UIUC Biophysics and Related Seminars

Monday, April 28, 2025

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Special Biological Physics Seminar- "Chaotic worms: from the dynamics of animal behavior towards a physics of complex, evolved systems"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 180 Bevier Hall, 905 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL
From struggles to snuggles: Insights into sleep and gut microbiome development on infant growth and obesity risk

Corrie Whisner, PhD College of Health Solutions; Arizona State University "From struggles to snuggles: Insights into sleep and gut microbiome development on infant growth and obesity risk"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Aniritha Ramalingam Balasubramanian/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Yishue Jiang/Sirk Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Craig Alexander Mackinnon
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Janhavi Borkar (Nair Lab) - "Mechanism of ATP-dependent phosphonate ester formation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 1, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University "Dissecting disease-mediated dysregulation of gut-brain circuits"

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University "TBA"

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 180 Bevier Hall, 905 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL
CANCELLED Lunch with CNRG: Generative AI

"Generative AI" Chris Panumpabi, CNRG Conference & Events Audio/Visual Specialist
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Klas Udekwu, University of Idaho -- "Dissecting 'function' in microbial communities"
- 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, "Carbon Dioxide Conversion for a Sustainable Future: Research and Policy"
- Lecture

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

- 9:00 am
- 1306 Everitt Laboratory
FINAL DEFENSE, Kyle Benjamin Timmer, "Development of Multicompartment Biomaterials to Modulate Cellular Environments for Improved Tendon-to-Bone Rotator Cuff Repair"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Emily Davidson, Princeton University, (host: Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Heritage Room, Main Level ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave
Lunch with the Core - Creating Art of Science

"Creating Art of Science" Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Graeme Lindsey (Mehta Lab) - "Utilizing Human B Cells to Create a Continuous Directed Evolution Platform"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Weber Fellow: Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab)- "“High-throughput synthesis and specificity characterization of natively paired antibodies using oPool+ display”
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 8, 2025

- 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
IGB Fellows Symposium

Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and connect with others at the poster session at the 2025 Fellows Symposium.
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 9, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Dr. Kevin Corbett (University of San Diego): "“Ubiquitination pathways in bacterial innate immunity”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 8:00 pm
- Analog Wine Library, 129 N Race St, Urbana, IL
Art of Science 15: AERENCHYMA - Opening Reception

The IGB’s Art of Science program is a celebration of the common ground between science and art. Images from Illinois research were the starting point for these works, which were created by researchers working in partnership with IGB artist Julia Pollack. These pieces are the result of conversations between the scientists and the artist.
- Exhibition

Monday, May 12, 2025

- 10:00 am
- 161 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Anaira Roman Santiago, "Understanding Molecular Level Interactions and Design of Selective Electrochemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Sergei Korshunov/Imlay Lab and Sanjay Rohaun/Imlay Lab
- 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 2025 Spring Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Friday, May 30, 2025

- 10:00 am
- Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave, RAL 433
Physical Final Defense: Kevin Adams, "From Tilings and Master Equations to Microkinetic Models"
- Seminar/Symposium

Please contact the UIUC Illinois Biophysics Society webmaster if you know of other events to add to the list.