School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

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

Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

Time: All Day 5/8/2025

Other

Dr. Kevin Corbett (University of San Diego): "“Ubiquitination pathways in bacterial innate immunity”

Time: 12:00 pm 5/9/2025
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

Art of Science 15: AERENCHYMA - Opening Reception

Time: 4:00 - 8:00 pm 5/9/2025
Location: Analog Wine Library, 129 N Race St, Urbana, IL

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

Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Sergei Korshunov/Imlay Lab and Sanjay Rohaun/Imlay Lab

Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 5/13/2025
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Commencement

Time: 8:30 am 5/17/2025

Ceremony/Service

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Convocation

Time: 9:00 am 5/18/2025
Location: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Ceremony/Service

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

Time: All Day 5/19/2025

Other

Memorial Day Holiday

Time: All Day 5/26/2025

Other

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

MIP Seminar: Dr. Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University "Dissecting disease-mediated dysregulation of gut-brain circuits"

MIP Seminar: Dr. Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University "TBA"

CANCELLED Lunch with CNRG: Generative AI

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Klas Udekwu, University of Idaho -- "Dissecting 'function' in microbial communities"

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Oraya Zinder/S. Prasanth Lab

Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amanda Smith and Katherine Hatzis, "Obtaining a job as a Chemistry Professor at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution"

Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab and Elizabeth Rowland/Brooke Lab

Instruction Ends

Lunch with the Core - Creating Art of Science

Graeme Lindsey (Mehta Lab) - "Utilizing Human B Cells to Create a Continuous Directed Evolution Platform"

Weber Fellow: Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab)- "“High-throughput synthesis and specificity characterization of natively paired antibodies using oPool+ display”

IGB Fellows Symposium