Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

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"

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"