College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff

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Monday, April 14, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Paul M. Lisnek LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall
SourceLab Mondays

Join SourceLab every Monday, 3-5 in the Paul A. Lisnek LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall for SourceLab Mondays.
- Meeting
- 7:15 pm
- B102 CLSL
2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, "Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions of Molecules and Materials: PCET stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and kinetics for molecules and materials: from slow to ultrafast"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sijin Li, Cornell University, "An Integrated Synthetic Biology Pipeline to Understand and Harness Plant Specialized Metabolism" (host: Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, "Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions of Molecules and Materials; Re-examining Linear Free Energy Relationships for molecules and materials: complexities and opportunities"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
Gas Evolution in Protoplanetary Disks
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Brooke (Burris) Ebner/Slauch Lab and Jiayue Yang/Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Departmental Seminars: Dr. Elizabeth Gavis
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)
Inside Scoop/Food for the Soul with Ross Gay

Free lunch and informal talk for undergraduates of any major. With poet and essayist Ross Gay.
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- 3111 Lincoln Hall
Sociology Workshop: Jina Lee
- Conference/Workshop
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
Prof. Hang Ren, University of Texas at Austin, "Correlative Electrochemical Imaging of Activity and Selectivity at Complex Electrochemical Interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:30 pm
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom
Public Reading | Ross Gay

A public reading and book signing with award-winning poet and essayist Ross Gay. The book will be available for purchasing and signing.
- Performance

Thursday, April 17, 2025

- 11:00 am
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
MIP Seminar: Dr. Darrin Brager, Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas, "Investigating altered neuronal excitability in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome"

Assistant Professor, Dept. of life Sciences
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Jessica Palalay (Sanfilippo Lab)-"“Shear force impacts type IV pilus and flagellar dynamics during Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface adhesion”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Genentech Lecture: Dr. Derek Dalton, Genentech, "Inspiration from Industry: Applications of Machine Learning and Catalysis Insights to Define a Process Route for GDC-9918"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Daniel Buckley, Cornell University: "The turbulent earth, a story of life, death, and bacterial ecology"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Genentech Lecture: Professor Matthew D. Shoulders, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "Proteostasis, Evolution, and Viruses"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 18, 2025

- 11:30 am
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
8th Biochemistry Graduate Student Awards Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 0359 Music Building (1114 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL 61801)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Olga Zaitseva-Herz, "From Stages to Battlefields: The Role of Pop Music in Russia's Full-Scale War on Ukraine"
- Lecture
- 5:30 pm
- Illini Union, Room 314A (1401 W. Green St., Urbana)
Campus Engagements, Keynote Speaker: Tara Houska
- Other