Plant Biology

Monday, September 9, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Tugrul Giray, Professor, University of Puerto Rico - "Beeology: Understanding Individual and Social Phenotypes"

Faculty Host: Gene Robinson
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:30 - 7:30 pm
- Crystal Lake Park Lake House
2024 Entomology Alumni/New Student Potluck Picnic

Please bring a dish to share. RSVP at https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1644869.
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Learning the super power of animal diversity one cell type at a time: regeneration, symbiosis, and evolution

Bo Wang, PhD Department of Bioengineering; Stanford University "Learning the super power of animal diversity one cell type at a time: regeneration, symbiosis, and evolution"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core

Rafael Jaime Gonzalez Ricon, Graduate Research Assistant - Animal Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- W109 - Turner Hall
"Progress on Managing Nitrogen for Corn" with Dr. Emerson Nafziger
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 4:50 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium - B102 CLSL
PEEC Seminars - PEEC Graduate Student Meeting with Dr. Angela Kent
- Meeting

Thursday, September 12, 2024

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Nadia Roan, University of California - San Francisco -- "Host responses to HIV and SARS-CoV-2: a Tale of Two Persistent Viruses?"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 13, 2024

- 9:00 - 9:50 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Robin Warne, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, September 14, 2024

- 7:00 - 11:00 am
- Grange Grove 1416 S 1st St, Champaign, IL 61820
Game Day Genomics

Come find the IGB at Grange Grove, the official tailgate party area, before all University of Illinois home football games. Come out to see the game and catch the IGB doing hands-on science at Grange Grove beforehand. We will be learning about cool bat facts in preparation for our upcoming Bat Fest on September 28th in collaboration with UPD, INHS, and NRES. ILL! INI!
- Social/Informal Event
- 1:00 - 5:00 pm
- Riggs Brewery
Heroes Wanted!
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, September 16, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Baldwyn Torto, Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa - "Strategies to manage selected invasive pests of Solanaceae crops"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Acquisition of chemical defenses via horizontal gene transfer in insects

Noah Whiteman, PhD Departments of Integrative Biology and Molecular and Cell Biology; University of California, Berkeley "Acquisition of chemical defenses via horizontal gene transfer in insects"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core - Insights into Nuclear Speckles in Mammalian Cells Using Super-Resolution Microscopy

"Insights into Nuclear Speckles in Mammalian Cells Using Super-Resolution Microscopy" - Minxue Liu, Graduate Research Assistant, Beckman Institute - Cell & Developmental Biology Instrument: MINFLUX
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium CLSL- B102
PEEC Seminars- Dr. Karen Terio, UIUC, Wildlife Pathology Research: Dead animals tell tales
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 19, 2024

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kelly Bender, Southern Illinois University -- "Anaerobic methionine biosynthesis: roles of a dual acting sRNA/riboswitch in sulfate reducing Desulfovibrio and nitrogenase-like enzymes in phototrophic heliobacteria"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Natural History Building 2083 and 2nd Floor Hub
Plant Biology Welcome
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, September 20, 2024

- 9:00 - 9:50 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 23, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Michael Skvarla, Assistant Research Professor, PennState Extension - "Deer keds and community science: how research meets extension in the Penn State Insect ID Lab"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium CLSL- B102
PEEC Seminars- Dr. Taiye Winful, UIUC, Stress, Inflammation, and Wellness: An Interdisciplinary Biocultural Examination of Health in a Nigerian Context
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 26, 2024

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Amanda Oglesby, University of Maryland -- "It’s a Small RNA World: Regulation of Iron Homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 27, 2024

- 9:00 - 9:50 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Eric Gulson-Castillo, University of Michigan - Topic: Bird Movement
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 30, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Clayton Traylor, Temple University, Philadelphia - "Community responses of saproxylic beetles and bees to forest conditions in the southeastern Piedmont"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
The Ecology of Learning Spaces: A Perspective from Environmental Psychology

Valkiria Durán-Narucki, PhD Lecturer & Environmental Psychologist; College of Staten Island, City University of New York "The Ecology of Learning Spaces: A Perspective from Environmental Psychology" IGB Seminar - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 3, 2024

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Michael Thomas, University of Wisconsin - Madison -- "Investigating Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Enzymology Using Directed Evolution"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 4, 2024

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Zoi Rapti, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois - Topic: Bio-Math
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 7, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Stewart Berlocher, Emeritus Professor, Entomology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Neural computation of semiochemicals in nematode sex and diapause

Paul Sternberg, PhD Bren Professor of Biology in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering; California Institute of Technology "Neural computation of semiochemicals in nematode sex and diapause" IGB Seminar - Gene Networks in Neural and Developmental Plasticity Research Theme
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core - Round Table Discussion

"Round Table Discussion" - Dr. Glenn Fried, Director of the Core Facilities - Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Topic: Core Facilities
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium CLSL- B102
PEEC Seminars- Dr. Skylar Hopkins, North Carolina State University, Spookycology: bats, snakes, and the parasites that make their skin crawl
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 10, 2024

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Maureen Coleman, University of Chicago -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 11, 2024

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Tristan Stayton, Bucknell University
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, October 13, 2024

- 9:30
- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Dusable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Il 60637
World of Genomics: Discover Everyday DNA

Join us for our interactive, hands-on science experience "World of Genomics: Discover Everyday DNA" featuring multiple stations focused on specific aspects of science!
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 14, 2024

- 9:30
- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Dusable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Il 60637
World of Genomics: Discover Everyday DNA

Join us for our interactive, hands-on science experience "World of Genomics: Discover Everyday DNA" featuring multiple stations focused on specific aspects of science!
- Festival/Celebration
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Ed Hsieh, Grad Student Exit Seminar, Entomology, UIUC
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Phenotype-Based Profiling of Environmental and Host-Associated Microbiomes

Aaron Wright, PhD Schofield Endowed Chair in Biomedical Science; Department of Biology;Baylor University "Phenotype-Based Profiling of Environmental and Host-Associated Microbiomes" IGB Seminar - Microbiome Metabolic Engineering Research Theme
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core

Lunch with the Core, Speaker TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 17, 2024

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Clay Fuqua, Indiana University -- "Plenty of gold left to mine: Agrobacterium tumefaciens genome architecture, disease ecology and surface attachment"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 18, 2024

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Suarez Lab Talks - Topic: Ants
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 21, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium - Felipe Soto-Adames, Entomologist, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services - "Systematics and the challenges of regulatory entomology in the subtropics: The Florida experience"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core - Assessing the Impact of Paraben on Uterine Collagen Architecture: An Integrated Approach Using SHG, AFM, and Nanoindentation

"Assessing the Impact of Paraben on Uterine Collagen Architecture: An Integrated Approach Using SHG, AFM, and Nanoindentation" - Mahmuda Arshee, Graduate Teaching Assistant - Mechanical Science & Engineering
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 24, 2024

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Leigh Knodler, University of Vermont -- "Lessons learned from Salmonella"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 25, 2024

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
- 2004 Natural History Building
EEB Colloquium - Dr. Sarah McHatton, Vice President of Global R&D and Regulatory Affairs; Valent BioSciences - Topic: Careers in Industry
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 28, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
ESA Practice Talks
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- NHB Auditorium 2079
PEEC Seminars- Dr. Ivan Oransky, Reaction Watch, Retractions: On The Rise, But Not Enough
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Intra-tumor heterogeneity of human glioblastoma at single-cell and spatial resolution

Sara Piccirillo, PhD The Robert M. Faxon Jr. Endowed Professor in Neuro-Oncology; University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center "Intra-tumor heterogeneity of human glioblastoma at single-cell and spatial resolution" IGB Seminar - Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering Research Theme
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core

Ayesha Bhikha, Graduate Research Assistant - Physics & Wenqing Zhu, Graduate Research Assistant - Physics
- Seminar/Symposium