School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Calendar of Events

Monday, November 3, 2025

Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Jenny Cheng / Van Bortle Lab

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Afifa Iqbal / Sokac Lab

12:30 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Leveraging Neurogenetics to Decode Functional Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Jungsu Kim, PhD P. Michael Conneally Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Dept. of Medical and Molecular Genetics; Indiana University School of Medicine "Leveraging Neurogenetics to Decode Functional Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease"
- Seminar/Symposium
2025 SfN Preview Poster Night and Reception

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute ATRIUM
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Student Seminar: Angie Caserio/Metcalf Lab and Simrandeep Singh/Imlay Lab

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Andrew Dillin / University of California Berkley

12:00 pm

Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
Introducing ZEISS Lightfield 4D: One Snap, One Volume

12:00 pm

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

"Introducing ZEISS Lightfield 4D: One Snap, One Volume" Matt Curtis, Product Application Sales Specialist, Life Sciences Midwest, Zeiss Research Microscopy Solutions
- Seminar/Symposium
Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "A deep mutational scanning-based high-throughput platform for epitope masking and immunofocused vaccine antigen design."

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium
Terry Gao (Huang Lab) - "Elucidating the molecular mechanism of CAVE anti-phage system"

4:30 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

MIP Seminar: Dr. Tanveer Singh (Chung Lab), UIUC, "The Role of ApoE4 in Hyperactive brains and Alzheimer's disease", Grad student Lara Kockaya, (Nelson Lab) "Delineating the Role of MEF2A/2C and NF-kB in the Anti-Cancer Activity of Macrophage Expressed ABCA1"

11:00 am

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL

Tanveer Singh, Ph.D.
- Seminar/Symposium
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adrienne Antonson, Animal Sciences Department/UIUC -- "Microbial messengers in pregnancy: how commensals and pathogens shape the fetal brain"

4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium