"Growth Hack Your Future"
Rosemarie Truman, PhD
Founder & CEO, Board Member of The Center for Advancing Innovation
"The Genetics of Extended Phenotypes in Symbiosis"
Katy Heath, PhD
University of Illinois; Department of Plant Biology; IGB Faculty, Infection Genomics for One Health
"SOMAmers and SOMAscan: How Broad Proteomics Can Lead to More Understanding of Human Biology"
Larry Gold, PhD
Founder and Chairman of the Board, and former CEO of SomaLogic
Michael Fischbach, PhD
Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering
"Building and Manipulating the Human Microbiome"
George diCenzo, PhD
Queen’s University; Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
"Understanding symbiotic nitrogen fixation and bacterial genome organization using synergistic, multi-level approaches"
Franklin STEAM Academy, 817 N. Harris Ave, Champaign
Designed for elementary and middle school children, all members of the community are welcome. Exhibits and activities will cover topics including the environment, energy use & production, health, and fundamental research at the IGB in an approachable manner for all ages. Free and open to the public.
THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Maayan Levy-Thaiss, PhD
University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor, Department of microbiology in the Perlman School of Medicine
"Intestinal epithelial cell functions at the host-microbiome interface"
Join us as we showcase the IGB themes of Biosystems Design (BSD) and Omics Nanotechnology for Cancer Precision Medicine (ONC-PM) for an afternoon of collaboration, poster talks, and socialization!
Natalie Kofler
Scholar affiliate, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
"Editing Nature: Governance Hurdles and Ethical Holes in Genetic Engineering"
Hosted by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W Nevada St, Urbana
A multidisciplinary panel including Kim Compoc, Ripan Malhi, Sana Saboowala, and Amber Leamhnachd.
"Mauna Kea, Colonialism, and Science: Presentation and Discussion on the Ethical Questions Surrounding the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawai‘i"
Sponsored by the Department of Asian American Studies, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Department of Anthropology, and Society for Equity in Astronomy. Refreshments will be served.