SIB Events

2020: Sep Oct Nov Dec
2021: Jan Feb Mar May Jun

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

12:00 pm

IGB Science Chat: Personalized Nutrition Initiative at Illinois

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

10:00 am through 4:00 pm, 10/3/2020	Art of Science 10.0: Dynamism Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	PEEC Seminar: Dr. David Raubenheimer, University of Sydney, http://sydney.edu.au/perkins

Thursday, October 01, 2020

11:00 am

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Ruth Ley, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology -- "Host genotype and the human gut microbiota" Zoom

Monday, October 05, 2020

4:00 pm

Entomology Colloquium - Priscila Hanisch, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Suarez Lab and Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales - "Integrative approaches to study the diversity and ecology of South America’s predatory ants (Formicidae: Ponerinae)"

Tuesday, October 06, 2020

12:00 pm	Sheltering in Place: How plants cope with being stressed and alone Zoom
4:00 pm	Microbiology Student Seminar: Sabrina Abudulla/Vanderpool Lab and Paola Parraga Solorzano/Kehl-Fie Lab Zoom

Wednesday, October 07, 2020

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	PEEC Seminar: Dr. Kyle Summers, East Carolina University, http://core.ecu.edu/biol/summersk/summerwebpage/welcome.htm
5:30 pm	Genomics and the Law: Sex, Crime, and Property Zoom

Thursday, October 08, 2020

1:00 pm	More Than Just a Good IDEA: Why Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Make Your Science Stronger Zoom
4:00 pm	Microbiology Seminar: Dr. David Lalaouna, University of Strasbourg -- "Metal homeostasis, oxidative stress and regulatory RNAs" Zoom

Friday, October 09, 2020

3:00 pm

Incorporating Partnerships Between Conservation Organizations into Conservation Planning Theory And Practice

Monday, October 12, 2020

4:00 pm

ESA Practice Talks

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

12:00 pm	Intestinal Epitelial Cell Functions in Host-Microbiome Interactions Zoom
4:00 pm	Microbiology Student Seminar: Amanda Adams/Vanderpool Lab and Alex Polidore/Metcalf Lab Zoom

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

4:00 pm

PEEC Seminar: Dr. Daniel Eck, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois - https://publish.illinois.edu/danieleck/

Thursday, October 15, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Sara Gianella Weibel, University of California - San Diego -- "Barriers to an HIV Cure" Zoom

Friday, October 16, 2020

3:00 pm

Solidarity Works: Lessons from Maunakea Zoom

Monday, October 19, 2020

4:00 pm

Entomology Colloquium - Kacie Athey, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington State University (soon to be Specialty Crops Entomologist, Crop Sciences, UIUC) - "It’s raining moths: Drone technology for sterile codling moth release"

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Henry Chen/Blanke Lab Zoom

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

4:00 pm

PEEC Seminar: Dr. Melinda Rostal, Eco-Health Alliance, New York, NY - www.ecohealthalliance.org

Thursday, October 22, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Adrianus Van Der Velden, Stony Brook University -- "TBA" Zoom

Friday, October 23, 2020

3:00 pm

Imperilment and Recovery of the Monarch Butterfly

Monday, October 26, 2020

4:00 pm

Entomology Colloquium - Bernarda Calla, Research Scientist, Dept. of Entomology, UIUC - "Genomic and evolutionary insights from the sequencing of two Lepidoptera species"

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

12:00 pm	My Lessons in Business Zoom
4:00 pm	Microbiology Student Seminar: Rouhallah Ramezanifard/Slauch Lab and Yidan Zhou/Imlay Lab Zoom

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

4:00 pm

PEEC Seminar: Shay-Akil McLean, PEEC Graduate Student Exit Seminar, University of Illinois

Thursday, October 29, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Judd Hultquist, Northwestern University -- "Mapping the Epidemiological and Antiviral Landscape of SARS-CoV-2" Zoom

Friday, October 30, 2020

3:00 pm

Conservation in the Age of Ecological Transformation

Monday, November 02, 2020

4:00 pm

Entomology Colloquium - Grad Student Exit Seminar - Eric South - "Molecular phylogeny of the North American Plecoptera"

Tuesday, November 03, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Pooja Agashe/Kuzminov Lab and Meghan Diefenbacher/Brooke Lab Zoom

Wednesday, November 04, 2020

1:00 pm	Microbiology Thesis Defense: Jiayi Sun/Brooke Lab Zoom
4:00 pm	PEEC Seminar: Dr. Katya Mack, Department of Integrative Biology, Stanford University - http://www.katyamack.com

Thursday, November 05, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jared Schrader, Wayne State University -- "Phase-separated membraneless organelles organize bacterial RNA metabolism" Zoom

Friday, November 06, 2020

3:00 pm

To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores - Performance and Discussion

Monday, November 09, 2020

4:00 pm

Entomology Colloquium - Ophelia Bolmin, PhD candidate, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Bio-inspired Adaptive Morphology (BAM) Lab - "Overcoming Muscles Limitations: Power Amplification in Click Beetles"

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Anshika Gupta/Imlay Lab and Ami Seeger/Blanke Lab Zoom

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

4:00 pm

PEEC Seminar: Dr. Eva Fischer, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois - https://www.ekfischerlab.com/people-1

Thursday, November 12, 2020

11:00 am

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Sonja Albers, University of Freiburg -- "TBA" Zoom

Sunday, November 15, 2020

6:00 pm

Entomology 2020—ESA’s Virtual Annual Meeting—Illinois Mixer

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Matthew Georgiou/Mitchell Lab and Ruben Sanchez Nieves/Whitaker Lab Zoom

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

4:00 pm

PEEC Seminar: Dr. Emily DuVal, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University - https://www.bio.fsu.edu/duval/

Thursday, November 19, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Ervin Fodor, Univesity of Oxford -- "TBA" Zoom

Friday, November 20, 2020

3:00 pm

Implications of Interacting Stressors for Wyoming Fishes

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Thanksgiving Break Begins

Monday, November 30, 2020

	Instruction resumes (remote only - students do not return to campus this semester)
4:00 pm	Entomology Colloquium - Grad Student Exit Seminar - Joshua Gibson - “Biomechanics and evolution of trap-jaw ants: An origin story for a superpowered animal”

Tuesday, December 01, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Alex Phillips/Whitaker Lab and Ananya Sen/Imlay Lab Zoom

Wednesday, December 02, 2020

4:00 pm

PEEC Seminar: Dr. Marianne Alleyne, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois - https://publish.illinois.edu/alleynebioinspirationcollaborative/

Thursday, December 03, 2020

4:00 pm

Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Kimberly Seed, University of California - Berkely -- “Battling phages: how epidemic Vibrio cholerae defends against viral attack” Zoom

Friday, December 04, 2020

3:00 pm

Restoring a Changing World TBD

Monday, December 07, 2020

4:00 pm

Entomology Colloquium - Jim Whitfield, Dept. of Entomology, UIUC - "Evolution of symbiotic parasitoid viruses in Hymenoptera"

Wednesday, December 09, 2020

	Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
4:00 pm	PEEC Seminar: Dr. Mande Holford, Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, CUNY/AMNH - https://holfordlab.com

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

4:00 pm

PEEC Seminar: Dr. Esther Ngumbi, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois - https://www.estherngumbi.com

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Stefanie Eben/Imlay Lab and Sangeetha Ramesh/Mitchell Lab

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Sneha Das/Kuzminov Lab and Katie Frye/Kehl-Fie Lab Zoom

Tuesday, February 09, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Molly Crowder/Blanke and Nic Handy/Wilson Lab Zoom

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Student Seminar: Roy Rodriguez Carrero/Metcalf Lab and Laura Suttenfield/Whitaker Lab Zoom

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Fadi Alnaji/Brooke Lab and Mohea Couturier/Whitaker IGB Lab Zoom

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Alan Collins/Whitaker IGB Lab and Matteo Cossu/Metcalf Lab Zoom

Tuesday, March 09, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Yumi Iwadate/Slauch Lab and Giulia Orazi/Whitaker IGB Lab Zoom

Saturday, March 13, 2021

8:30 am

Spring Vacation Begins

Monday, March 22, 2021

Instruction resumes

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Postdoc/Research Scientist Seminar: Fatih Cakar/Slauch Lab and Changyi Zhang/Whitaker IGB Lab Zoom

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

4:00 pm

Microbiology Postdoc Seminar: Elizabeth Rowland/Kieffer Lab Zoom

Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Instruction Ends

Thursday, May 06, 2021

Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

Friday, May 07, 2021

Final Exams Begin

Saturday, May 15, 2021

8:30 am

Commencement

Monday, May 17, 2021

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

Monday, June 14, 2021

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2