School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

Monday, September 29, 2025

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Audrey Peng / Freeman Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Uterine Fibroids: How Genetics Informs Neoplastic Transformation and Treatment

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Serdar Bulun, PhD John J. Sciarra Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine "Uterine Fibroids: How Genetics Informs Neoplastic Transformation and Treatment"
- Seminar/Symposium
"A Marker Chromosome in Patients with Psychosis Identifies Glycine Decarboxylase (GLDC) as a Novel Regulator of Neuronal and Synaptic Function in the Dentate Gyrus," by Uwe Rudolph, Professor, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

A Home-Built Spatial Transcriptomics Microscope: Sample Prep and Applications

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"A Home-Built Spatial Transcriptomics Microscope: Sample Prep and Applications" Duncan Nall, Research Scientist, Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, October 2, 2025

MIP Seminar: Dr. Howard Gritton, UIUC, "Cortical circuit dynamics contributing to auditory spatial attention"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Comparative Biosciences
- Seminar/Symposium
Lunch with CNRG: Audio/Visual

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Audio/Visual" Joe Leigh, CNRG Associate Director of IT Solutions
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 3, 2025

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Aimin Liu (University of Texas San Antonio) - "The Untapped Chemistry of Amino Acids"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

What experience taught me: 7 keys to startup success

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Fox Family Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture Jim Hedges CEO of CoverCress “What experience taught me: 7 keys to startup success”
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Junya Li/Martinez Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
"Unraveling the Circuit Logic of Neuropeptide Signaling," by Sung Han, Associate Professor, Clayton Foundation Laboratory for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Andrew Riley / Brieher Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Lunch with the Core: An Introduction to the LSM 980

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"An Introduction to the LSM 980" Umnia Doha, Research Scientist,Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Canran Deng (M. Gillette Lab) "Temporal Dynamics of Circadian Rhythms and Permeability in Human iPSC-Derived Brain Endothelial Cells" & Zihuan Lin (Raetzman Lab) "Epigenetic factor Arid2 contributes to pituitary development and congenital hypopituitarism pathogenesis."

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kimberly Seed, University of California - Berkeley -- "Fighting with phages: how Vibrio cholerae defends against viral attack"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Arnold Mathijssen (University of Pennsylvania) - "Rheotaxis: Invasion of bacteria swimming upstream into microstructured devices

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 13, 2025

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Snigdha Mathure / Smith-Bolton Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Lunch with CNRG: Biocluster

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Biocluster" Dan Davidson Director of CNRG and Research Computing
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Aatiqa Nawaz / Ceman Lab

12:30 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

"Hippocampal engrams regulating fear memory," by Steve Maren, Director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Isabelle Lakis/Heath Lab and Megan Ringling/Blanke Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Aggregation and division aberrations in model archaeon lacking its S-layer

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Aggregation and division aberrations in model archaeon lacking its S-layer" Abigail Finn, PhD Candidate Microbiology
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anna Mankovich / Freeman Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Yuwei Pan (Zhao Lab) - “Development of a new refactoring strategy for large complex natural product biosynthetic gene clusters.”

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Lucy Liu (Christian-Hinman Lab) "Investigating Seizure Susceptibility in an APP/PS1 Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model using Repeated Low-Dose Kainic Acid Injection" & Gabe McKenna (Tsai Lab) "Characterizing the Mechanism and Neurodevelopmental Impacts of a de novo GRM7 Mutation"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
CBI-TG Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University St. Louis -- Trainee Host: Rodrigo Arana Garrido/Mera Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University in St. Louis, "The Environment Sculpts the Cell: pH, Peptidoglycan, and β-lactam Resistance"

4:00 pm

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ian Wilson (The Scripps Research Institute) - "From antibodies to small molecules: structure-based design of novel therapeutic candidates to influenza virus"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Genome Day

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Lincoln Square Mall, 201 Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL 61801

Join us for a fun day of hands-on science! Talk with scientists and explore exhibits and activities including learning how organisms relate to each other on the Tree of Life, extracting strawberry DNA to make necklaces, and understanding how genomics pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Although designed for K-12 children, all members of the community are welcome.
- Festival/Celebration

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Targeting lipid metabolism to restore immune reactivity of irradiated glioblastoma

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Claire Vanpouille-Box, PhD Cell Biology in Radiation Oncology; Weill Cornell Medicine "Targeting lipid metabolism to restore immune reactivity of irradiated glioblastoma"
- Seminar/Symposium
"Network Neuroscience: Linking Structure and Function," by Olaf Sporns, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1005
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Meijin Pan "MEF2C Haploinsufficiency and Neuronal Hyperactivity in 5q 14.3 Microdeletion Syndrome" (Tsai Lab) & Dhanya Pradeep (Erik Nelson Lab) "Evaluation of Selective FXR Modulation and Gut Microbiome Intervention in Breast Cancer Pathophysiology"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Arthur Charles-Orszag, University of California - Davis -- "Cellular, molecular mechanisms and evolution of chromosome segregation in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius"

4:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 24, 2025

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. John Calarco (University of Toronto) - "Small but mighty: using a tiny worm to shed light on microexon splicing"

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Neethu Babu / Freeman Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Lunch with CNRG: Data Management

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Data Management" Yifei Kang, CNRG Research Data Management Specialist
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Patterning the meristem: Development and Evolution of the floral ground plan

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Patterning the meristem: Development and Evolution of the floral ground plan" Ya Min, Assistant Professor Plant Biology, Physics
- Seminar/Symposium
NSP DIRECTOR'S SEMINAR: "Breath, space and memory: How nasal respiration shaped the evolution of hippocampal function." by Lucia F. Jacobs, Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute 1025 - Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Jian Feng / State University of New York at Buffalo

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

MIP Endowed C. Ladd Prosser Lecture: Dr. Roger Cone, University of Michigan, "Understanding Energy Homeostasis, and its Impact on Obesity Pharmacotherapy"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Professor, University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Brett Loman, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "Improving Stress Resilience Through Diet-Microbiota Interactions: Insights into Gastrointestinal Motility"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium