DH @ Illinois

The seminar will focus on the biology of oligodendrocytes and myelin and their role in maintaining axonal and neuronal health in models of neurodegeneration. We will present data on acute and chronic neurodegeneration post trauma and chronic degenerative diseases.

Join us on Wednesday, November 2 from 5:30-7:00 PM for CATALYZE Networking Event.

Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month.

Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, November 4 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking. The group will serve both students and professionals to bridge the gap between the analytical sciences and practical applications of industry.

Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 4 PM, join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.

The NSF-funded Deception Awareness and Resilience Training (DART) project is an interdisciplinary endeavor bringing together experts in psychology, deep fakes, game design, cybersecurity, social engineering, and education.

Join our team of SBIR experts and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a SBIR/STTR webinar from 1:00-2:00pm on Thursday, November 10.

Join us on Tuesday, November 15 from 12:00-1:00 PM for an EIR Workshop with Gerald Wilson on How to Build Your Pitch Deck.

Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30am on Wednesday, November 16 at EnterpriseWorks.

CAS Food For Thought 11:00am, Gisela Sin, Political Science, The Disempowered Executive: Reconsidering the Line Item Veto Noon, Clara Bosak-Schroeder, Classics, The Seven Wonders Project: From Page to Digital Book

The potential for Verizon and UIUC Research Park community to collaborate and innovate toward a connected future is huge. This session introduces a pathway on how that can be realized. Verizon invites companies that are present in this community, including startups, large corporations, or tech companies of any size, to come join us in this event.

Matt García will discuss what it means to conduct research about farmworkers from the top-down and bottom-up, centering the experiences of workers.

Join us for the Research Park’s Annual Friendsgiving Luncheon featuring a traditional Thanksgiving meal from Harvest Market (sliced turkey, sage stuffing, mashed potatoes + gravy, green bean casserole, rolls and pumpkin pie).

This group is for anyone interested in distributed ledger technology (i.e. blockchains, cryptography, smart contracts, decentralized applications (DApps) cryptocurrency/tokens, and relevant related subjects). Everyone is welcome! Our regular meetings are the third Friday of each month and will have an educational component as well as a discussion component at our meetup.

11:00am, Julie Cidell, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Corridors and Confluences: Four-Dimensional Spaces of Distribution along and around the Des Plaines-Kankakee River Confluence Noon, Nicole Riemer, Atmospheric Sciences, Aerosols: Tiny Particles, Big Impacts

The seminar will introduce the software tools from UIUC and Allen Institute, supporting large-scale bio-realistic modeling of neurons and neuronal networks.