Campus-Wide Seminar Listings
Monday, February 8
Cell and Developmental Biology, Student and Postdoc Seminar
Binhui Zhao – University of Illinois - Dissecting chromosome position effects
Yuou Wang – University of Illinois - Dissecting CD2AP function in MDCK cells
12:00 PM, Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Entomology Colloquium
Andrea Swei
San Francisco University
Vector-bome pathogen dynamics and the role of genetic, microbial, and community diversity
4:00 PM, Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Materials Science and Engineering
Jeffrey Grossman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Materials design for applications in energy and water
4:00 PM, 100 MSEB
Organic Chemistry
Professor Michael Jung
University of California, Los Angeles
Drug Discovery in Academia: Some Successful Case Studies
4:00 PM, 116 RAL
Tuesday, February 9
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Kristopher A. Kilian, PhD
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
Deciphering the Biophysical and Biochemical Basis of Cancer Cell Tumorigenicity using Model
Engineered Extracellular Matrices
12:00 PM, 612 IGB Conference Center
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering: an International Paper Company Lecture
Seminar of Special Interest
Towards Next-generation Batteries using Nanoscale Materials Design and Advanced Imaging
2:00 PM, 116 RAL
Neuroscience Program
Oswald Steward
University of California, Irvine
TBA
4:00 PM, 1005 Beckman Institute
Nutritional Sciences 500
Lynette Rogers, Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
DHA As A Therapeutic Intervention: Have we found the answer?
4:00 PM, 180 Bevier Hall
Materials Science and Engineering, Soft Materials
Kaimin Cal – University of Illinois – Dynamic ureas with fast pH is dependent hydrolytic kinetics
Daniel Bacon-Brown – University of Illinois – Fabrication of complex metallic nanostructures by
proximity-field nanopatterning
4:00 PM, 119 MSEB
Inorganic/Chemical Biology
Professor Ivan Korendovych
Syracuse University
De Novo Design of Catalytic Function
4:00 PM, 217 Noyes Lab
Wednesday, February 10
Materials Science and Engineering, Special Seminar
Christopher Evans
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tuning the mechanical and transport properties of nanoconfined polymer systems by manipulating
interfaces
10:00 AM, 280 Materials Research Lab
PMPB, CPSC 598/IB 513
Kate Warpeha
UIC
Pirinl and seedling development: Double duty regulation I the nucleus and cytosol
12:00 PM, W-109 Turner Hall
Chem 199L Special Alumni Seminar
Austin Picket and Chi Fong
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Experience and Advice on Job Search and Successful Career in Corporate R&D
12:00 PM, 217 Noyes Lab
Physical Chemistry
Professor Micha Bonn
Max Planck Institute, Mainz
Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water at the Water/Air Interface
2:00 PM, Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
PEEC
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Michigan State, Kellog Biological Station
Testing the effects of gene flow on adaptation, fitness, and demography in wild populations
4:00 PM, Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Thursday, February 11
Pathobiology
Mathew Leslie, PhD Stage II Seminar
University of Illinois
Microenvironmental and metabolic influences in tumor cell redox homeostasis
9:00 – 12:00PM, 2506 VMBSB
Crop Sciences
Mollie Adams, M.S. Student
University of Illinois
Exploring Soil Quality in Corn/Soybean Rotations
12:00 PM, W-109 Turner hall
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering: an International Paper Company Lecture Series
Dynamic Soft Materials: Gels, Bubbles, and Drops
2:00 PM, 116 RAL
Microbiology
Dr. Anthony Richardson
University of Pittsburgh
Immunometabolism and Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections
4:00 PM, Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Materials Science and Engineering, Hard Materials
Gowtham Jawaharram
University of Illinois
Irradiation induced precipitation and hardening in immiscible Cu-W alloys
4:00 PM, 119 MSEB
Friday, February 12
Inorganic Chemistry, Final Defense
Mr. Peter Sempsrott
University of Illinois
Methane as a Ligand: Low-Temperature Protonation Studies of Electron-Poor Osmium Methyl
Complexes
10:30 AM, TBA
Biochemistry
Dr. Alirexa Rezaie
Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine
Regulatory mechanisms in protein C anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory pathways
12:00 PM, Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Anthony Waldron
Oxford University, Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois
Quantifying the Impact of Conservation and Human Pressures on Biodiversity
3:00 PM, W-109 Turner Hall