School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

COVID Vaccinations: Worth a Shot?

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm 8/1/2021
Location: Champaign Public Library – Main Library 200 W. Green St., Champaign, Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

Vaccinations against COVID-19 offer a pathway out of the pandemic, but like any new technology, deciding when and whether to get them can be complicated. Learn the science behind the COVID vaccines and to get your questions answered by leading researchers from the University of Illinois.

Informational

FINAL DEFENSE: Ji Eun Kim (Shapiro lab) - How Activating the Protective and Cytotoxic Anticipatory Unfolded Protein Response Controls Transcription and Cancer Cell Death

Time: 10:00 am 8/17/2021
Location: See student for ZOOM link

Seminar/Symposium

Barriers to Inclusion: Service Dog Handlers in Science Laboratories

Time: 12:00 pm 8/24/2021

IGB DEI Seminar Series Joey Ramp CEO of Empower Ability Consulting Neuroscience Research Affiliate, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Barriers to Inclusion: Service Dog Handlers in Science Laboratories"

Seminar/Symposium

Barriers to Inclusion: Service Dog Handlers in Science Laboratories, Joey Ramp

Professor Channing Der, University of North Carolina, "Targeting RAS for cancer treatment: what a long strange trip it’s been"

Time: 4:00 pm 8/26/2021

Seminar/Symposium

Professor Matthew Francis, University of California, Berkeley, "Efficient Synthesis of Multifunctional Proteins Using Enzymatic Oxidative Coupling Reactions"

Time: 4:00 pm 8/30/2021

Seminar/Symposium

Using cholesterol biology to re-educate the immune system in cancer

Time: 12:00 pm 8/31/2021

IGB Faculty Spotlight Lecture Erik Nelson, PhD University of Illinois; Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology IGB Faculty, Anticancer Discovery from Pets to People "Using cholesterol biology to re-educate the immune system in cancer"

Seminar/Symposium

"Real-time fMRI neurofeedback for treating and studying mental illness," by Michelle Hampson, Director of real-time fMRI, Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Psychiatry, Biomedical Engineering, and the Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine

Time: 4:00 pm 8/31/2021

Real-time fMRI neurofeedback will be introduced and data from our group using this technique to treat and study mental illness will be presented.

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