Seminars of Interest

Thursday, January 28, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81843577458?pwd=VHN1QmxUN25GWUJ2bGg3aW1jcTk3QT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Kathryn Whitehead, Carnegie Mellon University, "From Farm to Pharmacy: A Strawberry-Derived Solution to Oral Protein Delivery" (host: Prof. Brendan Harley)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 1, 2021

- 3:00 pm
Yiran Huang, UIUC, "Development of Multifunctional Compounds for the Modulation and Detection of Aβ Species" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Thursday, February 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Prof. James Ferry, Pennsylvania State University, "Electron Transport in the Model Acetotrophic Methanogen Methanosarcina acetivorans"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83400748472?pwd=Skg3dDJTYmZTbVU2RHg3aU0yV2d5QT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Karthish Manthiram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Controlling Interfacial Electron and Atom Transfer Reactions for Chemical Synthesis", (host: Prof. Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://go.illinois.edu/ProfSaoumaSeminar
Professor Caroline Saouma, University of Utah, "Thermodynamic and mechanistic studies of CO2 reduction catalysts"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Monday, February 15, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided)
Professor Wei-chen Chang, North Carolina State University, "Mechanistic Studies and Potential Application of Non-heme Iron Enzymes in Natural Product Biosynthesis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88160954706?pwd=NHRaMWg3RXpRdWhiK2JzKzQwL2dKdz09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Matthew Paszek, Cornell University (host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Mr. Devon Fontaine, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Sarah Gardner (Chan lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Zac Dewald (Kalsotra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 18, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Mr. Yu Zhou, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 19, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Robert Kirchdoerfer (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biochemistry), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
UIUC NOBCChE's 2021 Black History Month Conference
Join UIUC's NOBCChE chapter in a celebration of the Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers that have laid the foundation and are conducting groundbreaking research in honor of Black History Month. We will be holding a 2-day conference that will include keynote addresses, research presentations, and panel discussions on a wide range of topics.
- Conference/Workshop

Saturday, February 20, 2021

- 5:00 pm
UIUC NOBCChE's 2021 Black History Month Conference
Join UIUC's NOBCChE chapter in a celebration of the Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers that have laid the foundation and are conducting groundbreaking research in honor of Black History Month. We will be holding a 2-day conference that will include keynote addresses, research presentations, and panel discussions on a wide range of topics.
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85172746102?pwd=NTBFeWJiTWdLNUJybGlEZ2tNMFZBUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Yvonne Chen, University of California, Los Angeles, "Engineering Next-Generation T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy" (host: Prof. Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Santanu Ghosh (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Andrea Hernandez Garcia (Nair lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 25, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- TBD
Ms. Susanna Barrett, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Mr. Charlie Dixon, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 26, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Webinar link: TBA
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program and the Dept. of Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Joseph Petrosino (Baylor College of Medicine) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
Prof. Joseph Petrosino, Baylor College of Medicine, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 1, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Prof. Tatiana Segura, Duke University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84655510013?pwd=Q2NEb1FrWkRjMGV0TFR2dXRobWtqUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lisa Biswal, Rice University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Mr. Brett Cain, UIUC, Title TBD
- 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
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Isaac Kim (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Qianqiao Liu (Stadtmueller lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Friday, March 5, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
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
Ms. Shelby King, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Adrika Raybarman (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- ZOOM
Xiaodan Lin (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 11, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Adam Sawyer, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom
Fuson Student Talks: Zohaib Siddiqi, "Dearomative Oxidation of Unactivated Arenes: Access to Arene-Oxides and Benzoxepins"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 12, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Emily Scott (University of Michigan, Department of Pharmacology), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 18, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Ms. Autumn Frerk, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 19, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Christopher V. Rao (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89104261420?pwd=WGpRc1pvRm41UktZMFpFOEc4b2N6UT09&from=addon
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

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Shravan Dommaraju, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 26, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
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

Monday, March 29, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Mr. Kai Gui, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83367847299?pwd=azNZbVdKZGhsaDRZUXhLYjNlUlRWQT09&from=addon
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
Mr. Jason Cournoyer, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Kristie Koski, University of California - Davis, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 1, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Michael Mulligan, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Mr. Alexander Gomez, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 5, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Mr. Yunyan Sun, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- Zoom TBD
Professor Jonathan Barnes, Washington University in St. Louis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Ms. 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
Mr. Joel Roberts, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88963165628?pwd=VkJNSit3MzBrLzBBeG90ZHZwcjlGQT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jeffrey Gray, Johns Hopkins University, (host: Prof. Diwakar Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 9, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
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 (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Rudi Fasan (University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Ms. Junrou Huang, UIUC, Title TBA
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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

Friday, April 23, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Kou-San Ju (The Ohio State University, Department of Microbiology), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/86760966978?pwd=ekZhT0JxVnFONW5WRXoxM1NlL2lwUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Eun Ji Chung, University of Southern California (host: Prof. Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Ms. Aliza Yazdani, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 29, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83764184287?pwd=bG9McFVEODlGaDJnWSt1czY2SU9TUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Chih-Jen Shih, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, "How van der Waals Forces Transmit Through One-atom-thick Materials" (host: Prof. Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Flygare Memorial Lecture, Prof. Naomi Halas, Rice University, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 30, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Meeting (Request Meeting Passcode – via sunkraut@illinois.edu or your department office admin assistant)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Gavin Williams (North Carolina State University, Department of Chemistry), “TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85872343278?pwd=N0hEcm95MDZ6YlM3dEVBMDNHR0VsZz09&from=addon
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
Mr. Adon Kwong, UIUC, Title TBA
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 17, 2021

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

Monday, August 30, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
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

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- 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
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
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