y. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Xiaojie Pan (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 22, 2027

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Divisha Biswas / Sokac

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 23, 2027

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and William Wightkin/Blanke Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 24, 2027

• Andrea Dayal (Nair Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Angelina Mannino (Silverman Lab)

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 29, 2027

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Connor Powers / Smith-Bolton Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 30, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Samantha Yruegas, Rice University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Abagail Long/Mera Lab and Lance Pollitz/Hatoum-Aslan Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 31, 2027

• Yuri Lee (Chen Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Olivia Flores (Shapiro) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, April 2, 2027

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 6, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Bryan Hunter, Northwestern University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Claire Murphy/Slauch Lab and J.D. Norcross/Dr. Steven Blanke

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium