Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Leslie Vosshall, PhD
Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, The Rockefeller University

"Thirst for Blood: Mosquito Neurobiology and Behavior"

4:00pm reception, 5:00pm lecture

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

"Mining the Fungal Metabolome"

Dan Davidson
Director of CNRG and Research Computing

"Maximizing HPC Efficiency"

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

"CRISPR: from obscure immune systems to disruptive genome editing technologies"

Dave Zhao, PhD
Department of Statistics, University of Illinois

“More powerful association testing using large-scale genomic mediators”

Please bring your own lunch. Coffee and cookies will be provided!

Jingyi Fei
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago

"RNA-Mediated Gene Regulation, One Molecule at a Time"

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

"Intratumoral immunotherapy: Occam’s pharmacokinetics"

Mayandi Sivaguru
Associate Director, IGB Core Facilities

"A Geobiological Vantage Point of Human Kidney Stone Changes the Medical Wisdom Held Over a Century"

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

"Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Improve Maize Response to Ozone"

Carl Zimmer
New York Times columnist and author

Redefining heredity, weaving together historical and current scientific research, exemplary original reporting, and his own experience as a parent of two daughters, Carl Zimmer will explore ways in which DNA editing and CRISPR may change our world, and examine controversial topics in light of current advances in DNA analysis.

Reception and book signing to follow. Sponsored by the Department of History and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.