Ripan Mahli, PhD
University of Illinois; Department of Anthropology; IGB Faculty, Computing Genomes for Reproductive Health and Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering themes

"Paleogenomics, community engagement and evolutionary histories of Indigenous peoples of North America"

Ipek Tasan, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

"Long-term Live Cell Imaging of Endogenous Loci by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Knock-in of an Optimized TetO Repeat"

David M. Kranz, PhD (ACPP)
University of Illinois, Department of Biochemistry

"Biotechnology Companies and the Rise of Cancer Immunotherapies"

Shelley L. Berger, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

"Epigenetic regulation in brain controlling behavior in ants and mammals"

Phil Hylemon, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine

"Antibiotics Secreted by Gut Bacteria Regulate Clostridium difficile growth and the Structure of the Gut Microbiome: Role of Secondary Bile Acids"

Henry T. Greely, PhD
Stanford Law School, Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences

Katherine Lyon Daniel, PhD
Associate Director for Communications, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

“Risk Communication Practice at CDC: From Ebola to Zika”

Lunch will be served.

Sumiti Vinayak, PhD, Department of Pathobiology

"Genetics of the Diarrheal Pathogen Cryptosporidium Parvum: Illuminating Parasite Biology and Validating Drug Targets"

Nicola Patron, PhD
The Earlham Institute, Synthetic Biology Group 

Jared Silverman, PhD
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute
Head, Translational Discovery

Shannon Sirk, PhD (MME)
University of Illinois, Department of Bioengineering

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

Julia Zeitlinger, PhD
Stowers Institute

Shana Kelley, PhD
University of Toronto, Departments of Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering 

Vincent Lynch, PhD
The University of Chicago, Departments of Human Genetics and
Organismal Biology & Anatomy

Noah Fierer, PhD
University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology  

Lisa Ainsworth, PhD
University of Illinois; Department of Plant Biology; IGB Faculty, Genomic Ecology of Global Change & Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation themes

K. Dane Wittrup, PhD
MIT, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering

Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD
North Carolina State University, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences

Nancy Keller, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

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