Graduate school can be a stressful time; this workshop seeks to open a conversation about the importance of maintaining one's mental health while staying on top of tasks. Presenters will focus on healthy coping mechanisms, time management, dealing with impostor syndrome, and resources available to support graduate students. This workshop is for first-year graduate students. As always, time for networking and refreshments is included. This student-run series is funded by a grant from the IGB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative. To sign up for our mailing list, please visit https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/478244111 and watch your email for the announcement.
Cafeteria & Company, 208 W Main St, Urbana
"Eat your broccoli! Microbial metabolism and gut health"
Michael Miller, PhD
Professor of Food Microbiology,
Food Science & Human Nutrition, UIUC
Gil Blander, PhD
President, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Segterra (Inside Tracker)
"Longitudinal Longevity Data Analysis: Insights And Lessons From A Decade Of Insidetrack-ing"
A monthly meeting with IGB Spatial Omics Initiative and CAIM to discuss spatial omics. The goal is to build relationships and develop collaborative proposals at the intersection of biology and analytics. Lunch will be provided. Join the mailing list or the Slack channel for updates and networking, or contact spatial@igb.illinois.edu with questions.
Chen-Hsiang Yeang, DSc
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical Science
Academia Sinica
"An integrated analysis of the cancer genome atlas data discovers a hierarchical association structure across thirty three cancer types"
"Firing of in-vitro hippocampal neuronal network depends on the mechanical tension"
Md Saddam Hossain Joy
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Instrument: LSM 880
Lunch will be provided
Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann, PhD
Institute of Health and Nature, University of Greenland
"Fermented seal flippers and growing an Indigenous approach to science"
A monthly meeting to discuss computational microbial genomics. New complex questions in microbial function and ecology are stretching the limits of existing computational analytical tools. The Computational Microbial Genomics working group aims to bring together microbiologists and computational scientists to address this gap. Lunch will be provided. Join the mailing list or the Slack channel for updates and networking, or contact microgeno@igb.illinois.edu with questions.
Are you tired of seeing the same names in science over and over? Do you wish for increased representation in STEM? Come to this in-person kickoff event and learn how Wikipedia can perpetuate inequalities in STEM representation and what you can do about it. With guest speaker Mackenzie Lemieux who has written over 100 Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM. Register at go.igb.illinois.edu/Wikipedia.
"An Introduction to the Core Facilities"
Dr. Glenn Fried, Director of the IGB Core Facilities
Instruments located in the Core Facilities can be found here.
Lunch will be provided