Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

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

Catherine Kleinmuntz, PhD
Principal, Kleinmuntz Associates
"Entrepreneurial Success: Executing Breakthrough Innovations"

Chris Greening, PhD
Head, Integrative Microbiology Laboratory
Monash University

Lunch and learn with members of Core Facilities.

"New Capabilities in the IGB Core"
 
Glenn Fried, Director of IGB Core Facilities
Austin Cyphersmith, Research Specialist in Life Sciences

Maureen Coleman, PhD
University of Chicago, Department of Geophysical Sciences

"The Deep Blue (Inland) Seas: Illuminating Microbial Activity in Earth’s Largest Freshwater System"