Seminars of Interest

Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Chemical Biology of Protein Aggregation in Membraneless Organelles and the Stressed Proteome"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/4/2021

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CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Chiwon Hwang, “Ring Contractions through Radical Intermediates”

Time: 4:00 pm 10/5/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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Kimberly Hilby, UIUC, Final Defense, "Development of a Lewis Base Catalyzed, Sulfenium-ion Initiated Enantioselective, Spiroketalization Cascade"

Time: 3:00 pm 10/6/2021
Location: TBD

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Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Andrea Hernandez Garcia (Nair lab) - "Structure of a Class III Lanthipeptide Synthetase: A Protein Kinase Fold Adapted for Antibiotic Biosynthesis"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/6/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Page Daniels (van der Donk lab) - Investigation of PEARLin Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

Time: 4:00 pm 10/6/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Poster Presentations

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 am 10/8/2021
Location: CLSL (Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory) A Atrium

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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Oral Presentations

Time: 12:00 - 3:30 pm 10/8/2021
Location: 217 Noyes Laboratory

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17th Annual Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium, Pamela Silver, Ph.D., Harvard University, title "Designing Biology for Health and Sustainability"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/8/2021

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Professor Yaoqiu Zhu, University of Texas at El Paso, "Integrative Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology Studies for Reviving Natural Product Drug Discovery and Solving Clinical Pharmacotherapy Conundrums"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/11/2021

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CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Amanda Milkovits, "Borylations from Carboxylic Acids"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/12/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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Prof. Anastassia Alexandrova, University of California Los Angeles, " Dynamic catalytic interfaces: ensembles of multiple metastable states break the rules of catalysis"

Time: 2:00 pm 10/13/2021

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Darjan Duraki (Shapiro lab) - Using ErSO to leverage the anticipatory unfolded protein response in cancer and other diseases

Time: 4:00 pm 10/13/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Christine Devlin (Procko lab) - "Investigating the molecular mechanism of a chaperone, TAPBPR, involved in antigen presentation"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/13/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Noah Haskin, UIUC, "Understanding Natural Plant Defenses and Creating New Tools for Insect Resistance"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/14/2021
Location: RAL 116

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Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Wilfried Weber (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies), “Molecular Optogenetics for the multi-level control of biological signaling processes"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/15/2021

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Ms. Marisa Asadian, UIUC Title: Life Through a Doughnut Beam: Molecular Probing with MINFLUX Nanoscopy

Time: 4:00 pm 10/15/2021

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Professor Eugenia Trushina, Mayo Clinic, "Mitochondria to the rescue: signaling in health and disease"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/18/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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SCS Career Services Alumni Panel: What is Technology Transfer?

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/19/2021

Please join UIUC alums Dr. Cecilia Gentle ('20) and Dr. Jose Zavala ('20) for a virtual talk, "What is Technology Transfer?"

Lecture

Prof. David Masiello, University of Washington, "Probing the Valence Responses in Plasmonic and Photonic Nanostructures  with Fast Electron Spectroscopy"

Time: 2:00 pm 10/20/2021

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CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mayuresh Gadgil, UIUC, "A Biological Compass: Role of the Cryptochrome Protein in Magnetoreception"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/21/2021
Location: RAL 116

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CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lily Cheung, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Spying on Sugar Transporters: Kinetic Studies of Biomolecular Sensors" (host: Shukla)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/21/2021
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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UPDATE: Professor Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, "Expanding the Synthetic Capabilities of Yeast"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/21/2021

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Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Josh Blodgett (Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology), “New lessons from old molecules: using macrolactam comparative-metabologenomics for antibiotic regulatory and discovery insights"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/22/2021

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Mr. Henry Jetmore, UIUC Title: Analysis of Polymers Using Inverse Gas Chromatography

Time: 4:00 pm 10/22/2021

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Ms. Lauren Harris, UIUC Title: The Application of Dielectric Barrier Discharge to Analytical Techniques

Time: 4:00 pm 10/22/2021

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FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Bijal Bankim Patel, "Self-Assembly and Additive Manufacturing of Bottlebrush Block Copolymer Photonic Materials"

Time: 1:00 pm 10/25/2021

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CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Arnab Mukherjee, University of California Santa Barbara, "Biomolecular Imaging with Magnetic Resonance" (host: Schroeder)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/26/2021
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Huaxun Fan (Zhang) - Optical activation of ERK and AKT signaling promotes neuronal regeneration

Time: 4:00 pm 10/27/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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Stella Ekaputri (Burke) - Hinokitiol redistributes iron and restores physiology in various models of iron misdistribution

Time: 4:00 pm 10/27/2021
Location: 116 RAL

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FINAL DEFENSE, Whitney Sinclair, "Lung-on-a-Chip Device with In Situ Imaging Capabilities"

Time: 9:00 am 10/28/2021
Location: 157 Noyes Lab

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CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Thomas Pires, UIUC, "Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase: A Frontier Target in Drug Discovery"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/28/2021
Location: RAL 116

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CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Chloe Litts, UIUC, "Structure and Properties of Semiconducting Covalent Organic Frameworks"

Time: 3:30 pm 10/28/2021
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Rachel Nixon, UIUC, "Modifying MXene Properties Through Intercalation"

Time: 3:30 pm 10/28/2021
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Professor Jason Hein, University of British Columbia, "New Tools and Technology to Accelerate Process Chemical Research and Discovery"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/28/2021

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Catching up with Chemistry: A Conversation with Department Head Catherine J. Murphy

Time: 8:00 am 10/29/2021

Please join us at this virtual event for UIUC Chemistry alumni and friends.

Other

Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Kenneth Matreyek (Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pathology), “Harnessing multiplex genetic assays for the quantitative understanding of protein sequence - function in mammalian cells"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/29/2021

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Catching up with Chemistry: A Conversation with Department Head Catherine J. Murphy

Time: 2:00 pm 10/29/2021

Please join us at this virtual event for UIUC Chemistry alumni and friends.

Other

Mr. Carlos Juarez Yescas, UIUC Title: Microfluidics and NMR: Pushing the limits of NMR.

Time: 4:00 pm 10/29/2021

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Mr. Samuel Okyem, UIUC Title: CRISPR-Diagnostics an Application to SARS-CoV-2 Detection

Time: 4:00 pm 10/29/2021

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