Cancer Center Master Calendar

IGB Faculty Spotlight Lecture Pamela Martinez Vargas, PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Department of Statistics "SARS-CoV-2 dynamics across scales: From within-host dynamics to socioeconomic disparities"

Healthy People 2030 and the All of Us Program demonstrate how human health is influenced by factors beyond direct patient/physician interactions, sometimes referred to as the exposome. A prime example is the increasing number of chemicals humans are exposed to and their effect on our overall chemical load. Commonly used risk assessment methods do not scale quickly or easil

"Emergent behavior and phase transition in cell-ECM systems mediated by long range cell-cell mechanical interaction" Umnia Doha, PhD Student, Mechanical Science & Engineering Instrument: LSM 710 Lunch will be provided

Departments of Molecular & Integrative Physiology

The transition to graduate school is even more complicated when it is also accompanied by a transition to a new country. In this workshop, a panel of international graduate students will answer questions and share their experiences; all students are welcome to attend, but RSVP from international students will have priority.

Oct. 6 | Altgeld Hall Room 314 | 7-8:30 pm |  Have a brilliant idea and not sure about protecting intellectual property? Come listen to Prof. Joe Barich, a licensed patent attorney and an Adjunct Professor in the College of Law. He will share valuable insights about protecting your startup idea and answer your questions about patents and trademarks. 

Kim Barrett, PhD UC Davis School of Medicine, Vice Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology "Intestinal epithelial reprogramming in the pathogenesis of infectious diarrhea"

Featuring talks from Glenn Fried, PhD, Kingsley Boateng, PhD, Reza Rajabi-Toustani, PhD, Devinda Wijewardena, Yuhan Wang, Gopika Gopan, and Abberior Staff Register by emailing core-event-reservations@igb.illinois.edu by October 10th, 2022

Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Assistant Teaching Professor and Co-Director of Medical Ethics and Humanities thread at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Sheppard  will discuss her work in developing medical humanities and medical anthropology curricula and her work with community based participatory research.

Steve Quake, PhD Stanford University; Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering; Co-President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub; Professor of Applied Physics; Professor of Physics "A Decade of Molecular Cell Atlases"

"Uncovering cell biology of the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum" Maria Guadalupe Nava, Graduate Student, College of Veterinary Medicine Instrument: SR-SIM Lunch will be provided

Professor, Department of Neurology

Graduate school can be a stressful time; this workshop seeks to open a conversation about the importance of maintaining one's mental health. Presenters will focus on healthy coping mechanisms, dealing with impostor syndrome, and resources available to support students.

In Remembrance and Thanks To all Anatomy Donors from the Carle Illinois College of Medicine Class of 2025 October 21st, 2022, 3-5 pm Medical Sciences Building Auditorium (Room 274) All M2s, Anatomy faculty, and other Carle Illinois College of Medicine faculty are welcome for refreshments and to provide remarks.

The Cunningham Township, a part of the Urbana government, provides assistance for families in severe need, typically they are the last safety net for families in need. As a service-learning opportunity, Carle Illinois College of Medicine will host a table at their Fall Harvest event on Saturday, October 22 from 2-4pm to provide health-related information. Please join us!

Ron Milo, PhD Weizmann Institute; Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences "The biomass distribution on Earth"

"Introduction of the New Vevo F2 for Preclinical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering" Sarah Burris, PhD & Bret Hawkins, FujiFilm Instrument: Vevo F2 Lunch will be provided

2022 David Gottlieb Memorial Lecture David Craik, FAA, FRS "The chemistry and biology of cyclotides – ultrastable peptides with applications in drug design and agriculture"

IGB Lunchbox Series Each lecture will be paired with food prepared by Bevier Cafe and held in-person at the Spice Box Cafe. “Equity Systems Solutions to Wasted Food”

Voice disorders are abnormalities in vocal pitch, tone, volume, resonance, and pace. In the United States, roughly 29.7 million individuals are affected each year, but only three million seek treatment. Shreya Rangarajan will present a new platform called VOCA Health (trademark pending), developed by students at at Carle Illinois College of Medicine. The innovation is aime

Professor Zeynep Madak-Erdogan will present epidemiological and molecular data supporting a utility for spatial information predicting cancer risk and identifying molecular differences and vulnerabilities to understand breast and lung cancer disparities. She will include examples of how these novel findings can be used to mitigate cancer disparities.