Seminars of Interest

Friday, January 3, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Alex Cusumano, University of California, Los Angeles, "Transition Metal-catalyzed Pericyclic and Photochemical Strategies for C–C Bond Construction"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 6, 2025

• • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Chemical Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Evert Njomen, Scripps Research, "Targeting the Undrugged Proteome with Small Molecules"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

• • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Chemical Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Carly Schissel, University of California, Berkeley, "Strategies to Discover, Design, and Synthesize Unnatural Bioactive Peptides"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 13, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • 419 Roger Adams Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Victoria Kriuchkovskaia, "HYDROGEL PLATFORM TO INVESTIGATE PROGRESSION OF DRUG-RESISTANT GLIOBLASTOMA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Nick Baker (Kalsotra Lab): "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 27, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  AbbVie Lecture: AbbVie rep: TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  AbbVie Lecture: Professor Michael C. Jewett, Stanford University, "Synthetic Biology for People and Planet Health"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Prof. Weixin Tang, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Michael Strauss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Developing General Synthetic Methods Across Molecular Dimensions"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Marissa Lavagnino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Sounak Saha (Jin Lab): "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 13, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Prof. Shauna M. Paradine, University of Rochester, "Title - TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 15, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • Illini Union Room 104

  2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium: Dr. Segun Victor Obisesan, Evonik Corporation - "Mechanism of reaction and process optimization of a nitril derived dialkylamine"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 17, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Organic Faculty Candidate: Dr. Sophia Shevick, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Alex Horswill, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

• • 4:00
  • 116 RAL

  Evan Hebner (Leckband/Brieher lab) - "The Impact of E-cadherin in the Organization of Multicellular Spheroids."

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Westcott Fellow: Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Lilly Lecture: Lilly rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  Lilly Lecture: Professor Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 24, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Xiaoyu Zhang, Northwestern University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Megan Robertson, University of Houston, (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab): "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Brandon Greene, University of California, Santa Barbara, "title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Amgen Lecture, Amgen rep: Dr. Heather Johnson, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  Amgen Lecture w/Professor Jeffrey W. Bode, ETH Zurich, "Title: TDB"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amie Boal, Penn State University, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 6, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Elizabeth Biddinger, CUNY, (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Marvel/Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: Speakers TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture, BMS rep: Dr. Bill Gallagher, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture w/Professor Brian Blagg, University of Notre Dame, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

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

  Pioneers Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Emerging Leaders Seminar: Dr. Karen Mulfort, Argonne National Laboratory, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Dabich Fellow: Jessica Derham (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 13, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo, (co-hosts: Hong Yang, Paul Kenis) )

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Fuson Student Talks: speakers TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 14, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Chibueze Amanchukwu, University of Chicago, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Chemistry Annex 1024

  Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry

  • Lecture

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 31, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Novartis Lecture: Novartis rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  Novartis Lecture: Professor Donna Blackmond, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Xavier Roy, Columbia University, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Frank Schroeder, Cornell University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Franc Meyer, University of Göttingen, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 4, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Maral Mousavi, University of Southern California, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. James Moon, University of Michigan , (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Professor Andy Thomas, Texas A&M University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 11, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Tom Soh, Stanford University, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 7:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 7:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sijin Li, Cornell University, "An Integrated Synthetic Biology Pipeline to Understand and Harness Plant Specialized Metabolism" (host: Huimin Zhao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Musarrat Jabeen (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 17, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  Genentech Lecture: Dr. Derek Dalton, Genentech, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  Genentech Lecture: Professor Matthew D. Shoulders, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 18, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Janine Mauzeroll, McGill University, "Implantable and Portable D-Amino Acid Biosensors"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Hal Alper, University of Texas at Austin

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 25, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Anna Wuttig, University of Chicago, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 28, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • TBD

  J&J Innovative Medicine Lecture: J&J rep:TBD, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  J&J Innovative Medicine Lecture: Professor Christo S. Sevov, Ohio State University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta , (host: Baron Peters)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, University of Minnesota, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Janhavi Borkar (Nair Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Jonas Peter, California Institute of Technology, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 2, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B-102

  2025 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102

  2025 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • RAL 116

  Professor Lauren Marbella, Columbia University, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Emily Davidson, Princeton University, (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Alexandra Velian, University of Washington, (TBD) (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Graeme Lindsey (Mehta Lab) - "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Weber Fellow: Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab)- "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 18, 2025

• • 9:30 - 11:00 am
  • Krannert in Tryon Festival Theatre

  ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Illini Union - room ABC

  ChBE Spring 2025 Convocation Reception

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, November 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium