The Spatial Omics Initiative / CAIM monthly working group brings together researchers from different disciplines to enable breakthroughs in genomic biology by developing new ways to embed omics data in space, and to facilitate the matching of biological problems to quantitative methods.

Graduate students from biological and analytical research groups encouraged to attend, present work, and participate in collective discussions. Lunch will be provided. Click here for full info.

GNDP is hosting a monthly reading group the 3rd Tuesday of each month on spatial transcriptomics this semester. The goal is to learn about this new technology, with a focus on how it can be applied to address new questions in brain and behavior. Please contact Jess Quicksall (jessicaq@illinois.edu) if you would like to attend, virtual/hybrid format.

Jennifer Kuzma, PhD
Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Public and International Affairs; Co-Director, Genetic Engineering & Society Center; North Carolina State University

"The Macro-Dynamics of the History of U.S. Oversight for Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Environment :  What have we learned?" 

Each lecture will be paired with food prepared by Bevier Cafe and held in-person at the Spice Box Cafe.

“Food For Those Who Want to be Free: Race, Food Security, and Civil Rights in Black Life”

Bobby J. Smith II, PhD
African American Studies

Buffet-style lunch opens at 11:45

Register to attend at https://www.igb.illinois.edu/lunchbox

"Breaking the mold: Unconventional and powerful point of care viral diagnostics for the post-COVID era"

Dr. Brian Cunningham, CGD, MMG, & ECE

Lunch will be provided

Jian Ma, PhD
Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology, School of Computer Science; Carnegie Mellon University

"Machine learning for spatial genomics"

Julian Cooper, PhD
Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellow

"Addressing Challenges in Sustainability of Materials through Chemistry"

Nicole King, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Genetics, Genomics and Development; University of California, Berkeley

"Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of choanoflagellate cell physiology"

Join via Zoom

Thomas Gaj, PhD
Department of Bioengineering; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

"Next-Generation Genome Editing Technologies and their Application for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases"

The Spatial Omics Initiative / CAIM monthly working group brings together researchers from different disciplines to enable breakthroughs in genomic biology by developing new ways to embed omics data in space, and to facilitate the matching of biological problems to quantitative methods.

Graduate students from biological and analytical research groups encouraged to attend, present work, and participate in collective discussions. Lunch will be provided. Click here for full info.