IGB Calendar: Past

Communication is important in any mentoring relationship, whether you are the mentor or the mentee.  The Graduate Office of Student Success will be presenting on strategies to effectively navigate conflict, and the workshop will also provide resources and tips for getting departmental support.  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.

"PEG Microgels as Modular 3D Cell Scaffold and Cytokine Sensor"

Hyeon Ryoo, Graduate Student, Bioengineering

Instrument - LSM 880

Lunch will be provided

Jacob Becraft, PhD
Co-founder and CEO of Strand Therapeutics

"An Academia-to-Biotech Roadmap: Research and Development at the Frontiers of mRNA Therapeutics"

Coffee and Donuts while they last!

"Introduction to the IGB Core"

Dr. Glenn Fried, Director of Core Facilities, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Instrument: Various

Lunch will be provided

James Eberwine, PhD
Elmer Holmes Bobst Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania

"Beyond Single Cells: Subcellular Single Organelle ‘Omics and Functional Genomics"

The first year of graduate school comes with some big transitions and uncertainty.  Learning what to expect, and setting healthy boundaries, will help you survive and thrive through these changes.  The first workshop will focus on these topics, and will provide networking with other first-year grad students and an opportunity to sign up for future workshops, along with refreshments for participants.  This student-run series is funded by a grant from the IGB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative.  To sign up for our mailing list and to RSVP for the workshop, please visit https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/398930130.

Jian Hua, PhD
Cornell University; Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Biology Section

"Molecular genetic basis for natural variations of temperature responses in plants"

James Tiedje, PhD
Michigan State University; University Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences; Director of MSU Center for Microbial Ecology

"Microbiomes Under Selection"

Taher Saif, PhD
University of Illinois, Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor, Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering

"Multi-cellular biohybrid robots - a few lessons learned, a few challenges to overcome"