Seminars of Interest

Monday, October 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom
Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Chemical Biology of Protein Aggregation in Membraneless Organelles and the Stressed Proteome"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Chiwon Hwang, “Ring Contractions through Radical Intermediates”
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

- 3:00 pm
- TBD
Kimberly Hilby, UIUC, Final Defense, "Development of a Lewis Base Catalyzed, Sulfenium-ion Initiated Enantioselective, Spiroketalization Cascade"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Andrea Hernandez Garcia (Nair lab) - "Structure of a Class III Lanthipeptide Synthetase: A Protein Kinase Fold Adapted for Antibiotic Biosynthesis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Page Daniels (van der Donk lab) - Investigation of PEARLin Biosynthetic Gene Clusters
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 8, 2021

- 9:00 - 11:00 am
- CLSL (Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory) A Atrium
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Poster Presentations
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 3:30 pm
- 217 Noyes Laboratory
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Oral Presentations
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
17th Annual Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium, Pamela Silver, Ph.D., Harvard University, title "Designing Biology for Health and Sustainability"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 11, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85090613157?pwd=d0RQY2JyTWwyYWxhank4OUpUMC9rUT09
Professor Yaoqiu Zhu, University of Texas at El Paso, "Integrative Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology Studies for Reviving Natural Product Drug Discovery and Solving Clinical Pharmacotherapy Conundrums"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Amanda Milkovits, "Borylations from Carboxylic Acids"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Thursday, October 14, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Noah Haskin, UIUC, "Understanding Natural Plant Defenses and Creating New Tools for Insect Resistance"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 15, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Contact Department for Zoom Link
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Wilfried Weber (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies), “Molecular Optogenetics for the multi-level control of biological signaling processes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85654313952?pwd=TXBUcDVORUY1N1ZNSVgySm96T3lNdz09 Meeting ID: 856 5431 3952 Password: 112196
Ms. Marisa Asadian, UIUC Title: Life Through a Doughnut Beam: Molecular Probing with MINFLUX Nanoscopy
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 18, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Eugenia Trushina, Mayo Clinic, "Mitochondria to the rescue: signaling in health and disease"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- https://go.illinois.edu/TechTransfer
SCS Career Services Alumni Panel: What is Technology Transfer?
Please join UIUC alums Dr. Cecilia Gentle ('20) and Dr. Jose Zavala ('20) for a virtual talk, "What is Technology Transfer?"
- Lecture

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. David Masiello, University of Washington, "Probing the Valence Responses in Plasmonic and Photonic Nanostructures  with Fast Electron Spectroscopy"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Friday, October 22, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Contact Department for Zoom Link
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Josh Blodgett (Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology), “New lessons from old molecules: using macrolactam comparative-metabologenomics for antibiotic regulatory and discovery insights"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81428730543?pwd=WGw3bDZCQWpGN05haU96RUJ0TGpYZz09 Meeting ID: 814 2873 0543 Password: 417376
Mr. Henry Jetmore, UIUC Title: Analysis of Polymers Using Inverse Gas Chromatography
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81428730543?pwd=WGw3bDZCQWpGN05haU96RUJ0TGpYZz09
Ms. Lauren Harris, UIUC Title: The Application of Dielectric Barrier Discharge to Analytical Techniques
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 25, 2021

- 1:15 pm
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Bijal Bankim Patel, "Self-Assembly and Additive Manufacturing of Bottlebrush Block Copolymer Photonic Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Arnab Mukherjee, University of California Santa Barbara, "Biomolecular Imaging with Magnetic Resonance" (host: Schroeder)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Huaxun Fan (Zhang)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Stella Ekaputri (Burke) - Hinokitiol redistributes iron and restores physiology in various models of iron misdistribution
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 28, 2021

- 9:00 am
- 157 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Whitney Sinclair, "Lung-on-a-Chip Device with In Situ Imaging Capabilities"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- RAL 116
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Thomas Pires, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88293787139?pwd=dmVVMENZR0svMXNEL0QzbmFXVjg4UT09
Professor Jason Hein, University of British Columbia, "New Tools and Technology to Accelerate Process Chemical Research and Discovery"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 29, 2021

- 8:00 am
- https://go.chemistry.illinois.edu/CatchingUpWithChemistry_8am
Catching up with Chemistry: A Conversation with Department Head Catherine J. Murphy
Join us for UIUC Chemistry updates and Q&A with department head Cathy Murphy (BS, '86)
- Other
- 8:00 am
- registration details coming soon
Student Research Lightning Talks
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- Contact Department for Zoom Link
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Kenneth Matreyek (Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pathology), “Harnessing multiplex genetic assays for the quantitative understanding of protein sequence - function in mammalian cells"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://go.chemistry.illinois.edu/CatchingUpWithChemistry_2pm
Catching up with Chemistry: A Conversation with Department Head Catherine J. Murphy
Join us for UIUC Chemistry updates and Q&A with department head Cathy Murphy (BS, '86)
- Other
- 2:00 pm
- registration details coming soon
Student Research Lightning Talks
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89695212881?pwd=OHpmTVVvZ25CbTRldnpsamErejA0dz09 Meeting ID: 896 9521 2881 Password: 036666
Mr. Carlos Juarez Yescas, UIUC Title: Microfluidics and NMR: Pushing the lower detection limits of NMR
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89695212881?pwd=OHpmTVVvZ25CbTRldnpsamErejA0dz09 Meeting ID: 896 9521 2881 Password: 036666
Mr. Samuel Okyem, UIUC Title: CRISPR-Diagnostics an Application to SARS-CoV-2 Detection
- Seminar/Symposium