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.

"Get to know your community over lunch"

Joe Metz
Assistant Meat Lab Manager, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Cuts and Cuisine: How food culture impacts the meat business"

David Chih
Director of Asian American Cultural Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Chinese birthday noodles: Holding on to cultural traditions through food"

Register by November 19 and receive your free meal voucher by visiting www.igb.illinois.edu/lunchbox

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Raffaella De Vita, PhD
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Associate Department Head, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

"The Mechanics of the Vagina: Deformations, Contractions, and Tears"

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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.

Esther Ngumbi
Assistant Professor of Entomology and of African American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

“In Pursuit of Perfect Tomato and Corn Varieties and the Chemistry Behind Their Scents”

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Bing Yang, PhD
University of Missouri; Professor, Division of Plant Sciences/Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

"Genome Editing Enables Plants to Resist Disease"

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Austin Cyphersmith, PhD
Senior Research Specialist in Life Sciences, IGB Core Facilities

Featured Instrument: X-5000 X-Ray CT Scanner

To go lunches will be provided.

"Fostering a Culture of Inclusion: Everyday Strategies for Being an Effective Ally"

Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, will facilitate a workshop on fostering a culture of inclusion through allyship. Participants will learn the definition of allyship and strategies for being an effective ally through a presentation followed by interactive activities.

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Jacob Sherkow, J.D.
University of Illinois; Professor of Law

"Regulating Genomic Sequencing"

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Pieces from the IGB's Art of Science program will be featured in the Illini Union Art Gallery through November.

"Imaging spatial transcriptomics in the Core"

Alex Schrader, Chemistry Graduate Student

Featured Instrument: Widefield Fluorescence Microscope

To go lunches will be provided.

Tamarra James-Todd, Phd
Harvard University; Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology

"Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Environmental Chemical Exposures & Women's Reproductive Health"

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