Xudong Guan, PhD
NMR Specialist, Core Facilities
University of Illinois
Lunch will be provided.
Jed L. Taylor
Director of Operations
Technology Entrepreneur Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pizza lunch will be served
James A. Sharp
President
Carl Zeiss, Inc.
Caroline Cvetkovic
Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
University of Illinois
Lunch will be provided.
To mark the renaming of our Institute, IGB is holding a symposium to highlight historical aspects of work on microbiology, evolution and molecular biology as researched by Carl Woese and colleagues, as well as some of the most exciting modern research directions that have been inspired or impacted by his work and ideas.
Full speaker list and details at http://go.illinois.edu/newbiology/
Penny Chisholm
Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reception to follow
Gregory H. Underhill, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Bioengineering
The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team will practice its 20 minute presentation in preparation for the international competition and jamboree in Boston later this month. Please show your support and give the 10 undergrads from 5 different departments feedback to help improve their presentation.
Glenn Fried, PhD
Director of Core Facilities
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
An opportunity for IGB Postdocs to gain insight from Dr. Susanne von Boldman, a Program Director with the NSF. Coffee and cookies will be provided.