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Cancer Research – Pets to People: Human Applications
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Join C2ST and the IGB for a limited series detailing the latest in cutting-edge research conducted at UIUC. Learn how the analysis of cancers in pet dogs and cats can help identify promising new anticancer drugs for humans. Dr. Timothy Fan, a veterinary oncologist, and cancer researcher, will walk us through the work being done at the Comparative Oncology Research Laboratory on a subject that has far-reaching implications for the human and animal worlds. The third program will focus on human applications. Register here.

IGB Lunchbox Series
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Join us for our series where we highlight the intersection of food, science, and culture. Each lecture will feature food tailored by campus chefs paired with lectures delivered by campus experts.

“New generations transforming the food culture”

Dina Fernandez,
Global Director, Protein Nutrition Solutions, Archer Daniels Midland Company

Register by February 25 to receive a free meal voucher while supplies last by visiting www.igb.illinois.edu/lunchbox.

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IGB FACULTY SPOTLIGHT LECTURE
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Brian Cunningham, PhD
University of Illinois; Intel Alumni Endowed Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director of the Center for Genomic Diagnostics

"Digital Resolution Liquid Biopsy at the Point of Care"

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CANCELLED: IGB SEMINAR - CGD
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THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis; The Lilyan & E. Lisle Hughes Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering

Chambana Science Cafe
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"Lessons on Parenting from Poison Frogs"

Dr. Eva Fischer
Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

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Lunch with the Core
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
612 Conference Center

Agnieszka Lewandowska, Senior Research Scientist, Chemistry

To go lunches will be provided.

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IGB DEI SEMINAR
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Danielle Lee, PhD
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville TED Fellow, National Geographic Explorer, The Explorers Club

"Evaluating and working along environmental gradients to develop frameworks for understanding nuisance rodent ecology" 

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Cancer Research – Pets to People: Animal Stories
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Join C2ST and the IGB for a limited series detailing the latest in cutting-edge research conducted at UIUC. Learn how the analysis of cancers in pet dogs and cats can help identify promising new anticancer drugs for humans. Dr. Timothy Fan, a veterinary oncologist, and cancer researcher, will walk us through the work being done at the Comparative Oncology Research Laboratory on a subject that has far-reaching implications for the human and animal worlds. The second program will explore animal case studies. Register here.

Lunch with the Core
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
612 Conference Center

"Creating Art of Science"

Julia Pollack, Creative Program Manager
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

To go lunches will be provided.

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IGB Lunchbox Series
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Join us for our series where we highlight the intersection of food, science, and culture. Each lecture will feature food tailored by campus chefs paired with lectures delivered by campus experts.

"We are what we eat? Thinking about identity, belonging, and exclusion through food"

Merin Oleschuk
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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