Seminars of Interest

Monday, December 2, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Vanessa Reyes Lopez, UIUC, "Studies Into Psilocybin: The Potential of Hallucinogens for Depression"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Jonathan Rittle, University of California, Berkeley, “ Discovery of Manganese-Dependent Monooxygenases” (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Nathan Gehrke, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Orally Bioavailable Cyclic Peptides"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "The Role of Nuclear Poly(A) Binding Protein in Cardiac Maturation and Function"
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 5, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Justin Ahrens, UIUC, "The Development of PDE4 inhibitors to study Alcoholic Liver Disease"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Lawrence Wang (Shapiro Lab) - "Estrogen-Receptor-a-Positive Breast and Ovarian Cancer: THerapy and Meachanisms"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminar: Joanna Vo, UIUC (TBD) 585 Literature Seminar: Tathagata Chatterjee, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 6, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Kai Zhang (University of Illinois)- "Harnessing Light to Uncover Intracellular and Intercellular Communication in Learning, Memory, and Cell Death"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Professor Hang Ren, The University of Texas at Austin, "Unveiling the Complexity and Heterogeneity of Electrochemical Interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 7, 2024

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- 100 Noyes Laboratory, (G. L. Clark Hall), 505 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Holiday Magic Show (Dec. 7)
- Exhibition

Sunday, December 8, 2024

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- 100 Noyes Laboratory, (G. L. Clark Hall), 505 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Holiday Magic Show (Dec. 8)
- Exhibition

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Betar Gallant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Interplays of Composition and Function in the Interphases of Metal Anodes" (host: Schoetz)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars: Gwen Paule, UIUC, (TBD) Riley Stein, UIUC, (TBD) (I)
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B-102
Prof. Scott K. Cushing, California Institute of Technology, "When do Ultrafast Processes Matter? From Batteries to Strong Localization in Solar Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Yanheng Chen (Chen) - "H. pylori upregulates PD-L1 expression for immune evasion via mTOE ubiquitination and activation."
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 12, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 585 Literature Seminars: Sindy Liu, UIUC (TBD), Sohini Mandal, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 13, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Keynote Speaker Michael Fischbach, Stanford University, "Understanding and Manipulating Immune Modulation by the Microbiome"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 16, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 161 Noyes Laboratory
Chiyoung Ahn, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 21, 2024

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
ChBE 2024 Winter Convocation
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
ChBE 2024 Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

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, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Prof. Weixin Tang, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

- 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

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

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

- 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

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Marvel/Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: Speakers TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 10, 2025

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

- 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

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

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

- 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 B102
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 B-102
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

- 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