Seminars of Interest

Thursday, February 21, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CANCELED!: Dr. Squire Booker, PennState University, title "Moving beyond Methionine Synthase: New Insight into Cobalamin-Dependent Methylation Reactions"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 22, 2019

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Scott Hansen (Scripps Research), "The molecular mechanism of mechanosensation and anesthesia; a unifying principle based on lipid/protein clustering and disruption."

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 23, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Alpha Chi Sigma Krug Lecture, Dr. Joanne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Radicals: Your Life is in Their Hands"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 25, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Prof. Amanda Hargrove, Duke University, "Deciphering Patterns in Selective Small Molecule:RNA Interactions"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory (RAL)

  From Bleach to Bees: One Chemist's Path to A Sweet Life

  • Lecture

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Payel Mondal (Zhang Lab): "Repurposing protein degradation for optogenetic modulation of protein activities and cellular function"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 28, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 217 Noyes Lab

  Mr. Timothy Precord, UIUC, "Emerging Molecular Mechanisms in the Human Microbiota"

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

  Professor Robert W. Huigens III, University of Florida, "Indole Alkaloids and Phenazine Antibiotics: New Platforms for Discovery"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 1, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 117 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Graham Hudson, Final Defense, UIUC, "Investigating and Engineering the Post-Translational Modifications in RiPP Biosynthesis: (I) Thiopeptides (II) Sactipeptides"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 10:00 am
    
  • B124 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

  Mr. Rulin Ma, Final Defense, UIUC, "New Frontiers in C—H amination via Pd(II)/SOX catalysis"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Aseem Z. Ansari (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "Designing Synthetic Transcription Factors (SynTFs) to Control Cell Fate"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 4, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Dan Weix, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Engaging Difficult Substrates in Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Suslick-Sessler Lecture, Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie-Mellon University, "Macromolecular Engineering by Taming Free Radicals"

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

  Suslick-Sessler Lecture: Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University, "Macromolecular Engineering by Taming Free Radicals"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Professor Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, "Probing plasmon-mediated processes with ultrafast surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy"

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

  Josephine Watson (Das Lab) - CYP Epoxygenases Metabolize Omega-3 Endocannabinoids to form a Novel Class of Anti-inflammatory Lipid Mediators.

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

  Sushant Bangru (Kalsotra Lab):

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 7, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 217 Noyes Lab

  Ms. Emily Tonogai, "Novel Approaches toward Site Selective Modification of Native Proteins"

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

  Professor Ellen Sletten, University of California, Los Angeles, "Beyond the Near-infrared: Biocompatible Contrast Agents for Shortwave Infrared Imaging"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 8, 2019

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Anirban Banerjee (National Institute of Health), "Molecular Mechanism of Integral Membrane Enzymes that Catalyze Protein Lipidation"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 11, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture, BMS representative: Dr. Ryan Moslin, "Inhibition of TYK2 via the Pseudokinase: The Discovery of BMS-986165"

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

  Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture, Professor Eric Meggers, Phillips-Universität Marburg, "New Chemical Space for the Design of Chiral Transition Metal Catalysts"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Sarah Perry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, "Molecular Engineering of Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials"

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

  Ms. Emily Mumford, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Darjan Duraki (Shapiro) -

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

  Lauren Carnevale (Das) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 14, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 217 Noyes Lab

  Ms. Corinne Price, UIUC, "Host Lipid Pathways as Antiviral Targets"

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

  C. S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium, Speakers--Erica Parker: "Novel FabI Inhibitors Active Against Gram-Negative Pathogens"; Conghui Tang: "Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative syn-1,4-Oxyamination and Carboamination"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 15, 2019

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Robert Piper (University of Iowa), "How ubiquitin drives sorting decisions on endosomes"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 25, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Fuson Student Talks, Speakers--Soumitra Athavale: "Demystifying the Soai Reaction"; Rajeev Chorghade: "Small molecule ion channel restores host defenses in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia"; Lauren Hagler: "Template-Assisted Click Chemistry as a Method for Developing Small Molecule Therapeutics for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1)"; Wei Liu: "Asymmetric Allylic C–H Functionalization with Pd(II)/Sulfoxide-Oxazoline Catalysis"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Student Select Seminar, Prof. Roberto Car, Princeton University, "TBA"

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

  Adedolapo Ojoawo (Rienstra) -

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

  Kevin Gill (Procko) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 28, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 217 Noyes Lab

  Ms. Melissa Lucero, UIUC, Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, March 31, 2019

• 

  • 5:00 - 8:00 pm
    
  • The Rocks Bar at the Hyatt Regency Orlando

  ACS Orlando - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception

  Please join us at the American Chemical Society National Meeting & Expo in Orlando for the Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends ACS Reception. Faculty, students, alumni, and friends will gather around a hosted bar and hors d’oeuvres to share stories about our time on campus. No tickets or preregistration required.

  • Reception/Open House

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jacinta Conrad, University of Houston, "Transport of Nanoparticles Through Complex, Crowded Fluids"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

• • 3:00 pm
    
  • B124 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

  Mr. Christopher Bemis, Final Defense, UIUC, "Synthesis of Sesquiterpene-Tropolones"

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

  Dr. Noel Chang, Dow Chemical, Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 4, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 217 Noyes Lab

  Mr. Austin Weigle, UIUC, Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Lab

  Ms. Huiying Liu, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 5, 2019

• • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  3rd Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Award Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 11:00 am   noon
    
  • B102 CLSL - Miller Auditorium

  Department of Biochemistry Third Annual Graduate Student Awards Symposium

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

  Professor Abraham Badu-Tawiah, The Ohio State University, Title: "Panoptic Mass Spectrometry: How and Why?"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 8, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor David Nagib, Ohio State University, "Title: TBD"

  • Lecture

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Marc Hillmyer, University of Minnesota, "Harnessing Disorder in Self-assembled Block Polymers for Functional Nanostructured Materials"

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

  Dr. Younan Xia, Georgia Tech, "TBA"

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

  Mr. Vincent Kassel, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Prof. Sean Roberts, Univestiy of Texas - Austin, "TBA"

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

  Xuejiao Song (Cronan lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:05 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Chyanid Ongpipattanakul (Nair) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 11, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 217 Noyes Lab

  Mr. Mingkuan Lyu, UIUC, Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 12, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Steven Mansoorabadi (Auburn University), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 6:00 pm
    

  CHBE Undergraduate Awards Ceremony and OXE Research Symposium

  • Other

Monday, April 15, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Amgen Lecture, Amgen representative: TBD

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

  Amgen Lecture, Professor Nuno Maulide, University of Vienna, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Geerdes Lecture, Ms. Elizabeth Ryland, University of Illinois, "TBA"

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

  Ms. Yishu Zhang, UIUC, "TBA"

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

  Mr. Alexander Shved, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 433 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Samuel Gockel, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Professor Birgit Whaley, University of California - Berkeley, "TBA"

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

  Qiqi Tian (Zhao lab) -

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

  Ullas Valiya Cehmbazhi (Kalsotra lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 18, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jodie Lutkenhaus, Texas A&M University, Polyelectrolyte Assemblies: Fundamentals and Applications"

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

  Prof. Sergey Pronin, University of California, Irvine, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 19, 2019

• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 433 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Kevin Robb, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 22, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Organic Reactions Lecture: Professor Herbert Mayr, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jennifer Dunn, Northwestern University, "Co-Optimized Engines and Fuels from Biomass: Deployment Potential, Benefits, and Realities"

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

  Professor Tianning Diao, New York University, "TBA"

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

  Ms. Zubaoyi Yi, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Professor Wallace Marshall, University of California - San Francisco, "TBA"

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

  Dayu Zhang (Martinis) -

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

  Qi Zou (Cronan) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 25, 2019

• • 7:30 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Bailar Lecture: Professor Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 7:30 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Bailar Lecture: Professor Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 26, 2019

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry / Biophysics Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Catherine Royer (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Bailar Lecture: Professor Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Bailar Lecture: Professor Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 29, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Genentech Lecture, Genentech representative: TBD, "Title: TBA"

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

  Genentech Lecture: Professor Tomohisa Kuzuyama, University of Tokyo, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Mr. Chiyoung Ahn, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Flygare Memorial Lecture, Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Flygare Memorial Lecture, Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon, "TBA"

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

  Arpita Chakravarti (Huang Lab):

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

  Vinh Vu (Leckband Lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 2, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jennifer West, Duke University

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

  Professor Michael Nippe, Texas A&M University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 3, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tracy Johnson (University of California, Los Angeles), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 433 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Christopher Pattillo, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Dr. D. Sangeeta, Amazon, Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 16, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Gottlieb Lecture: Professor Sarah O'Connor, John Innes Centre, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 19, 2019

• • 8:30 am
    
  • Grange Grove, just west of Memorial Stadium

  ChBE Alumni & Friends Homecoming Tailgate

  • Social/Informal Event

Monday, October 28, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, "Title: TBD"

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium