Seminars of Interest

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Monday, January 30, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Martin Tomanik, The Scripps Research Institute, "Synthetic routes to (–)-myrocin G, (–)-euonyminol, and Pd(II)-catalyzed synthesis of bicyclo[3.2.1] lactones"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

- 11:00 am
- 217 Noyes Lab
Chemical Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Monica Neugebauer, Broad Institute of MIT, "Biocatalyst Discovery and Evolution: Halogenases and Base Editors"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Tagbo Niepa, University of Pittsburgh, "Nanocultures: High-throughput Platform for Assessing Microbial Community Dynamics in Sessile Drops" (host: Prof. Brendan Harley)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 3, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Adam Cohen, Harvard University, "Optical tools for mapping brain dynamics: from synapses to circuits"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 pm
- B102 Chem Life Sciences Laboratory (Charles G. Miller Auditorium)
Timothy Precord, UIUC, Final Defense, "Investigation of Radical SAM-Mediated Thioether Installation in RiPP Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
Materials Faculty Candidate: Dr. Elena Meirzadeh, Columbia University, "From small molecules to infinite superatomic sheets""
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Masha Elkin, University of California, Berkeley, "Synthesis and Catalysis with Predictive Analytics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 9, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Simon Rossler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Small Molecule Diversification and Drug Discovery Enabled by Molecular Design"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 10, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Jose Roque, Princeton University, "Development and Application of Bond Cleavage Strategies: Skeletal Editing of Cyclic Amines and Electronically-Controlled C–H Activation"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 13, 2023

- 10:00 am
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Faculty Candidate Matthew Chalkley, UC San Francisco, "Cooperativity in Chemical Catalysis and Biological Binding" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Matthew Albritton, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Kimberly See, Cal Tech, "One is the Loneliest Number: Multivalent and Multielectron Processes for Next-Generation Batteries" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Samuel Albright, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Siewert-Jan Marrink, University of Groningen, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of an Entire Cell"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Iris Lyu (Stadtmueller lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Friday, February 17, 2023

- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
Inorganic Faculty Candidate Majed Fataftah, Yale, "Electron localization and metal-metal bonding in biomimetic clusters" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- B124 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
Annie Hooper, UIUC, Final Defense, "Methodology and Total Synthesis Enabled by Cycloadditions"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 23, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Enyelona Weir, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 24, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Joel McManus (Carnegie Mellon University), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Paola Mera (UIUC) "It’s all about communication: how bacteria coordinate their life cycles"
- Lecture

Saturday, February 25, 2023

- All Day
- TBD
2023 Krug Lecture: Dr. Omar Farha, Northwestern University - Title TBD
- Lecture

Monday, February 27, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Janssen Lecture: Janssen rep: Dr. Justin Diccianni "High-Throughput Experimentation to Accelerate Modality-Agnostic Drug Discovery"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Janssen Lecture: Professor Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow, "Chemputers, Chemputation, and Chemputability"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Leif Hammarstrom, Uppsala Universitet, “Molecular Mechanisms of Artificial Photosynthesis” (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Seth Klaine, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

- 1:30 pm
- TBD
Marko Nesic, UIUC, Final Defense, "Studies Towards the Synthesis of Bielschowskysin and Total Synthesis of Darobactin A"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Matt Jones, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Hina Zhou (van der Donk lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Mat sinclair (Tajkhorshid lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 2, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Elisia Meyle, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Fuson Student Talks
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 3, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Chang Cui (Harvard University), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 6, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Merck Lecture: Merck Rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Merck Lecture: Professor Masayuki Inoue, University of Tokyo, "Radical-Based Approach for Synthesis of Complex Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Peter Rossky, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Arthur Zou (Leckband lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
JUnyao Zhu (Shapiro lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 9, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
C.S. Marvel Postdoctoral Symposium:
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 10, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Neha Garg (Georgia Tech), "Mapping microbial responses to biological and chemical environments using omics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 20, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Aldrich Lecture: Professor Richmond Sarpong, University of California Berkeley, "Title: TBD"
- Lecture

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michael Tsapatsis, Johns Hopkins University (Su), "Manufacturing of Metal-Organic Framework Membranes "
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Abraham Nitzan, University of Pennsylvania, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Chi Zhang (Fratti lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Rachel Martini (van der Donk lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 23, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 24, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Keith T. Wilson (Vanderbilt University Medical Center), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, March 26, 2023

- 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- Indianapolis - TBD near convention center
ACS Indianapolis - Chemistry at UIUC Alumni & Friends Reception

Save the date for our alumni and friends reception in conjunction with the ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis!
- Reception/Open House

Monday, March 27, 2023

- 10:00 am
- 419 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE: Qi Zou (Cronan lab) - "The Regulatory Function of Enterococcus faecalis Acyl Carrier Proteins in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in the Transcription Factor FabT-dependent Manner"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Jorge Calderin (Fratti lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Nick Baker (Kalsotra lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 31, 2023

- 10:00 am
- 433 Roger Adams Lab
Raymond Sarksian, Final Defense, UIUC, "Stereochemical Control in Lanthipeptide Biosynthesis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Grant Jensen (Brigham Young University), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 3, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Kameron Medine, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Robert Gilliard, University of Virginia, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Minxiang Zhang, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 6, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Nohemy Celis Chance, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Sara Sawyer, University of Colorado, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 7, 2023

- 11:00 am
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
6th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Award Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- B102 CLSL
Department of Biochemistry Annual Graduate Student Awards Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Kara Bren, University of Rochester, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Hongxiang Li, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Timothy Berkelbach, Columbia University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Gilberto Padron (Sanfilippo lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Jackson Scholar Yuwei Pan (Zhao lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 13, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Diego Orea, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Alfons Pineda-Knauseder, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 14, 2023

- All Day
- Illini Union Ballroom
CHBE/OXE Research Symposium and Scholarship Awards Ceremony
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ryohei Yasuda (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michael Doherty, University of California Santa Barbara (Su) "Integrated Chemical Reaction Process Systems: From Alan Turing to Martin Feinberg"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom
2023 Nelson J. Leonard Lecture in the School of Chemical Sciences: Dr. Hiro Suga, "The next generation of RaPID system for pseudo-natural peptides and products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Jessica Palalay (Sanfilippo lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Yiquan Wang (Wu lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 20, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Shelley Minteer, University of Utah (Su)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 21, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Fengyi Wan (Johns Hopkins University), "Host-pathogen interactions during enteric bacterial infection”
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 24, 2023

- 3:30 pm
Professor Vivian Yam, Hong Kong University, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

- 3:30 pm
Professor Vivian Yam, Hong Kong University, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Rebecca Schneider (Stadtmueller lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Yannan Tian (Huang lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 27, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Max Robb, Cal Tech, (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 28, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Christopher S. Hayes (UC Santa Barbara), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 1, 2023

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

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Ravi Radhakrishnan, University of Pennsylvania (Shukla), "AI-enabled Physics-Based Models in Cancer and Nanomedicine"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Javier Vela, Iowa State University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, University of California, Los Angeles, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, University of California, Los Angeles, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Graeme Lindsey (Procko lab)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Room 116 RAL
Yanheng Chen (Chen lab)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 165 Noyes Lab
Corinne Soutar, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 12, 2023

Thursday, August 31, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Michael F. Freeman, University of Minnesota, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 23, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Alice Y. Ting, Stanford University, "Title: TDB"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Alice Y. Ting, Stanford University, "Title: TDB"
- Seminar/Symposium