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Monday, April 1, 2024
9:00 am
132 Bevier Hall
FINAL DEFENSE: Bailey Samuel Boule "Probing the Reactivity of Uncommon Palladium Oxidation States" Advisor: Professor Liviu Mirica
Seminar/Symposium
11:00 am
419 RAL (Rose Room)
Adrika Raybarman (Huang Lab) - Final Defense - "Characterization of RNA Damage and Repair in Bacteria"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Jeffrey Rudolf, University of Florida, "Exploring the Bacterial Terpenome"
Seminar/Symposium
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
3:00 pm
124 Burrill Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, Kai Yu Huang, "NEUROMUSCULAR TISSUE-DERIVED FACTORS AND INFLAMMATORY-CELL-TARGETED NANOPARTICLES FOR ADVANCING BRAIN HEALTH"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Aromatic C-H Thianthrenation: Mechanisms and Applications"
Seminar/Symposium
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
10:00 am
433 Roger Adams Laboratory
Jay Cournoyer, UIUC, Final Defense, "Studies in Directed Endosymbiosis"
Seminar/Symposium
2:00 - 3:00 pm
CLSL B102
Professor Matthew Sheldon, Texas A&M University, "Shining a Light on Nanophotonic Heat Engines"
Seminar/Symposium
Thursday, April 4, 2024
8:30 am
116 Rodger Adams Lab
Seminar Dr. Ulrich Scheler Rheological NMR – insight in molecular dynamics, flow pattern and transport
Seminar/Symposium
12:00 pm
217 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Jeff Chen, UIUC, "Engineering Immunological Adjuvants for Improved Vaccine Efficacy"
Seminar/Symposium
3:30 pm
Chem Annex 1024
Student Select Seminar: Professor Jennifer Shumaker-Parry, University of Utah, "Chiroptical Activity of Gold and Aluminum Plasmonic Nanostructures" (M)
Seminar/Symposium
Friday, April 5, 2024
11:00 am
419 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE, Apurva Godbole "A noninvasive screening tool for cell fate determination using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning in tissue engineering and microbiology applications""
Seminar/Symposium
11:30 am
Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
7th Annual Biochemistry Graduate Student Award Symposium
Seminar/Symposium
12:00 - 1:00 pm
NL 353
Alumni Career Chat: Dr. Daniel Heller (Ph.D., ’10, Strano), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - The Multistep Career of an Academic Entrepreneur
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Lu Wei, California Institute of Technology "Functional Bond-Selective Microscopy for Subcellular Bioanalysis"
Seminar/Symposium
Monday, April 8, 2024
4:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: AbbVie rep: Dr. Patrick B. Brady, "Discovery and Synthesis of Macrocyclic MCL-1 Inhibitor ABBV-467"
Seminar/Symposium
5:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: Professor Daniele Leonori, RWTH Aachen, Germany, "New Methods in Photochemistry and Photocatalysis"
Seminar/Symposium
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
2:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Jeffrey Greeley, Purdue University (Mironenko) "First Principles Treatments of Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis - Reactivity Trends and Electrocatalyst Structure"
Seminar/Symposium
3:30 pm
Chem Annex 1024
CANCELLED: Professor Michael Green, University of California - Irvine, (TBD) (I)
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Shawn Schowe, UIUC, "Strategies Towards the Total Synthesis of Picrotoxinin"
Seminar/Symposium
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Jackson Fellow: Owen Ouyang (Wu lab) - "oPool+ Display: a rapid and cost-effective antibody screening platform."
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Recny Fellow: Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra lab) - "The Role of Nuclear Poly(A) Binding Protein in Cardiac Maturation and Function"
Seminar/Symposium
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering Leadership info session
Webinar
Thursday, April 11, 2024
11:00 am
Noyes Lab 353
FINAL DEFENSE: Troy Brier, "Shaping of the Bacterial Transcriptome: Persepectives From Kinetic Modeling". Advisor: Professor Zaida Luthey-Schulten
Seminar/Symposium
12:00 pm
217 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Dominic Luciano, UIUC, "GlycoRNA! A New Molecule in Immunology"
Religious/Cultural
3:30 pm
Chem Annex 1024
Professor Fernando Uribe-Romo, University of Central Florida, "Multivariate Frameworks as Substitutional Solid Solutions: Crystals with Predictable Structure, Variable Composition, and Tunable Solid-State Molecular Properties" (M)
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, "Orphaned Cyclopropanes"
Seminar/Symposium
Friday, April 12, 2024
12:00 pm
Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Asst. Prof. Andrew R. Buller, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Adventures with Enzymes: tackling classical problems in enzyme evolution and organic synthesis"
Seminar/Symposium
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Illini Union Ballroom (2nd floor)
CHBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium
Seminar/Symposium
2:00 pm
157 Noyes Lab
Travis Menard, UIUC, Final Defense, "I. Synthesis of Enantioenriched 3,4-Disubstituted Chromans Through Lewis Base-Catalyzed Carbosulfenylation II. Development and Application of an Indium Catalyzed Allylation of Unprotected Carbohydrates "
Seminar/Symposium
4:30 pm
Illini Union Ballroom
ChBE Undergraduate Scholarship and Awards Ceremony
Ceremony/Service
Monday, April 15, 2024
11:30 am
140 Burrill Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, Eric Burgeson, "Applications of Recovery Rheology: Psychorheology, Thixotropy, and Beyond"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Lab
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Lecture: Dr. Riley Svec: "Surveys in Med Chem at J&J"
Seminar/Symposium
5:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Lab
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Lecture: Professor Motomu Kanai, University of Tokyo, "Catalytic Activation and Functionalization of Hydrocarbons"
Seminar/Symposium
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
2:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Han Li, University of California, Irvine (Zhao) "Engineering the Redox Chemistry of Life"
Seminar/Symposium
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 pm
CLSL B-102
Professor Adam P. Willard, MIT University, "Modeling Exciton Dynamics in Heterogeneous Molecular Environments"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo lab) - "Host-relevant micromolar H202 doses stress Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Shweta Shree (Sligar lab) - "Molecular Mechanism of KRas4b Signaling"
Seminar/Symposium
Thursday, April 18, 2024
11:00 am
Noyes Lab 217
2023 Klemperer Award for Outstanding Materials Chemistry Ph.D. Thesis: Francis Alcorn, "Investigating Nanoscale Dynamics in Light Absorbing Structures Using Electron Microscopy" (M)
Seminar/Symposium
2:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Chinedum Osuji, University of Pennsylvania (Kuenstler), "Polymer Self-Assembly and Liquid Demixing in the Presence of Liquid Crystals"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Thomas Muir, Princeton University, "Harnessing Inteins in Chemical Biology: From Ligases to Transposases and Logic Gates"
Seminar/Symposium
Friday, April 19, 2024
12:00 pm
Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Andrew Ward (Scripps Research), - "From structure to sequence: Antibody discovery and profiling using cryoEM"
Seminar/Symposium
2:00 pm
161 Noyes Laboratory
Antonio LaPorte, UIUC, Final Defense, "Stereospecific Csp3 Cross-Coupling for Modular Polyketide Synthesis""
Seminar/Symposium
Monday, April 22, 2024
1:00 pm
419 RAL (Rose Room)
Lainey Liang - Final Defense (Van der Donk Lab)
Seminar/Symposium
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
3:30 pm
1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Louise Berben, University of California, Davis, "Using Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry to Control Electron and Proton Processes" (I)
Ceremony/Service
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Todd Hyster, Princeton University, "Emergent Mechanisms in Photoenzymatic Catalysis"
Seminar/Symposium
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 pm
CLSL B-102
2024 Geerdes Lecture: Benjamin Gilbert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "Modeling Multi-fork Replication and Segregation of Bacterial Chromosomes"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Carter Fellow: Yanheng Chen (Chen lab) - "H. pylori upregulates PD-L1 expression of immune evasion via mTOR ubiquitination and activation"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 RAL
Carter Fellow: Yiquan Wang (Wu lab) - "Predicting Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Functionality using Deep Learning Models"
Seminar/Symposium
Thursday, April 25, 2024
2:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar, Prof. Eric Appel, Stanford University (Rogers) "Supramolecular (Bio)materials: From Fundamentals to Advanced Solutions for Pressing Challenges in Society"
Seminar/Symposium
3:30 pm
Chem Annex 1024
Professor Oana Luca, University of Colorado, "Electrons as Energy Currency in Sustainable Chemistry" (M)
Seminar/Symposium
Friday, April 26, 2024
10:00 am
1090 Lincoln Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, Krutarth Kamani, "Understanding the yielding transition in soft materials"
Seminar/Symposium
10:00 am
433 Roger Adams Laboratory
Mara Paterson, Final Defense, UIUC, "Design and Synthesis of Acid-Cleavable Monomers for Chemically Degradable Polymeric Materials."
Seminar/Symposium
11:00 am
160 English Building
Rebecca Ulrich, UIUC, Final Defense, "Physicochemical Trends of Compound Efflux in Gram-Negative Bacteria and Characterization of Novel Antibacterials"
Seminar/Symposium
12:00 pm
Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Armita Nourmohammad (University of Washington) - "Learning the shape of immune and protein universe"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
RAL 116
OutinChem Annual Invited Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Petter, Arrakis Therapeutics, "A Structure-based Approach to RNA-targeted Small Molecules"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Electrochemical Hydrogenation, Hydrogenolysis, and Dehydrogenation for Reductive and Oxidative Lignocellulosic Biomass Upgrading"
Seminar/Symposium
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
1:00 pm
279 Davenport Hall
Amie Lanzendorf, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Small Molecules Toward Therapeutic Applications for Myotonic Dystrophy and Cancer"
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
Chem Annex 1024
Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor A. Dean Sherry, University of Texas - Dallas, "Next Generation MR Contrast Agent Designs for Imaging Physiology & Metabolism"(I)
Seminar/Symposium
3:30 pm
Chem Annex 1024
Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Dean Allan Sherry, University of Texas - Dallas, (TBD)
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
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 pm
CLSL B-102
Professor Lisa Fredin, Lehigh University, "Untangling Photodriven Mechanisms using Computation"
Seminar/Symposium
Thursday, May 2, 2024
3:30 pm
Chem Annex 1024
Professor Jesus Velazquez, University of California - Davis, "Development of Structure-Function Correlations in 2D and 3D Metal Sulfide Electrocatalysts to Guide the Selective Conversion of CO2 and CO to Alcohols" (M)
Seminar/Symposium
Friday, May 3, 2024
12:00 pm
Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Dr. Roberto Zoncu (University of California - Berkeley) - "The Lysosome in Nutrient Sensing and Cellular Growth Control"
Seminar/Symposium
4:00 pm
116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Laura Sanchez, University of California Santa Cruz "Visualizing Microbial Chemistry in situ"
Seminar/Symposium