SCD Calendar of Calendars

Final Defense of Wesley Harrison, "Development of New-to-Nature Enzyme Chemistries with Photobiocatalysis"

Time: 3:00 pm 7/15/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Samantha Barlock, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

Time: 1:00 pm 7/16/2026

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Fuson Student Talks: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, "Title: TBD"; Faith Kern, UIUC, "Pendant Activation: Governed by Interactions Between Mechanophores and Glassy Polymer Networks", Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/1/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/2/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

Time: 4:00 pm 9/2/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

Time: 4:30 pm 9/2/2026
Location: 116 RAL

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "When Industry Asks "How?", Scientists Ask "Why?": Molecular Interactions Behind Carbon Capture and Surface-Controlled Chemical Transformations"

Time: 2:00 pm 9/3/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

Time: 3:30 pm 9/3/2026
Location: 1024 Chem Annex

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

Time: 2:00 pm 9/10/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Qian Chen, University of Illinois

Time: 3:30 pm 9/10/2026
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

Time: 12:00 pm 9/11/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/14/2026
Location: Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

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Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

Time: 3:30 pm 9/15/2026
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/15/2026
Location: Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

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Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/16/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing)

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

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

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

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R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/21/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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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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Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Marie Christine Daniel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Time: 3:30 pm 9/22/2026
Location: Chemistry Annex

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R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/22/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen, University of Notre Dame, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/23/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

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) - "TBA"

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

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Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/28/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/30/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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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) - "TBA"

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

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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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Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:30 pm 10/7/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/8/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams 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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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/9/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

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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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Balthazor-Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Connor Coley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Betsy Parkinson (Purdue University), Prof. Kevin Brown (Indiana University), Prof. Quentin Michaudel (Texas A&M), Prof. Tianning Diao (New York University).

Time: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm 10/10/2026
Location: Beckman Institute

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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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Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/14/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

Time: 3:30 pm 10/15/2026
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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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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Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/21/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

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

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2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

Time: 3:30 pm 10/22/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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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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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Timothy Johstone, University of California Santa Cruz

Time: 3:30 pm 10/27/2026

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Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/28/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/28/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory

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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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Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

Time: 5:00 pm 11/2/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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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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Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

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

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Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

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

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

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Biochemistry Seminar: Ada Doisy Lecture: Dr. Navdeep Chandel (Northwestern University) - "TBA"

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

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Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/9/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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2026 Emerging Leader in Inorganic Chemistry Speaker/ACS DIC John C. Bailar Coordination Chemistry Award, TBD, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University

Time: 3:30 pm 11/10/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "TBA"

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

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CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler)

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

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Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/18/2026

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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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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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Prof. Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 2:30 pm 2/17/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University

Time: 3:30 pm 3/9/2027
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/10/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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"Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium

Recurring

Time: All Day 3/25/2027 - 3/26/2027
Location: TBD

March 25-26, more information is coming soon. Part of the Up Against Erasure event series.

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Samantha Yruegas, Rice University

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

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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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Prof. Allison Squires, University of Chicago, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 4/7/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Brandon Barnett, University of Rochester

Time: 3:30 pm 4/13/2027
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Katlyn Meier, University of Miami

Time: 3:30 pm 4/20/2027
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/5/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/12/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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