Calendar of Events
Accommodations
For all IGB Events, gender neutral bathrooms are available on floors 1 and 2 of the IGB gatehouse, open during the hours of 8am to 12pm and 1pm to 5pm. A private lactation room for IGB-affiliated members is available by request, see the IGB reception desk for access. Baby changing stations are available in the restrooms on the concourse level.
Previous IGB seminars approved for public viewing can be accessed via our YouTube channel.
IGB Lunchbox
Ain't She Sweet: How Honey Bee Spatial Memory Helps Make Your Lunch
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Spice Box Cafe, 2nd Floor Bevier Hall 905 S Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
Synthetic Biology Tools for Precise Gene Expression Control in Bioenergy Crops
IGB Seminar - Crops And Microbes for BioEconomy Resilience and Sustainability
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with the Core
Oraya Zinder
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
The Maria Sibylla Merian Art in Nature
Tea and Illustration Society
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The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), Conference Room 3000
Rewriting and Reprogramming Microbiomes
IGB Seminar - Microbiome Metabolic Engineering
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with the Core - Tuning surface interactions of two-dimensional materials in dry and wet environments
Gus Greenwood
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with CNRG: Data Management
Yifei Kang
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
2026 CIS Symposium
Community Collaborative Research Among African Populations: CIS in Practice
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with the Core - Creating Art of Science
Julia Pollack
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with the Core
Jessica Derham
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Towards Mapping Inflammation in Real Time; Spatiotemporal Molecular Profiling of Inflammation with Microengineered Devices
IGB Seminar - Director's Office
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with the Core
Sam Walker
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
The Maria Sibylla Merian Art in Nature
Tea and Illustration Society
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The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), Conference Room 3000
Eavesdropping on Biology by Using New Instrumentation and AI to Foster Multiscale Imaging
IGB Seminar - Director's Office
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with the Core - Fiber Rearrangement Redistributes Energy and Modulates Intrinsic Cutting Energy in Bovine Glisson's Capsule
Shaobo Zhan
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
Lunch with the Core - Small Molecule Ion Channels Restore Anion Movement to Cystic Fibrosis Epithelia
Nohemy Celis
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology • 612 Conference Center
The Maria Sibylla Merian Art in Nature
Tea and Illustration Society
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The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), Conference Room 3000
1st International Miscanthus Summit 2026
October 26-29, 2026 | Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA
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Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA