ROCHSS - Biomineralization Outreach and Research

Bruce Fouke, Departments of Geology and Microbiology
Glenn Fried, Director of IGB Core Facilities
Joe Cross, IGB Outreach Fellow
Erin Louer, IGB Visiting Educational Coordinator

A. Scott Muerhoff, PhD
Director of Biologics and Senior Research Fellow
Abbott Diagnostics

"Antibodies, Antigens and Enzymes: Creating the Building Blocks of In Vitro Diagnostic Assays"

Lunch and learn with members of IGB Core Facilities.

College & Curriculum Update: Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Judith Rowen, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Erich D. Jarvis, PhD
The Rockefeller University
Molecular Neurobiology & Animal Behavior

"Using Whole Genomes to Resolve the Avian Tree of Life, Complex Behavioral Traits, and Genome Evolution"

Dr. Derek Attig
Director, Career Development Office
University of Illinois

Presented by the IGB Postdoctoral Association

Showcasing imagery from the Core Facilities at the IGB, the Art of Science exhibit highlights cutting-edge research that is addressing significant problems in the environment, medicine, energy use and production, and fundamental research. Exhibit opens April 12 and will run through May 13.

Lunch and learn with members of IGB Core Facilities.

From Pets to People: PAC-1 as a Novel Therapeutic for the Treatment of Cancer

William Montgomery, Anticancer Discovery from Pets to People (ACPP) Post-Doctoral Fellow

Julian I. Schroeder, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Department of Biology

"Molecular Signal Transduction Mechanisms Mediating Drought-Induced and CO₂ Regulation of Ion Channels and Plant Water Loss"

Lunch and learn with members of IGB Core Facilities.

"Microscopy, Image Analysis and Graphics: A Snapshot of New Research Resources at ITG"

Scott Robinson & Travis Ross, Managers
Beckman Visualization Laboratory & Microscopy Suite

Reconstructive Biology as a Window into Historic Optima

Betul Kacar, PhD
University of Arizona
Molecular and Cell Biology, Astrobiology