Previous IGB seminars approved for public viewing can be accessed via our YouTube channel.
For all IGB events, gender neutral bathrooms are available on floors 1 and 2 of the IGB gatehouse, open during the hours of 8am to12pm and 1pm to 5pm. A private lactation room for IGB-affiliated members is available by request, see the IGB reception desk for access. Baby changing stations are available in the restrooms on the concourse level.
Online
Stacey Finley, PhD
University of Southern California; Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
"Computational modeling of the tumor ecosystem"
View Poster"Exploring chloroplasts of C4 plants with microscopy"
Moonsub Lee, Postdoctoral Research Assoc., Plant Biology
Lunch will be provided
Spice Box Cafe, 2nd Floor Bevier Hall, 905 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL, 61801
Each lecture will be paired with food prepared by Bevier Cafe and held in-person at the Spice Box Cafe.
“Lutein: From Blue Light Filter to Beating the Blues”
Naiman A. Khan, PhD
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
College of Applied Health Sciences
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Buffet-style lunch opens at 11:45
Register to attend at https://www.igb.illinois.edu/lunchbox
CIF Auditorium, Campus Instructional Facility, 1405 Springfield Avenue, Urbana
David Rosenboom
Composer, performer, interdisciplinary artist-educator
"Neuromusic—Propositions from an Art-Science Convergence"
Hosted by the School of Music, in conjunction with Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Art of Science Program, Department of History, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Humanities Research Institute (HRI), Office of the Chancellor, Robert E. Brown Center for World Music, Sousa Archives & Center for American Music, Symbolic Sound Corporation, The Neuroscience Program
View PosterPamela Martinez Vargas, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Department of Statistics
"SARS-CoV-2 dynamics across scales: From within-host dynamics to socioeconomic disparities"
View Poster"Emergent behavior and phase transition in cell-ECM systems mediated by long range cell-cell mechanical interaction"
Umnia Doha, PhD Student, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Instrument: LSM 710
Lunch will be provided
The transition to graduate school is even more complicated when it is also accompanied by a transition to a new country. In this workshop, a panel of international graduate students will answer questions and share their experiences; all students are welcome to attend, but RSVP from international students will have priority. As always, time for networking and refreshments is included. This student-run series is funded by a grant from the IGB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative. To sign up for our mailing list, please visit https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/398930130 and watch your email for the announcement.
Kim Barrett, PhD
UC Davis School of Medicine, Vice Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology
"Intestinal epithelial reprogramming in the pathogenesis of infectious diarrhea"
View PosterTBA
Mahmoud Mahrous, Graduate Student, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Instruments: SBF-SEM & X5000 CT Scanner
Lunch will be provided
Minflux Single Molecule Tracking & Imaging Workshop
Featuring talks from Glenn Fried, PhD, Kingsley Boateng, PhD, Reza Rajabi-Toustani, PhD, Devinda Wijewardena, Yuhan Wang, Gopika Gopan, and Abberior Staff
Register by emailing core-event-reservations@igb.illinois.edu by October 10th, 2022
View PosterSteve Quake, PhD
Stanford University; Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering; Co-President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub; Professor of Applied Physics; Professor of Physics
"A Decade of Molecular Cell Atlases"
View Poster"Uncovering cell biology of the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum"
Maria Guadalupe Nava, Graduate Student, College of Veterinary Medicine
Instrument: SR-SIM
Lunch will be provided
Graduate school can be a stressful time; this workshop seeks to open a conversation about the importance of maintaining one's mental health. Presenters will focus on healthy coping mechanisms, dealing with impostor syndrome, and resources available to support students. This workshop is for first-year graduate students. As always, time for networking and refreshments is included. This student-run series is funded by a grant from the IGB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative. To sign up for our mailing list, please visit https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/398930130 and watch your email for the announcement.
Online
Ron Milo, PhD
Weizmann Institute; Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
"The biomass distribution on Earth"
"Introduction of the New Vevo F2 for Preclinical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering"
Sarah Burris, PhD & Bret Hawkins, FujiFilm
Instrument: Vevo F2
Lunch will be provided
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Health Innovation Professor, and the Director of Women’s Health, Hormones and Metabolism lab
"Spatial genomic and metabolic regulation in breast and lung tumors"
TBA
Yuhan Wang, Grad. Res. Asst., Chemistry & Gopika Gopan, Graduate Student, Chemistry
Instrument: Minflux
Lunch will be provided
After a semester in graduate school, it is important to reflect on what you have learned so far and what your goals are for the future. This workshop's presentation will focus on celebrating successes and using the topics from previous workshops going forward. This workshop is for first-year graduate students. As always, time for networking and refreshments is included. This student-run series is funded by a grant from the IGB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative. To sign up for our mailing list, please visit https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/398930130 and watch your email for the announcement.
TBA
Daniel Davidson, Director of CNRG and Research Computing
Lunch will be provided
Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis; The Lilyan & E. Lisle Hughes Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering
"Harnessing Plasmonic-Fluors for Ultrasensitive and Minimally-invasive Bio-diagnostics"
View PosterTBA
Elizabeth Rowland, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Microbiology
Lunch will be provided
Christina Warinner, PhD
Harvard University; Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sally Starling Seaver Associate Professor at the Radcliffe Institute
Daniel Bolnick, PhD
University of Connecticut; Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
