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Erik R. Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Do’s and don’ts of the academic interview and the art of a successful job talk with the opportunity to receive feedback on an application package.

Erik R. Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Learn how to assemble an academic job application package with relevant comparisons to industry.

Wen Shan Yew, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation, National University of Singapore

"Repurposing Biology through Synthetic Enzymology"

Pizza will be provided

The use of mechanistic and engineering principles in enzymology will be highlighted to demonstrate the utility of synthetic enzymology in a range of applications.

The protein databases contain an exponentially growing number of sequences as a result of the recent increase in ease and decrease in cost of genome sequencing. The rate of data accumulation far exceeds the rate of functional studies, producing an increase in genomic 'dark matter,' sequences for which no precise and validated function is defined. Join the Enzyme Function Initiative (EFI) at the IGB to learn how to use the tools they developed to identify, explore, and leverage the protein and genome databases for discovery of the in vitro activities and in vivo functions of novel enzymes and proteins belonging to the 'dark matter.'

Register here to attend.

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.

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

Registration through cropsinsilico.org/2019-annual-meeting

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

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