Christina Warinner, PhD
Department of Anthropology and Sally Starling Seaver Associate Professor at the Radcliffe Institute and the Department of Anthropology; Harvard University

"A tale of two sugars: The epic human story of amylose and lactose"

Françoise Baylis, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Dalhousie University

"Designer Babies: What are they & do we want them?"

Chancellor Ballroom

Reception immediately following

Co-sponsored by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and the Humanities Research Institute

Join us for a night of science trivia!

Each lecture will be paired with food prepared by Bevier Cafe and held in-person at the Spice Box Cafe.

“Changing our future food through Wholesome Nutrition, one bite at a time”

Maneephan (Yui) Keeratiurai, PhD, CFS
Director, Food Science and Wholesome Nutrition
Archer Daniels Midland Co

Buffet-style lunch opens at 11:45

Register to attend at https://www.igb.illinois.edu/lunchbox

"Mechanics to microstructure: Image-based modeling of the extracellular matrix"

Callan Luetkemeyer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Grainger College of Engineering, MechSE

Lunch will be provided

Liewei Wang, PhD
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics;
Mayo Clinic Rochester

"Individualized therapy: Discovery and Translation"

The Spatial Omics Initiative monthly working group brings together researchers from different disciplines to enable breakthroughs in genomic biology by developing new ways to embed omics data in space, jointly with CAIM. 

Graduate students from biological and analytical research groups encouraged to attend, present work, and participate in collective discussions. Lunch will be provided. Click here for full info.

"Crafting the Art of Science: a Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes"

Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager, IGB

Topic: Art of Science

Lunch will be provided

Selim Unlu, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University

"Interferometric Reflection Imaging Sensor from Multiplexed Molecular Affinity Measurements to Counting Single Analytes"

Shana Kelley, PhD
Inaugural President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago

"Deploying Bioanalytical Platforms to Probe Inflammation and Immunity"

Sponsored by Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Bioengineering, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Department of Chemistry, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation