Seminars of Interest

Monday, February 3, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Prof. Weixin Tang, University of Chicago, "Advancing Epigenetic Profiling and Genome Editing by Enzyme Engineering"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Michael Strauss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Developing General Synthetic Methods Across Molecular Dimensions"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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

  Prof. Mark E. Tuckerman, New York University, "Beating the viscosity-conductivity inverse relation barrier to create a breakthrough electrolyte for emerging battery applications: Quantum mechanics holds the key"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 161 Noyes Laboratory

  Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Marissa Lavagnino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Cross-Couplings Enabled by Photoredox and Main Group Catalysis"

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

  Sounak Saha (Jin Lab): "The Developmentally Regulated GTP binding protein (DRG) story: integrating Protein Synthesis with Mitochondrial Function"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 13, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Prof. Shauna M. Paradine, University of Rochester, "Catalytic Strategies for the Selective Construction of sp3-rich Organic Scaffolds"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 14, 2025

• • 9:45 am
  • Via Zoom

  Analytical Seminar - Dr. Dingran Chang, Northwestern University, “Exploring Functional Nucleic Acids for Biosensor Development”

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 15, 2025

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  • 10:00 am
  • Illini Union Room 104

  2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium

  The UIUC Student Chapter of NOBCChE is hosting the Spring 2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium. The keynote speaker is Segun Victor Obisesan, Ph.D., who is a Research, Development, & Innovation Chemist at Evonik Corporation. The St. Elmo Brady Lecture Series is held each semester to honor Illinois chemistry alumnus St. Elmo Brady (PhD, ’16).

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 10:00 am
  • Illini Union Room 104

  2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium: Dr. Segun Victor Obisesan, Evonik Corporation - "Mechanism of reaction and process optimization of a nitril derived dialkylamine"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 17, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Organic Faculty Candidate: Dr. Sophia Shevick, Harvard University, "Chemical Complexity in Catalysis and Synthesis"

  • 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, "Polymicrobial Cross-talk on the Skin Limits MRSA Colonization and Disease"

  • 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
• • 4:30 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Westcott Fellow: Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - "Enzymatic Catalyzed DNA Adenylation for Antiphage Defense."

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Lilly Lecture: Dr. Hannah L. Vonesh, Lilly, "Development and Scale-Up of a Direct Asymmetric Reductive Amination with Ammonia"

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

  Lilly Lecture: Professor Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto, "New Strategies for the Synthesis and Functionalization of Small Rings"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 24, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Xiaoyu Zhang, Northwestern University, "Expanding the Druggable Space by Innovative Chemical Biology Approaches"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Megan Robertson, University of Houston, "Enabling Polyolefin Circularity through Melt Functionalization and Upcycling" (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab): "Shear flow patterns Antimicrobial gradients across bacterial populations"

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

  Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "Combining multiple stressors blocks bacterial migration and growth"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Brandon Greene, University of California, Santa Barbara, "The Radical Lives of Anaerobes and How to Combat Them"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 28, 2025

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

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Matt Parsek (University of Washington) - "Secondary messenger signaling at surfaces by Pseudomonas aeruginosa"

  • Seminar/Symposium