Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Shana Kelley, PhD Inaugural President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago "Deploying Bioanalytical Platforms to Probe Inflammation and Immunity"

Selim Unlu, PhD Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University "Interferometric Reflection Imaging Sensor from Multiplexed Molecular Affinity Measurements to Counting Single Analytes"

"Crafting the Art of Science: a Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes" Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager, IGB Topic: Art of Science Lunch will be provided

The Spatial Omics Initiative monthly working group brings together researchers from different disciplines to enable breakthroughs in genomic biology by developing new ways to embed omics data in space, jointly with CAIM. 

Liewei Wang, PhD Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Mayo Clinic Rochester "Individualized therapy: Discovery and Translation"

Lunch with the Core "Mechanics to microstructure: Image-based modeling of the extracellular matrix" Callan Luetkemeyer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Grainger College of Engineering, MechSE Lunch will be provided

“Changing our future food through Wholesome Nutrition, one bite at a time” Maneephan (Yui) Keeratiurai, PhD, CFS Director, Food Science and Wholesome Nutrition Archer Daniels Midland Co

Join us for a night of science trivia! 25 O'Clock Brewing Co. 208 W. Griggs St. Urbana

"Designer Babies: What are they & do we want them?" Françoise Baylis, PhD Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Dalhousie University I Hotel and Conference Center Chancellor Ballroom 1900 S. First Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 Reception immediately following Co-sponsored by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and the Humanities Research I

Christina Warinner, PhD Department of Anthropology and Sally Starling Seaver Associate Professor at the Radcliffe Institute and the Department of Anthropology; Harvard University "A tale of two sugars: The epic human story of amylose and lactose"

GNDP is hosting a monthly reading group the 3rd Tuesday of each month on spatial transcriptomics this semester. The goal is to learn about this new technology, with a focus on how it can be applied to address new questions in brain and behavior. Please contact Jess Quicksall (jessicaq@illinois.edu) if you would like to attend, virtual/hybrid format.

"Single cell spatial transcriptomic analysis of adult honeybee phenotypes" Alex Schrader, Chemistry Doctoral Candidate, Han Lab Instrument: Widefield Microscope Lunch will be provided

Ross Wantland Director of Curriculum Development and Education Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Enhancing Our Cross-Cultural Mentorship"

The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Modeling (CAIM) monthly working group facilitates the matching of biological problems to quantitative methods, covering such topics as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, biomolecular networks in space and time explored using single-cell biophysics, microbiome dynamics and methods for control, and cancer genomics.