Robert S. Altman, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago

“A Scientist Can Make a Great Entrepreneur”

Kingsley Boateng
Senior Research Specialist, IGB Core Facilities

"3D Serial Blockface – SEM & Amira Segmentation"

Paul Jensen, PhD
Professor, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
UC San Diego

"Natural Products and the Gene Cluster Revolution"

The IGB’s Art of Science program celebrates the common ground between science and art, comprising images from IGB’s research portfolio. This year’s exhibit takes place in a new venue and centers around a theme of comparisons.

Cari Vanderpool, PhD
University of Illinois; Department of Microbiology; IGB Faculty, Microbiome Metabolic Engineering

"Exploring Bacterial Gene Regulatory Networks - From Molecules to Cells"

Opening Keynote: May 1, Symposium and Workshop: May 2-3, Hackathon: May 3

Registration through cropsinsilico.org/2019-annual-meeting

Learn about IGB research, hear about current issues in the life sciences, and connect with other students on campus at the annual Fellows Symposium. With keynotes lectures from Dr. Elaine Ostrander, Chief & NIH Distinguished Investigator, National Human Genome Research Institute and former IGB Fellow Dr. Sarah London, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago. Register for free at fellows.igb.illinois.edu.

Catherine Klapperich, PhD
Boston University; Associate Dean for Research and Technology Development
Professor

Uwe Rudolph, PhD
University of Illinois; Department of Comparative Biosciences

Siobhan Brady, PhD
University of California, Davis; Department of Plant Biology

"Transcriptional Regulation of Nitrogen Metabolism"

James Eberwine, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Co-Director Penn Program in Single Cell Biology

John Glass, PhD
J. Craig Venter Institute; Professor and Leader of the Synthetic Biology & Bioenergy Group

Jay Keasling, PhD
University of California Berkeley College of Chemistry; Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Kevin White, Phd
President of Tempus Labs Inc.; Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Medicine, University of Chicago

Cameron Currie, PhD
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Bacteriology

Michael Fischbach, PhD
Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering

Larry Gold, PhD
Founder and Chairman of the Board, and former CEO of SomaLogic

Rosemarie Truman, PhD
Founder & CEO, Board Member of The Center for Advancing Innovation