Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology Master Calendar

Monday, April 29, 2024

- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Beckman 3269 3rd Floor Tower Room
Biological Physics / iPoLS / STC-QCB Seminar: Luke Chao (Harvard University) ""
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- Beckman 3269
Professor Luke Chao, Harvard University, "Ultrastructural regulation of the mitochondrial inner-membrane"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- Beckman 3269
STC-QCB Seminar: Luke Chao (Harvard University) "Ultrastructural regulation of the mitochondrial inner-membrane"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

- 11:00 am
- CSL Studio, Conference Room 1232
HCESC SPECIAL SEMINAR - Modeling, Monitoring & Modulating Biobehavioral State Dynamics for Just-in-Time Health Support

Asim H. Gazi, PhD, Schmidt Science Fellow, Harvard University will present the HCESC Special Seminar on Tuesday, April 30 at 11:00 am in CSL Studio, Conference Room 1232.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:30 am - 12:20 pm
- Everitt Room 2310
CANCELLED - BIOE 500 Seminar Series - Dr. Aravind Asokan
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Priya Shah, University of California, Davis (Shukla) "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Integrating Virology and Engineering to Drive Discovery"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chemistry Annex
2024 Distinguished Lecture in Organic Chemistry - Professor A. Dean Sherry
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Adam Renslo, University of California-San Francisco, "Using Diverse Chemistries to Target Diverse Human Pathogens"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 p.m.
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student Seminar: Angelica Caserio/Metcalf Lab and Courtney Hill/Hatoum-Aslan Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Thermal Systems Engineering for Desalination and Resource Recovery
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Career Development Seminar: Chirag Shah
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Creating Art of Science

"Creating Art of Science" Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Lisa Fredin, Lehigh University, "Untangling Photodriven Mechanisms using Computation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Physics Colloquium: Theoretical Physics and Artificial Intelligence
- Lecture

Thursday, May 2, 2024

- 9:30 - 11:00 am
- Everitt Laboratory Room 1302
Bioengineering Senior Design/M.Eng. Capstone Symposium

Please join the us as our design teams present their final projects.
- Exhibition

Friday, May 3, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Roberto Zoncu (University of California - Berkeley) - "The Lysosome in Nutrient Sensing and Cellular Growth Control"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- CSL Studio Conference Room
Psyonic's Dr. Aadeel Akhtar to present at the Illinois Robotics Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Laura Sanchez, University of California Santa Cruz "Visualizing Microbial Chemistry in situ"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 6, 2024

- 3:00 pm
- 3526 Basic Sciences Building, 2001 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL
The oocyte-to-embryo transition: a sleeping beauty fairy tale
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
Microbiology Student/Postdoc Seminar: Molly Crowder/Blanke Lab and Sharik Khan/Kuzminov Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

- 1:00 pm
- 274 Materials Science building
FINAL DEFENSE, Paola Baldaguez Medina "Harnessing Redox Electro-Sorbents and Reactive Separations for Efficient PFAS Remediation in Water Systems""
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 pm
- RAL 171
FINAL DEFENSE: Mahima Unnikrishnan, "Implications of Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions on Protein Assembly and Conformation". Advisors: Professor Martin Gruebele and Professor Catherine Murphy
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
2024 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Theodore Goodson III, University of Michigan, "Nonlinear Optical and Time-Resolved Properties of Novel Organic Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 9, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- NCSA Auditorium (Room 1122)
"From NCSA to the National Research Platform" with Dr. Larry Smarr

Join the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in welcoming NCSA Founding Director Dr. Larry Smarr back to campus for a special seminar May 9 at 12 p.m. in the NCSA auditorium (Room 1122) and on Zoom.
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 10, 2024

- 9:00 am
- 1092 Lincoln Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, David Potts, "Engineering Intrapore Environments to Tune Rates and Selectivities for Liquid Phase Catalysis over Zeolites"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 607 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Discovering Human Gut Microbiome Dynamics

Larry Smarr, PhD Honorary doctorate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego "Discovering Human Gut Microbiome Dynamics"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:30 pm
- 161 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Ohsung Kwon, "Influence of Solvation and Microenvironment on Alkene Epoxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide within Titanium Silicates"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- CLSL B102
Alumni Lecture: Dr. H.N. Cheng (PhD, ’74, Gutowsky), USDA Agricultural Research Service - Plastic Pollution: How to Tackle this Problem

Alumni Lectures feature Chemistry at Illinois alumni who have, with the foundation of their chemistry studies at Illinois, made a meaningful impact in their chosen field.
- Lecture

Sunday, May 12, 2024

- 9:00 - 10:30 am
- Smith Memorial Hall – 805 South Matthews Avenue, Urbana
ChBE 2024 Spring Convocation Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service
- 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Centennial Plaza (between Noyes Lab and the Chem Annex)
ChBE Spring 2024 Convocation Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Everitt 1103 and Zoom
BIOE - Opeyemi Arogundade - Final Defense
- Other

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

- 9:00 am
- 165 Noyes Lab
Prof. Brian Rosen, Tel Aviv University, "Bridging Materials Science and Chemical Engineering: Exploiting Diagrams for Catalyst Design"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 24, 2024

- 10:00 am
- 217 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Aashutosh Boob, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 2005 MEL John Deere Pavilion
Escape Dynamics: Beyond Classical Settings
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

- 11:00 am
- 117 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Melanie Brunet Torres, "DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TOOLS TO VISUALIZE AND ASSESS THE ROLES OF SPECIFIC BIOMOLECULES IN CELLS"
- Seminar/Symposium