Seminars of Interest

Monday, December 17, 2018

- 10:00 am
- 163 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE: Anna Santamaria (Burke Lab) - From Yeast to Animals: A Small Molecule Restores Iron Mobilization, Absorption and Hemoglobinization.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- 33 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Elena C. Montoto, UIUC, "Molecular Design and Electrochemical Evaluation of Redox Active Macromolecules for Energy Storage"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 21, 2018

- 12:00 pm
- 100 Noyes Laboratory
2018 Winter Convocation-Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

- 10:00 am
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Special Interest Faculty Candidate, Dr. Mei Shen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: "Elucidating Neurotransmission at the Nanoscale"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 10, 2019

- 10:00 am
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Justin P. Lomont, University of Wisconsin, Madison Title: Dynamically evolving structures of toxic amyloid oligomers studied in real time"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Mark Levin, Harvard University, Title: "Catalytic Manipulation of Reactivity and Selectivity at High-Valent Nuclei"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 14, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Special Interest Faculty Candidate: Dr. Peijun Guo, Argonne National Laboratory, "Tailored Light-Matter Interactions in Scalable and Artificial Nanomaterials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Joan Broderick, Montana State University, "Organometallic Chemistry in Radical SAM Enzymes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Joan Broderick, Montana State University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 17, 2019

- 10:00 am
- 217 Noyes Laboratory
Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Allison Squires, Stanford University Title: "Precision Measurements and Control of Single Molecules in Free Solution"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 18, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Aaron Goldstrohm (University of Minnesota), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

- 11:00 am
- B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Building
Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Angad Mehta, The Scripps Research Institute, Title: "Exploring Evolution Through Synthetic Approaches"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Jeremiah Heredia Procko) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Surbhi Jain (Zhao Lab):
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 24, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Nicholas Fitzkee, Mississippi State University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 25, 2019

Monday, January 28, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Prof. Ronald Raines, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Laura Ackerman, Princeton University, Title: "Dual Metal Strategies for Catalytic C–C Bond Formation"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
JiEun Kim (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kuan Yu Lai (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 31, 2019

- 11:00 am
- 274 Medical Sciences Building
Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Katharine Diehl, Princeton University, Title: "Illuminating Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cancer with Designer Chromatin"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 117 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Emma Southgate, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 1, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Xiongyi Huang, California Institute of Technology, Title: "Innovating Chemical Synthesis by Bridging Chemistry and Biology"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 4, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Yimon Aye, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 433 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Mikiko Okumura, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- 100 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana
Ceremony honoring St. Elmo Brady as First African American to receive PhD in Chemistry (ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark)
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:30 pm
- 100 Noyes Lab (500 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana)
Designation of an ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark for St. Elmo Brady
Designation of an ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark for St. Elmo Brady, the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. | Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 4:30pm | 100 Noyes Lab | Open to the public.
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Professor Dana Dattelbaum, Los Alamos National Lab, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Bioscience Fellow: Imran Rahman (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Bioscience Fellow: Savanna Sharum (Zhang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 7, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Alfredo Garcia, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture, Representative: TBD, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: Prof. Konrad Tiefenbacher, University of Basel, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 8, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Prof. Bradley Moore, University of California, title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Cynthia Burrows, University of Utah, "Title: TBD"
- Lecture

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Professor Andrej Sali, University of California - San Francisco, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Joe Seimetz (Kalsotra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Maxwell Baymiller (Martinis Lab):
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 15, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory)
Herbert E. Carter Lecture in Biochemistry: Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis), "Childhood undernutrition: a microbial view of postnatal human development"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 18, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Thomas Snaddon, Indiana University, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Professor David Jonas, University of Colorado, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Arpita Chakravarti (Huang Lab):
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Sushant Bangru (Kalsotra Lab):
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 21, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dr. Squire Booker, PennState University, title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 25, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Amanda Hargrove, Duke University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Payel Mondal (Zhang Lab):
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Vinh Vu (Leckband Lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 28, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Robert W. Huigens III, University of Florida, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 4, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Dan Weix, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- TBA
Suslick-Sessler Lecture, Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie-Mellon University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Suslick-Sessler Lecture: Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

- 2:00 pm
Professor Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Josephine Watson (Das Lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 7, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Emily Sletten, University of California, Los Angeles, "TItle: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 8, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Anirban Banerjee (National Institute of Health), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture, BMS representative: TBD, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture, Professor Eric Meggers, University of Marburg, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/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

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium, Speakers: "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 15, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Robert Piper (University of Iowa), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 25, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks, Speakers: "TBD"
- 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

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
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Abraham Badu-Tawiah, The Ohio State University, Title: (TBA)
- 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

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Dr. Younan Xia, Georgia Tech, "TBA"
- 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

- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Dr. Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Lab, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 12, 2019

- 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

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Ms. Yishu Zhang, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

- 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

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Sergey Pronin, University of California, Irvine, "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

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Tianning Diao, New York University, "TBA"
- 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

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
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/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

Thursday, May 2, 2019

- 4:00 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

Monday, September 16, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Gottlieb Lecture: Professor Sarah O'Connor, John Innes Centre, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

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"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, "Title: TBD"
- Lecture