Plant Biology

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kimberly Seed, University of California - Berkeley -- "Fighting with phages: how Vibrio cholerae defends against viral attack"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Rebecca Carranza and Wilfred Tang, EEB, "Ants!"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Plant Sciences Laboratory (PSL) Room 1103

  Plant Biology Colloquium - Matthew Brooks, Professor, SIB, UIUC

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 13, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Lunch with CNRG: Biocluster

  "Biocluster" Dan Davidson Director of CNRG and Research Computing

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Andy Suarez, Professor, Entomology, UIUC - "Ecological and Evolutionary Correlates of 'Success' in Ants"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Isabelle Lakis/Heath Lab and Megan Ringling/Blanke Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Aggregation and division aberrations in model archaeon lacking its S-layer

  "Aggregation and division aberrations in model archaeon lacking its S-layer" Abigail Finn, PhD Candidate Microbiology

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "Underground connections: microbial interactions in US farming systems" with Dr. M. Soledad Benitez Ponce

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar - Dr. John J. Wiens, University of Arizona, "The Origins and Future of Global Biodiversity"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  CBI-TG Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University St. Louis -- Trainee Host: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Tandy Warnow, EEB Affiliate, “TIPP3: a new method for abundance profiling of microbiomes”

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 18, 2025

• • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Lincoln Square Mall, 201 Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL 61801

  Genome Day

  Join us for a fun day of hands-on science! Talk with scientists and explore exhibits and activities including learning how organisms relate to each other on the Tree of Life, extracting strawberry DNA to make necklaces, and understanding how genomics pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Although designed for K-12 children, all members of the community are welcome.

  • Festival/Celebration

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Marc Milne, Professor, University of Indianapolis - "How do spider assemblages respond to disturbance and evolve over space and time?"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Targeting lipid metabolism to restore immune reactivity of irradiated glioblastoma

  Claire Vanpouille-Box, PhD Cell Biology in Radiation Oncology; Weill Cornell Medicine "Targeting lipid metabolism to restore immune reactivity of irradiated glioblastoma"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "Agricultural Stress and Mental Health: Research and Resources to Protect Producers and Communities" with Dr. Josie Rudolphi

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Affiliation Seminar- Dr. Jonathan Henn, NRES, "Grassland restoration and management under environmental change"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Arthur Charles-Orszag, University of California - Davis -- "Cellular, molecular mechanisms and evolution of chromosome segregation in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 24, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller and Julian Catchen, EEB, "Coffee Hour"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

• 

  • 8:30

  SIB Distinction Application due date

  • Informational
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Lunch with CNRG: Data Management

  "Data Management" Yifei Kang, CNRG Research Data Management Specialist

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

• 

  • 8:30

  SIB Distinction Application due date

  • Informational
• • 11:00 am
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Derek McFarland, Grad Student, PEEC, UIUC - "Tick-borne disease in a dynamic landscape: Does exposure risk change over time?"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Patterning the meristem: Development and Evolution of the floral ground plan

  "Patterning the meristem: Development and Evolution of the floral ground plan" Ya Min, Assistant Professor Plant Biology, Physics

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "Emerging threats to food security: Lessons learned from tar spot of corn and the critical importance of having a strong connection between research and Extension." with Dr. Darcy Telenko

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar (Virtual) - Dr. Denise Devotta, Moleaer, "Career Options Outside of Academia and the Federal Government for PEEC Students"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Brett Loman, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "Improving Stress Resilience Through Diet-Microbiota Interactions: Insights into Gastrointestinal Motility"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Al Roca, Animal Sciences, "Most Likely Elephants"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - ESA Practice Talks

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Leveraging Neurogenetics to Decode Functional Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease

  Jungsu Kim, PhD P. Michael Conneally Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Dept. of Medical and Molecular Genetics; Indiana University School of Medicine "Leveraging Neurogenetics to Decode Functional Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Angie Caserio/Metcalf Lab and Simrandeep Singh/Imlay Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Introducing ZEISS Lightfield 4D: One Snap, One Volume

  "Introducing ZEISS Lightfield 4D: One Snap, One Volume" Matt Curtis, Product Application Sales Specialist, Life Sciences Midwest, Zeiss Research Microscopy Solutions

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "The African Orphan Crops Consortium, Building Capacity and Delivering Impact" with Dr. Allen Van Deynze

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar - Dr. Ya Min, UIUC, "Patterning the meristem: development and evolution of the floral ground plan"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adrienne Antonson, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Gio Madrigal, EEB, "Fish Genomics"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• • All Day
  • N/A

  Entomology Colloquium - NO SEMINAR - ESA Meeting - Portland, OR

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Deciphering antibody sequences

  Nicholas Wu, PhD Department of Biochemistry; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “Deciphering antibody sequences”

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Saika Hossain/Imlay Lab and Ezza Khan/Mera Lab

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "Chemistry of agricultural trade " with Dr. Spencer Walse

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Mapping RNA Biology Across Dimension

  "Mapping RNA Biology Across Dimension" Diptatanu Das, PhD Candidate Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar - Dr. Scott Hotaling, Utah State University, "Climate Change in High Mountains of the Western USA: Using Long-Term Data to Understand the Future"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Lunch with CNRG: Web Hosting

  "Web Hosting" David Slater, CNRG Associate Director of High Performance Computing

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Justin Lessler, University of North Carolina -- "Will there be a warning for the next pandemic?"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Nina Shearrill, EEB, "Defense"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Plant Sciences Laboratory (PSL) Room 1103

  Plant Biology Colloquium - Wendy Yang, Professor, SIB, UIUC

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

• • All Day
  • B102 CLSL

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

  • Meeting
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Unlocking the Hidden Proteome

  Iain Cheeseman, PhD Herman and Margaret Sokol Professor of Biology; Core Member, Whitehead Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Unlocking the Hidden Proteome”

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Michael Bochert/Golding Lab and Lindsey Grady/Hatoum-Aslan

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "AI-Powered Plant Phenomics: Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges " with Dr. Kevin Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  Why kill the Fluorescence? Let it Power your Raman

  "Why kill the Fluorescence? Let it Power your Raman" Seemesh Bhasker, IGB Fellow Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Wei Qin, Dept. of Microbiology (MCB), "Adapting to a Changing World: Ecophysiological Insights into Nitrifying Microorganisms and their Impact on the Future Nitrogen Cycle""

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jacob Allen, Nutritional Sciences/UIUC -- "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 21, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Gerald Wilson, Technology Entrepreneur Center, "Enterprise Works"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Fall break begins

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 1, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction resumes

  • Other

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Debajit Saha, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "Plant and bacterial technologies to enhance associative biological nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous crops. " with Dr. Jean-Michel Ane

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar - Dr. Raffaela Lesch, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Urbanization, "Domestication, and the Neural Crest: A Shared Developmental Pathway?"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Helen Nguyen, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department/UIUC -- "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 5, 2025

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Zach Heiple, UCSD, "Evolution of Morphology in Deepsea Fishes"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • B102 CLSL

  Entomology Colloquium - Esther Ngumbi, Assistant Professor, Entomology, UIUC

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• • All Day

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  • Other
• 

  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • W109 - Turner Hall

  "TBD. " with Dr. Eliana Monteverde

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar - Dr. Kathleen Lynch, Ramapo College of New Jersey, "Uniting Tinbergen’s four questions to understand avian brood parasitism"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, December 12, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, December 22, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, January 16, 2026

• • 8:30 am

  Final Exams Begin

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  • Other

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Exit Seminar - Benjamin Neal, PEEC, "Genetic Strategies for Improving Livestock Health: Insights from Holstein Dairy Cattle and Commercial Pig Breeds"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 23, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Becky Fuller and Julian Catchen, EEB, "Mentoring Sessions"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: New Student Presentations

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 30, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminars: Brooke Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jessica Hertig/Imlay Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Affiliation Seminar - Dr. Tigga Kingston, EEB, "Why Do People Hunt Bats?"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 6, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Abigail Finn/Whitaker Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar - Dr. Heather Marlow, University of Chicago, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 20, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Zachary Davis/Brooke Lab and Will Wightkin/Blanke Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

• 

  • 9:00 - 10:00 am
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Seminar (AM Session, Virtual) - Dr. Frederick Legendre, MNHN-Paris

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Exit Seminar (PM Session, In-Person) - Devin Goodson, PEEC, "A Social Ecological Approach to Studying Urban Human-Bird Relationships"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 13, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: EEB, "Coffee Hour"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 14, 2026

• • 1:00 pm

  Spring Vacation Begins

  • Other

Monday, March 23, 2026

• • 7:00 am

  Instruction resumes

  • Other

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Student Seminar: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab and Gracious Donkor/Slauch Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  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"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Thomas Cowell/Whitaker Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Michelle Villalobos, EEB, "Defense"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  PEEC Exit Seminar- Lauren Otolski, PEEC, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

  EEB Colloquium: Anne Aka, EEB, UV Coloration and Vision in Fish

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

  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"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

• • 9:00 am
  • 2004, NHB

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Charles Miller Auditorium- CLSL B102

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 7, 2026

• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• • 8:30 am
  • Memorial Stadium

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other