Morrill Hall Display Calendar

Entomology Colloquium - Tanya Josek and Josh Gibson (Entomology Alumni), Microscopists, UIUC Beckman Institute - "Close Encounters of the Microscopic Kind"

4:00 pm 10/2/2023

B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

"Unwinding the role of mRNA helicase MOV10 in brain," by Stephanie Ceman, Professor, Dept of Cell and Developmental Biology, Neuroscience Program

4:00 pm 10/3/2023

Beckman Institute 1005

Seminar/Symposium

Musarrat Jabeen (Shapiro) - "Targeting cancer by hyperactivating unfolded protein response”

4:00 pm 10/4/2023

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

Westcott Biosciences Fellow Kaylee Kuzelka (Nair) - "Structure Based Engineering of a Broad Scope Carbon-Directed S-adenosylmethionine Dependent α –Keto Acid Methyl Transferase"

4:00 pm 10/4/2023

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

PEEC Seminars- Dr. Lindsey Reisinger, University of Florida; "The role of behavioral traits and disease dynamics in crayfish invasions"

4:00 pm 10/4/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium - B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

C. Ladd Prosser Endowed Lecture, Dr. James and Andrea Simmons, Brown University "Neural Displays for Perception in Echolocating Bats"

11:00 am 10/5/2023

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

FINAL DEFENSE: Qianqiao (Heather) Liu (Stadtmueller lab) - The structures of secretory IgA in complex with human and bacterial Fc receptors and functional implications for mucosal host-pathogen interactions

1:00 pm 10/5/2023

419 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

EEB Colloquium – 10/6/2023 – Dr. Yoel E. Stuart, Loyola University Chicago

9:00 - 10:00 am 10/6/2023

2004 Natural History Building Conference Room

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University, "Optogenetic engineering of calcium channels and immune cells with tailored function"

12:00 pm 10/6/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Photo of Professor Venki Ramakrishnan. He's standing in front of a lab window and is wearing blue, button-down shirt and glasses.

Biochemistry-IGB Seminar: Venki Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Cambridge, UK, "Initiation of Translation by the Ribosome"

12:00 pm 10/9/2023

B102 CLSL (Charles Miller Auditorium)

Seminar/Symposium

Entomology Grad Student Appreciation Event

4:00 pm 10/9/2023

407 MH

Festival/Celebration

Lilly Lecture: Professor Hagan Bayley, University of Oxford, "Engineered Nanopores: from Gene Sequencing to Organ Repair"

5:00 pm 10/9/2023

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

"Love, death, and cochlear implants," by Robert C. Froemke, PhD, Skirball Foundation Professor of Genetics, Department of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience/Physiology, NYU Neuroscience Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

4:00 pm 10/10/2023

Beckman Institute 1005

Seminar/Symposium

Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Ankur Saxena, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

12:00 pm 10/11/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

"From Neurons to Neuroblastoma and Back Again: Stem Cell and Cancer Differentiation In Vivo"

Seminar/Symposium

Carter Fellow: Huaxun Fan (Zhang ) - "In vivo optogenetic modulation of ERK/AKT signaling pathway in neurons and development of synthetic neurocomputer"

4:00 pm 10/11/2023

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

PEEC Seminars- Dr. Sander Gussekloo, Wageningen; "Ovipositor Biomechanics and Adaptations"

4:00 pm 10/11/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium - B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

EEB Exit Seminar – 10/12/2023 – Abbi Turner, PhD Graduate Student, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., W-121 Turner Hall, “Behavioral characteristics and hormonal mechanisms of egg ejection in the American robin (Turdus migratorius)”

9:00 - 10:00 am 10/12/2023

W-121 Turner Hall

Seminar/Symposium

MIP Grads: Ingrid Possa Paranhos (Sweeney Lab) "Neuronanatomical dissection of the MC3R circuitry mediating energy rheostasis" and Gargi Palashikar (Tsai Lab) "Study of TrkB Signaling in the Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome”

11:00 am 10/12/2023

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

EEB Colloquium – 10/6/2023 – Dr. Julian Torres-Dowdall, University of Notre Dame

9:00 - 10:00 am 10/13/2023

2004 Natural History Building Conference Room

Seminar/Symposium

Picture of Dr. Ron Kopito. He has short, grey hair. He is wearing a blue hoodie and smiling.

Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Ron Kopito, Stanford University, "Regulation of the ribosome-translocon interaction by the ubiquitin like protein UFM1”

12:00 pm 10/13/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Jesus Moreno Castillo/Chen Lab

12:00 - 12:30 pm 10/16/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Regulation of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor XPLN by phosphorylation

Seminar/Symposium

Entomology Colloquium - John Tooker (UIUC Entomology Alumni), Professor, Penn State University - "Who's in charge? Complex interactions between gall insects and their host plants"

4:00 pm 10/16/2023

B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

"Mapping the contribution of astrocytes to brain computation and outputs," by Thomas Papouin, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Washington University in St Louis

4:00 pm 10/17/2023

Beckman Institute 1005

Seminar/Symposium

Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Hee-Sun Han, UIUC Department of Chemistry

12:00 pm 10/18/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL

Nano- and Micro-technologies for data-driven systems biology

Seminar/Symposium

Chris Hawk (Jin) - "Conserved DRG factors maintain efficient translation elongation by remodeling the ribosome”

4:00 pm 10/18/2023

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

MIP Grads: Kenneth Samuel (Yu Lab) "Function of astrocyte calcium signaling in the medial amygdala neuronal circuits and social behaviors" and Xiangning Song (Bagchi Lab) "Extracellular vesicles media cell-cell communication during implantation"

11:00 am 10/19/2023

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

EEB Colloquium – 10/20/2023 – Professional Development: EEB Post-Doc Panel Discussion

9:00 - 10:00 am 10/20/2023

2004 Natural History Building Conference Room

Seminar/Symposium

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Felicity Hsu/Smith-Bolton Lab

12:00 - 12:30 pm 10/23/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

The Role of Myc in Drosophila wing imaginal disc regeneration

Seminar/Symposium

Entomology Grad Student ESA Practice Talks

3:30 pm 10/23/2023

B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

Graeme Lindsey (Procko/Mehta) - "Directed Evolution Utilizing Somatic Hypermutation in Human B Cells"

4:00 pm 10/25/2023

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

PEEC Seminars - Dr. Tom Williams, University of Bristol; "Phylogenomics and the early evolution of Bacteria"

4:00 pm 10/25/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium - B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

Dr. Qiaojie Xiong, Stony Brook University, "Role of the auditory striatum in decision-making and learning"

11:00 am 10/26/2023

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Associate Professor, Dept. Neurobiology & Behavior at Stony Brook

Seminar/Symposium

EEB Colloquium – 10/27/2023 – Dr. Tom Williams, University of Bristol, Bacterial/Archael Genomes and Tree of Life

9:00 - 10:00 am 10/27/2023

2004 Natural History Building Conference Room

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tan Chee Wah, National University of Singapore, "Serology in infectious disease investigation"

12:00 pm 10/27/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Minxue Liu / K Prasanth Lab

12:00 - 12:30 pm 10/30/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Monoallelically-expressed Noncoding RNAs form nucleolar territories on NOR-containing chromosomes and regulate rRNA expression

Seminar/Symposium

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Neha Chetlangia/S Prasanth Lab

12:30 - 1:00 pm 10/30/2023

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

The role of ORCA/LRWD1 in heterochromatin organization

Seminar/Symposium

Entomology Colloquium - Ignacio Escalante Meza, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, Chicago - "Mechanisms and evolutionary implications of behaviors: biomechanics and communication in an arachnid"

4:00 pm 10/30/2023

B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium