Brenda MacArthur
Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Instructor

“Connection is a Choice”

Reception 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Plenary talk 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join CNRG Director Dan Davidson for a special Lunch with the Core discussion on how you can keep your computer system secure. This seminar will last less than one hour and will cover security topics such as how to determine if an email is a scam and how to protect your computer from viruses.  Pizza will be provided.

Harmit S. Malik, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

"Rules of Engagement: Molecular Arms-Races Between Primate and Viral Genomes"

Glenn Fried, Director of Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Core Facilities
Scott Robinson, Beckman Institute Microscopy Suite Manager
Mauro Sardela, MRL Director of Research Facilities

"Correlative Microscopy in the University of Illinois Core Facilities"

The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team will present a talk on “Syn-biosis: Engineering Microbial Communities,” as part of our Science Cafe series. Food is provided by our generous host!

Gene Robinson, PhD
Director, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Department of Entomology, University of Illinois

"Sociogenomics and the Dynamic Genome: A New Perspective on Nature and Nurture"

Dominique Bergmann, PhD
Stanford University, Department of Biology 

"Adjusting the Valves:  Optimizing Stomata for a Changing World"

Julia Bailey-Serres, PhD
University of California, Riverside
Professor of Genetics and Director, Center for Plant Cell Biology

"Plants, Oxygen and Water Extremes"

It's time once again for our annual Fellows Symposium on May 3, your chance to network with campus researchers and hear from an exciting lineup of IGB speakers. As always we're holding an open poster session with prizes awarded for the top three choices. Lunch is provided, register for free at https://fellows.igb.illinois.edu/.

In addition to our plenary talks, we'll have two excellent keynotes from Bruce Fouke, Professor, Department of Geology and Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Benjamin Garcia, Presidential Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

C. Athena Aktipis, PhD
Arizona State University, Department of Psychology

"Cellular Cheating in Cancer: Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics in Cancer Initiation and Progression"