The Institute for Genomic Biology

Alexander J. Hartemink, PhD
Alexander F. Hehmeyer Associate Professor of Computer Science, Statistical Science, and Biology
Duke University, Durham, NC

"Cell Cycle Transcriptional Regulation: Promoter Occupancy and Transcript Dynamics"

The IGB Social Committee is sponsoring another IGB Game Night. Families are welcome!

Sarah Highlander, PhD
Candidate for the Illinois Strategic Excellence Hiring Program in Computational & Genomic Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Human Genome Sequencing Center
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

"The Human Microbiome Project: Control Cohort; Benchmarking Controls; Are our Controls too Healthy?"

Come and meet the theme next door.

Join us to learn what is new in Genomic Ecology of Global Change.

Cheng Li, PhD
Candidate for the Illinois Strategic Excellence Hiring Program in Computational & Genomic Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Computational Biology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard School of Public Health

"Progresses and challenges in analyzing cancer genomics data"

Robert Chapkin, PhD
Regents Professor and Senior University Faculty Fellow
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Director of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Center for Rural and Environmental Health
Co-Director - Texas Cancer Microbiota Repository & Humanized Animal Core
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

"Teaming Up with Engineers to Make Sense of Nutrition Genomic Data"

Patricia Babbitt, PhD
Professor, Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco

"Creating a Global Context for Prediction of Functional Properties in Enzyme Superfamilies"

Katy Heath, Deptartment of Plant Biology

"Coevolutionary genetics of legume-rhizobium mutualisms”

Saeed Tavazoie, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics & Initiative in Systems Biology
Columbia University, New York, NY

"Decoding the Regulatory Genome"

Jue D. (Jade) Wang, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Molecular & Human Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Molecular Virology & Microbiology; Program in Cell & Molecular Biology; Co-Director, Graduate Program in Cell & Molecular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine

“Post Genomic Insights into Nutrient Stress and Genome Integrity”

Jens Lagergren, PhD
Professor of Computer Science and Computational Biology
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

"Probabilistic Analysis of Rates of Gene Duplication and Transfers Among Mollicutes and Cyanobacteria"

Steve Pietsch

Distinguished Technology Advisor for Energy Biosciences, BP Group Technology

"Perspectives on BP’s Commitment to Energy Biosciences and the EBI"

Jacques S. Beckmann, PhD
Chairman, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Director, Medical Genetics Unit, Lausanne University Hospital

"Mirror Phenotypes Associated With 16p11.2 Rearrangements"

Clyde A. Hutchison III, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Distinguished Investigator, The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD

"Building and Installing a Synthetic Genome"

Discussion surrounding the impact the AIA law will have on the intellectual property originating from this campus. Coffee and snacks will be served.

Join us for an introductory workshop on the grand challenge research competition.

Abbott and the University of Illinois have just established the first-ever interdisciplinary nutrition and cognition research center which will be located on the Urbana campus. The Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory (CNLM) will advance pioneering research on the impact of nutrition on learning and memory in the human brain, supported by a grant of up to $50 million over five years.

The Center will direct and oversee an annual Grand Challenge research competition that is designed to uncover the most innovative scientific research relating to nutrition’s role in learning and memory.

We are looking for scientists on Illinois’ Urbana campus to submit proposals and participate in this exciting challenge. To learn more, please attend the informative workshop that is being held on two different dates (November 28 or November 29).

Monday, November 28

3rd Floor, Levis Center

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (lunch will be provided)

Tuesday, November 29

3rd Floor, Levis Center

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (breakfast will be provided)

The workshop is the same on both dates. Please choose the date that is most convenient.

Each workshop will cover:

• An overview of the mission of the Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory

• An overview of the Grand Challenge Research Competition

• Available funding

• Timeline for pre-proposals, proposals, and award announcements

• Who is eligible to apply

• Requirements for pre-proposals and proposals

For more information please contact Hannah Pace at schmnsk@illinois or 217-244-1983.

Noah Reynolds

IGB Biocomplexity Theme Fellow

"Quality Control and Fidelity, Translation's Moving Targets"

Compete against other themes to donate the most food and win prizes! All food will be donated to The Eastern Illinois Food Bank.

Boxes for food donations by theme will be available in the following areas:

HMS/MMG/BCXT3rd Floor Break roomGBB/ReBTE2nd Floor Break roomGEGC/EBI1st Floor Break roomCDMC/BioBELConcourse Conference Room 114Admin/PublicArray Café (will not count towards competition)

For info see the bulletin boards or contact Courtney Cox or Kate Woodall in 3200 IGB.

Vickie L. Chandler, PhD
Chief Program Officer-Science
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA

"Paramutation: Epigenetic Silencing Across Generations"

The new Postdoctoral Affairs Office wants to hear from IGB postdocs!  Your input will help inform the new services provided by the office. Please attend an informal discussion with Alexis Thompson, director of the Postdoctoral Affairs Office to:

* Learn about the new office and upcoming fall events

* Discuss professional development resources that would help Illinois postdocs

* Share ideas about other ways the office could support postdocs

Questions: Contact Alexis Thompson (athmpsn1@illinois.edu or 333-4610)

Faculty, students, staff, and members of the community are invited to attend the opening reception for “The Art of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology” at EnterpriseWorks in Champaign. The show will feature beautiful images created with some of the IGB’s microscopy and imaging equipment.

Predicting protein function: How well are we doing, and how can we improve?

James A. Shapiro, PhD
University of Chicago
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Why 21st Century Evolution Science will Differ Fundamentally from 19th and 20th Century Evolution Science"

"It's Only a Gut Reaction! Celiac Disease"

Dr. Joseph A. Murray

Professor of Medicine and Immunology

Mayo Clinic

Faculty, students, staff, and members of the community are invited to attend the opening reception for “The Art of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology” on Thursday, March 31 from 6:00- 8:30 p.m. at downtown Champaign’s indi go Gallery. The show will feature beautiful images created with some of the IGB’s microscopy and imaging equipment.

Steven O'Hara, PhD
Mayo Clinic
“Biliary Epithelia Cellular Responses to Microbial Insult”

Help plan this semester's social activities for the IGB Community.

Hyunsoo Kim, Ph.D.
The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia
"Estimating Expression Levels of Transcripts from RNA-Seq"

Keith L. Knutson, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic
"Immune-induced Generation of Breast Cancer Stem Cells"