UIUC Biophysics and Related Seminars

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
What experience taught me: 7 keys to startup success

Fox Family Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture Jim Hedges CEO of CoverCress “What experience taught me: 7 keys to startup success”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Junya Li/Martinez Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
Final Defense - Jarom Sederholm, SUSTAINABLE BATTERY ENGINEERING: SINGLE-STEP BATTERY RECYCLING, BATTERY MODELING, AND BATTERY ELECTROLYTE ANALYSIS
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core: An Introduction to the LSM 980

"An Introduction to the LSM 980" Umnia Doha, Research Scientist,Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Oleg Prezhdo, University of New Mexico, "Quantum Dynamics in Optoelectronic Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar Student Seminar: Canran Deng (M. Gillette Lab) "Temporal Dynamics of Circadian Rhythms and Permeability in Human iPSC-Derived Brain Endothelial Cells" & Zihuan Lin (Raetzman Lab) "Epigenetic factor Arid2 contributes to pituitary development and congenital hypopituitarism pathogenesis."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Emma Guo CHEM 575 Seminar "CRISPR - inspired Strategies for RNA - Protein Interactome Investigation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Frank Zhang CHEM 575 Seminar: Bioremediation 3.0: A Brave New Paradigm
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao) "Soft PhotoElectroChemical Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Erik Lindahl, Stockholm University, "Structure and mechanisms of subtype-specific binding and allosteric modulation in GABAA receptors"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kimberly Seed, University of California - Berkeley -- "Fighting with phages: how Vibrio cholerae defends against viral attack"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Arnold Mathijssen (University of Pennsylvania) - "Rheotaxis: Invasion of bacteria swimming upstream into microstructured devices
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Rong Ma (Harvard University) "Modern Nonlinear Embedding Methods Unpacked: Empowering Biological Discoveries with Statistical Insights"
- Seminar/Symposium

Please contact the UIUC Illinois Biophysics Society webmaster if you know of other events to add to the list.