Seminars of Interest

Monday, March 3, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 317 Gregory Hall

  Yue Yu, Final Defense, UIUC, "Genome Mining for Natural Product Biosynthesis."

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

  Amgen Lecture, Amgen rep: Dr. Heather Johnson, "Continuous Manufacturing and Biocatalysis to Enable the Process Development of a Key Intermediate""

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

  Amgen Lecture w/Professor Jeffrey W. Bode, ETH Zurich, "Synthetic Biologics"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 Chemistry Annex

  CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: "Catalytic Intermediates in Directed C-H Functionalization by First-Row Transition Metals", Tiana Huynh, University of Illinois - U/C

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

  CANCELED: Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amie Boal, Penn State University, "The Periodic Table of Ribonucleotide Reductases"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

• • 2:00 - 4:00 pm
  • Material Sciences Building, 1304 W Green St, Urbana - Room 119

  Thriving as a Graduate Student Series - "Cultivating a Strong and Productive Relationship with Your Advisor"

  This presentation by Alexis Thompson will explore strategies for PhD and Master's students to cultivate a strong and productive relationship with their thesis advisor, focusing on clear communication, aligning expectations, and proactively seeking guidance for research and career development. This event is for Grainger Engineering graduate students, including ChBE.

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

  Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "A Small Molecule That Targets Oncogene mRNA Stability & Kills Uterine Cancer Cells"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "Exploring the role of avian and mammalian Immunoglobulin A in anti-viral immune responses."

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 6, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 217 Noyes Laboratory

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Blake Levy, UIUC, "A New Approach to Male Birth Control: Small-molecule, Nonhormonal Contraceptives."

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Elizabeth Biddinger, CUNY, "Electro-organic Reactions for Sustainable Applications" (host: Paul Kenis)

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

  Marvel/Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: Dr. Bidhan De, "Directed Endosymbiosis to Investigate Plastid Evolution and Application"; Dr. Chandrashekhar Padhi, "Discovery of Novel Macrocyclic RiPPs Modified by Three Different Metalloenzymes"; Dr. Zhenchuang Xu, "Recyclable High-Performance Thermosets with Generation Invariant Material Properties"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 10, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture, Dr. William P. Gallagher, BMS, "Adventures in the Synthesis of a Complex Pharmaceutical Candidate Enabled by Novel Reactions"

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

  Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture w/Professor Brian Blagg, University of Notre Dame, "Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Rediscovery of Hsp90 Inhibitors"

  • Seminar/Symposium

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, "Directional Photoinduced Charge Transfer and Accumulation Using Copper Photosensitizers"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

• • 1:30 pm
  • English Building 160

  FINAL DEFENSE: Nafisa Ibrahim "Systematic Study of Redox-Active Polymers for Energy Storage: Exploring Structural Modulation, Electrolyte Interactions and Programmable Degradation" Advisor: Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  Prof. Brett McGuire, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The Evolution of Aromatic Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium"

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

  Dabich Fellow: Jessica Derham (Kalsotra Lab) - "The Role of ESRP2 in Drug Induced Liver Injury"

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

  Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - “A Small Molecule Targeting mRNA-protein Interactions Induces an Interferon Response and Triggers Apoptosis in Lethal MYC-driven Small Cell Lung Cancer”.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 13, 2025

• 

  • 9:00 am
  • 419 RAL (Rose Room)

  Final Defense: Kaylee Kuzelka (Nair Lab) - "Structural Analysis Via X-Ray Crystallography of an Engineered Carbon Methlytransfersae, A Phytoxic Phosphonate and its Modifying Enzyme, and a Chimeric Tyrosinase"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • 217 Noyes Laboratory

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ceilia Leso, UIUC, "Environmental Spies: Genetically Encoded Plant Biosensors and their Applications"

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

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo, "A Non-equilibrium Flame Aerosol Process to Create High-entropy Nanomaterials" (co-hosts: Hong Yang, Paul Kenis)

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

  Fuson Student Talks: Youran Luo, UIUC, "Investigation of Lanthionine Synthase-Catalyzed Thio-Michael Addition"; Matthew Albritton, UIUC, "Development and Mechanistic Investigation of an Aqueous, Indium-Catalyzed Allylation of Native Carbohydrates Using Allylboronate Esters"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 14, 2025

• 

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

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ben Warlick -"What Happens Next?"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • Beckman 2269

  FINAL DEFENSE: David Friday "COMPUTATIONAL AND MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS FOR INSIGHTS INTO CONJUGATED MATERIALS", Advisor: Nick Jackson

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

  Professor Chibueze Amanchukwu, University of Chicago, "Innovating in – and learning from – battery science to address challenges in electrochemistry"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
  • 170 Noyes Laboratory

  25th Anniversary Celebration of the Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry

  The Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry is held every year in honor of Dr. Sylvia Stoesser, an early pioneer for women in chemistry and features an individual that is making outstanding contributions to science outside of academia. The Stoesser Lecture Planning Committee has selected Dr. Brandi Hudson, Principal Scientist in Computational Chemistry, as the speaker for 2025.

  • Reception/Open House

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • 162 Noyes Laboratory

  Q&A with Brandi Hudson, 2025 Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecturer in Chemistry

  The Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry is held every year in honor of Dr. Sylvia Stoesser, an early pioneer for women in chemistry and features an individual that is making outstanding contributions to science outside of academia. The Stoesser Lecture Planning Committee has selected Dr. Brandi Hudson, Principal Scientist in Computational Chemistry, as the speaker for 2025.

  • Lecture
• 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 1024 Chemistry Annex

  Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry

  The Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry is held every year in honor of Dr. Sylvia Stoesser, an early pioneer for women in chemistry and features an individual that is making outstanding contributions to science outside of academia. The Stoesser Lecture Planning Committee has selected Dr. Brandi Hudson, Principal Scientist in Computational Chemistry, as the speaker for 2025.

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Chemistry Annex 1024

  Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry

  • Lecture

Thursday, March 20, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Noyes Laboratory, 505 S Mathews Ave, Room 217

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Harshika Varadhan, UIUC, "Title TBA"

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

  Out in Chem Annual Seminar: Prof. Matthew Lockett, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, March 23, 2025

• 

  • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • San Diego (see registration link for location)

  ACS San Diego - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception

  Please join us for a networking reception in conjunction with the ACS National Meeting in San Diego

  • Reception/Open House

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "Characterization of Antibodies Against Influenza H3N2 Hemagglutinin Stem."

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

  Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller Lab) - "The cartilaginous fish Immunoglobulin M provides insights into polymeric antibody assembly and evolution"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 28, 2025

• 

  • 10:00 am
  • 419 RAL (Rose Room)

  Final Defense: Gilberto Padron (Sanfilippo Lab) - "Shear flow modulates oxidative nutrient stress in Pseudomonas aeruginosa."

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 31, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 117 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Jeff Xu, , "Workflows and automated platforms for nanocrystal synthesis, purification, and characterization"

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

  Novartis Lecture: Dr. Raundi E. Quevedo, Novartis, "Scientific Vignettes: Molecular Glues for Drug Discovery"

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

  Novartis Lecture: Professor Donna Blackmond, Scripps Research Institute, "Models for the Origin of Biological Homochirality"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 6:00   8:00 p.m.
  • Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center located at 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

  CHBE 121 Poster Session

  Please join students and faculty at the annual ChBE 121 Poster Session. This event will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Students in small teams review and prepare a poster describing an Industrial Safety Incident. The posters include details such as an event timeline and immediate and long-term impacts.

  • Informational

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • 217 Noyes Lab

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Frank Schroeder, Cornell University: Host Metabolism Balances Microbial Regulation of Bile Acid Signaling

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dysregulated RNA splicing impairs protein localization and function in alcohol-associated human liver disease."

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

  'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - “Elucidating the Molecular Basis for Cardiac Mitochondrial and Bioenergetics Defects in Type I Myotonic Dystrophy (DM1)”

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Noyes Laboratory, 505 S Mathews Ave, Room 217

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Laura Bickart, UIUC, "TBD"

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

  Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Franc Meyer, University of Göttingen, "Inspired by Nitrogenase: Dihydride Complexes for the H2-Releasing Reductive Activation of Challenging Substrates"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 4, 2025

• • All Day
  • Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 AND Noyes Laboratory, 505 S Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801

  CHBE/OXE UG Research Symposium and Scholarship Awards Ceremony

  • Meeting
• 

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

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lars Dietrich (Columbia University) - "Bacterial biofilms, pigments and javelins"

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

  Professor Maral Mousavi, University of Southern California, "Integrated Electrochemical Sensors for On-body and At-home Measurements"

  • Seminar/Symposium