Seminars of Interest

Thursday, February 25, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87392779917?pwd=enJpRGJsTm1MQS9Lb1dwR29NdEROZz09
Ms. Susanna Barrett, UIUC, "Whole-Organism NMR: A Complementary Window into the Metabolic World"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09)
Charlie Dixon, UIUC, “Radical Additions to Allenes”
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 26, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Webinar: Contact kneef1@illinois.edu
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program and the Dept. of Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Joseph Petrosino (Baylor College of Medicine) "The human microbiome in the era of personalized medicine…and a SARS-CoV-2 origin story"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
Prof. Joe Petrosino, Baylor College of Medicine, "The human microbiome in the era of personalized medicine… and a SARS-CoV-2 origin story"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 1, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Prof. Tatiana Segura, Duke University, "Granular Biomaterials for endogenous repair"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

- 9:00 am
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Tianwei Yan, "Development of Synthetic Methodologies for Polyolefin Containing Block Polymers"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lisa Biswal, Rice University, "Colloidal Thermodynamics with Magnetically Actuated Suspensions" (host: Prof. Charles Schroeder)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09)
Brett Cain, UIUC, "Liberated 𝛼,β-Functionalization of Saturated Cyclic Amines"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, MIT, "Action at the nanoscale: Single-molecule studies of protein motion"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 4, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87392779917?pwd=enJpRGJsTm1MQS9Lb1dwR29NdEROZz09
Mr. Robert Boyd, UIUC, "Red Blood Cells as Drug Delivery Systems"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83815221514?pwd=SE9CTjQ1U3pFS1o0R2JGbHJWT2gwZz09
C. S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium, Speakers: Dr. Maryam Ghavami, "Synthesis of Complex Compounds Through Application of Complexity-to-Diversity (CtD) Strategy to Steviol"; Dr. Ashley Kretsch, "A Dual-Pronged Approach Towards Characterization of Novel Lasso Peptides and Variant Library Construction"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 5, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Jessie Zhang (The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Molecular Biosciences), “Cross-talk in the post-translational modifications of RNA polymerase II"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87937447124?pwd=c1NGWGpuR0EwbkpkaXVsQnR1T2RPZz09 Password: 879 3744 7124
Professor Colleen Scott, Mississippi State University Title: Design Strategy for New Optoelectronic Organic Dyes and Polymeric Materials
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor David Powers, Texas A&M University, "Development of High-Valent Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09)
Shelby King, UIUC, “Intermolecular Enantioconvergent Catalysis Via Carbocation Intermediates”
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88236243476?pwd=cEJBcTd0a2J4SEJTQk1ScWJqUXZwdz09
CHEM199L Special Alumni Seminar, Sarah Laken & Danielle Ponsi-Gore, "Working for a Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Company and How You Can Begin Preparing Now"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 11, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87392779917?pwd=enJpRGJsTm1MQS9Lb1dwR29NdEROZz09
Mr. Adam Sawyer, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81575244729?pwd=VkNjb0tYOVRiN1FHdUU1bHJTMmQ4dz09
Fuson Student Talks: Zohaib Siddiqi, "Dearomative Oxidation of Unactivated Arenes: Access to Arene-Oxides and Benzoxepines"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 12, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Emily Scott (University of Michigan, Department of Pharmacology), “Understanding steroidogenic cytochrome P450 enzymes for drug design"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

- 10:00 am
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/86469992952?pwd=WWhOemRKeTlwMHoweFoxUWF1N0dPQT09
Ms. Ke Li, Final Defense, UIUC, “Development of Therapeutic Agents for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1”
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 18, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87392779917?pwd=enJpRGJsTm1MQS9Lb1dwR29NdEROZz09
Ms. Autumn Frerk, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 19, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Christopher V. Rao (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jinsang Kim, University of Michigan, "Designing Conjugated Polymers and Organic Emitters for Smart Chemical and Bio Sensors"(host: Prof. Hyunjoon Kong)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Brendan Sullivan (Leckband lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Yannan Tian (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 25, 2021

- 10:00 am
- Virtual Presentation
Mr. Martin McLaughlin, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87392779917?pwd=enJpRGJsTm1MQS9Lb1dwR29NdEROZz09
Mr. Shravan Dommaraju, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 26, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Amanda Whipple (Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology), “Regulation of gene expression in the brain by imprinted non-coding RNAs"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Professor Robbyn Anand, Iowa State University Title: Electromechanical lysis and rapid enzymatic assay of droplet-encapsulated cells
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 29, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09)
Kai Gui, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Reid Van Lehn, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Molecular and Data-Centric Modeling of the Nano-Bio Interface" (host: Prof. Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Zoom TBD
Professor Eric Bloch, University of Delware, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09)
Jason Cournoyer, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Kristie Koski, University of California - Davis, "Chemically Tunable 2D Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Adrika Raybarman (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Xiaodan Lin (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 1, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87392779917?pwd=enJpRGJsTm1MQS9Lb1dwR29NdEROZz09
Mr. Michael Mulligan, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:30 pm
- Virtual Presentation
Ms. Edzna Garcia, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Alexander Horn, “Investigations Into the Biphasic Seeded Emulsion Polymerization in a Continuous Tubular Reactor”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09
Alexander Gomez, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 5, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09
Yunyan Sun, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

- 1:00 pm
Ruixian Zhang, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Zoom TBD
Professor Jonathan Barnes, Washington University in St. Louis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09
Chelsea Swartchick, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Che Yang (Zhao lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Chunyu Wu (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 8, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87392779917?pwd=enJpRGJsTm1MQS9Lb1dwR29NdEROZz09
Mr. Joel Roberts, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jeffrey Gray, Johns Hopkins University, (host: Prof. Diwakar Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 9, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Katrina Forest (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Bacteriology), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Nikita Modi (Chen lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Shukun Yang (Silverman lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 15, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Merck Lecture, Dr. Greg Hughes, Merck, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 16, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Rudi Fasan (University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09
Junrou Huang, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Sara Mason, University of Iowa, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 - 6:00 pm
- ZOOM
Department of Biochemistry Annual Graduate Student Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 23, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Kou-San Ju (The Ohio State University, Department of Microbiology), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Eun Ji Chung, University of Southern California, "Exploiting the Body's Barriers for Nanomedicine Targeting" (host: Prof. Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09
Aliza Yazdani, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Isaac Kim (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Qianqiao Heather Liu (Stadtmueller lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Friday, April 30, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/ and sign in with your @illinois.edu address
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Gavin Williams (North Carolina State University, Department of Chemistry), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Xiao-Ying Yu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, "Dynamic Multimodal Chemical Imaging of Biological, Environmental, and Material Interfaces" (host: Prof. Mary Kraft)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83576376281?pwd=R0VPVG1JRktQRXQvYWU2TEdhcjFBUT09
Adon Kwong, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 17, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Prof. Alanna Schepartz, University of California, Berkeley, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 23, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Fuson Student Talks: "TBD"
Organic New Student Welcome Reception to immediately follow in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 30, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- TBD
C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Thursday, September 9, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, National Institute of Health, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 27, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
BMS Lecture: BMS rep: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- TBD
BMS Lecture: Prof. Darren Dixon, University of Oxford, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 7, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Amgen Lecture: Amgen rep: TBA, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- TBD
Amgen Lecture: Prof. Don Hilvert, ETH Zurich, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 8, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Webinar link: TBA
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program and the Dept. of Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Pamela Silver (Harvard Medical School) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
17th Annual Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium, Pam Silver, Ph.D., Duke University, title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Monday, October 18, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Janssen Lecture: Janssen rep: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- TBD
Janssen Lecture: Prof. Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 25, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- TBD
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL.
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- TBD
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium