Bio Seminars

Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "Engineering Regenerative Multiphasic Biomaterials for Musculoskeletal Injury Repair""

Time: 10:00 am 9/16/2026
Location: 3217 Everitt Lab

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BIOE Seminar Series: Postdoctoral Associate Natalia Gonzalez Medina & Graduate Student Sun Woong Hur

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 9/16/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) -"Transcriptomic Memory of MetALD: What Abstinence Cannot Undo."

Time: 4:30 pm 9/16/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing) "Investigating Reactive Transport Pathways in Anion Exchange Membranes to Guide Polymer Design"

Time: 2:00 pm 9/17/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Translation beyond Initiation, Elongation and Termination"

Time: 12:00 pm 9/18/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE) "From Catalytic Insights to Transformative Technologies"

Time: 2:00 pm 9/22/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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BIOE Seminar Series: Associate Professor Saurabh Gupta

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 9/23/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "Comparison of mammalian and avian IgA provides insight on anti-viral effector mechanisms."

Time: 4:00 pm 9/23/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

Time: 2:00 pm 9/24/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "Enhanced FIB-SEM: A High-Resolution 3D Imaging Platform for Biology"

Time: 12:00 pm 9/25/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anna Mankovich / Freeman Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 9/28/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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BIOE Seminar Series: Founder Professor & Director James M. Rehg, PhD

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 9/30/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

Time: 2:00 pm 10/1/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Coming in from the Cold: A New Avenue for Exploring Post-Transcriptional Regulation"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/2/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm 10/2/2026
Location: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Andrew Riley / Brieher Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 10/5/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/6/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Yuxiong Wang

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 10/7/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Neethu Babu / Freeman Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 10/7/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/8/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Kyle Lancaster, Cornell University, "TBD"

Time: 1:30 10/9/2026
Location: B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Zhengmin Cong / KV Prasanth Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 10/12/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Neal Devaraj, University of California, San Diego, "TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/12/2026
Location: RAL 116

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BIOE Seminar Series: Jackson Family Distinguished Professor He (Helen) Huang

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 10/14/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Purnam Ghosh / Belmont Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 10/14/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko) "The New Alchemy of Scientific Discovery: From Electrons to AI Agents"

Time: 2:00 pm 10/15/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/16/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Humayra Oishi / S. Prasanth Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 10/19/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Final Defense of Destiny Gray "TBA"

Time: 2:00 pm 10/19/2026
Location: 165 Noyes Lab

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Madhusree Seal (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/21/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/21/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Tejus Sreelal / Li Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 10/26/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/27/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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BIOE Seminar Series: Chair & Professor Robin Queen

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 10/28/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Snigdha Mathure / Smith-Bolton Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 10/28/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Final Defense - Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 2:00 pm 10/29/2026
Location: 124 Burrill Hall

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/30/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Ran Yang / Brieher Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 11/2/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

Time: 2:00 pm
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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BIOE Seminar Series: Graduate Students Rita Huan-Ting Peng & Xin Wang

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 11/4/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "Retained but Ready: Intron Retention as a Developmental Timer and Stress-Responsive RNA Reservoir"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/4/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:30 pm 11/4/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Lorenzo Vergari, Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering-Illinois

Time: 2:00 pm 11/5/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. Andrew Dillin (University of California Berkeley ) - "TBA"

Time: 3:30 pm 11/5/2026
Location: 180 Bevier Hall

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Paul Territo, Indiana University School of Medicine "TBD"

Time: 3:30 pm 11/5/2026
Location: 1024 Chem Annex

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Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. Navdeep Chandel (Northwestern University) - " Mitochondrial signaling in physiology and disease"

Time: 12:00 pm 11/6/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm 11/6/2026
Location: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

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BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Longwei Liu

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 11/11/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/11/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Xiongyi Huang, Johns Hopkins University, "TBD"

Time: 3:30 pm 11/12/2026
Location: 1024 Chem Annex

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "Dynamic Host-Pathogen Co-Adaptation in Chronic Airway Infections”

Time: 12:00 pm 11/13/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Afifa Iqbal / Sokac Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 11/16/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Saireet Misra / Belmont Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 11/16/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Spontaneous Fission and Fusion of Block Copolymer Micelles"

Time: 2:00 pm 11/17/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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BIOE Seminar Series: Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair & Professor Yingxiao Wang

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 11/18/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/18/2026

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Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/18/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

Time: 2:00 pm 11/19/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Andrew Haak, Mayo Clinic, "TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/19/2026
Location: RAL 116

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

Time: 12:00 pm 11/30/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shreyasi Neogi / Belmont Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 11/30/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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BIOE Seminar Series: Samuel Y. Sheng Professor Kam Leong

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 pm 12/2/2026
Location: Everitt 2310

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Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 12/2/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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Christina Li (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:30 pm 12/2/2026

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Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 12/9/2026

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Amna Mehfooz (K. Zhang Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:30 pm 12/9/2026

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Final Defense: Jorge Calderin (Fratti Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 1:00 pm 12/10/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Reean Abdullah / Chen Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 12/14/2026
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Luyan (Lorraine) Bai / Li Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 2/1/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm 2/5/2027
Location: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Ansumita Biswas / Freeman Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 2/8/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Zheng (William) Fang / Zhao Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 2/15/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Shengyi Fei / Zhao Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 2/22/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Diptika Raut / Li Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/1/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm 3/5/2027
Location: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Katie Whalen / Freeman Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/8/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Divisha Biswas / Sokac

Time: 12:00 pm 3/22/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Connor Powers / Smith-Bolton Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 3/29/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Yamuna Krishnan, University of Chicago, "TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 4/1/2027
Location: RAL 116

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First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm 4/2/2027
Location: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Cecilia Sun / Ceman Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 4/12/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Youyang Wang / S. Prasanth Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 4/19/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Jacob Yan / KV Prasanth Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 4/26/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Yiran Zhang / Li Lab

Time: 12:00 pm 5/3/2027
Location: Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at Austin, "TBD"

Time: 3:30 pm 5/6/2027
Location: 1024 Chem Annex

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