Bio Seminars

Monday, October 13, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Snigdha Mathure / Smith-Bolton Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:30 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Aatiqa Nawaz / Ceman Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

• • 10:00 - 10:30 am
  • Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Gather in the Garden

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event
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  • 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
  • Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Visit with Therapy Dog K9 ROSIE

  • Social/Informal Event
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  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • iSchool MPR, 4th Floor - iSchool - 614 E. Daniel St.

  The Second Impression: Follow-Up That Feels Human

  Join us at the iSchool on Tuesday, October 14th, from 12:00 to 1 PM at the iSchool for "The Second Impression: Follow-Up That Feels Human."

  • Professional Development
• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries" (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141

  ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Jospeh D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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  • 12:00 - 12:50 pm
  • Everitt 1306

  BIOE Seminar Series: Assistant Professor Boxuan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anna Mankovich / Freeman Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

  Yoga at Beckman

  Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!

  • Health/Fitness
• • 4:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  Yuwei Pan (Zhao Lab) - “Development of a new refactoring strategy for large complex natural product biosynthetic gene clusters.”

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • Atrium

  Cookie Collab

  Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 4:00 pm
  • B102 CLSL

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University in St. Louis, "The Environment Sculpts the Cell: pH, Peptidoglycan, and β-lactam Resistance"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

• • 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
  • Engineering Quad

  BIOE Bags & Hot Dogs for CCFD on the Quad

  • Social/Informal Event
• 

  • 12:00 pm
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ian Wilson (The Scripps Research Institute) - "From antibodies to small molecules: structure-based design of novel therapeutic candidates to influenza virus"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign

  Champaign Blockchain Meetup - October

  This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.

  • Conference/Workshop
• 

  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive

  Startup Launch Series: Building a Successful Founder-Investor Partnership with Dennis Beard

  Join us on Friday, October 17 from 12 to 1 PM at EnterpriseWorks for Building a Successful Founder-Investor Partnership with Dennis Beard.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 2:00 pm
  • 3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).

  STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Jamie Williamson (Scripps Research) “Structure and Dynamic Analysis of Bacterial Ribosome Assembly in Cells.”

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 18, 2025

• • 9:30 - 10:30 am

  Cancer Research Advocacy Group Online Seminar

  Save the date for a webinar focused on navigating mental health during a cancer diagnosis.

  • Webinar