In addition to the Chemistry-Biology Interface trainees and faculty, students from the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biochemistry, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Microbiology attend CBI seminar series. The seminars series are unique at CBI Illinois and a bit different from regular speaking engagements as the focus leans heavily toward interaction with trainees and we have found that our speakers find this very refreshing. Our visitors participate in a few one-on-one meetings with faculty and the senior trainees get experience presenting their research presentation in a small collaborative setting. Lastly, the visit is followed by a seminar presentation from our guest speaker.
Seminars AY22-23
Professor Hening Lin, Cornell University
9/22/22 -4:00pm 116 RAL
“Protein acylation-deacylation cycles regulate signaling pathways in cancer and inflammation”
Trainee Host: Andrew Rice, Mitchell lab
Professor Udayan Apte, University of Kansas Medical Center
9/30/22 -12:00pm B102 CLSL
“HNF4alpha: A Nuclear Receptor at the Interface of Chemical Interactions with Biological Systems”
Trainee Host: Nick Baker, Kalsotra lab
Professor Peter Mahaffy, The King’s University
1/19/23 -4:00pm 116 RAL
“Realizing Chemistry’s Role in the Emergence of Sustainability: A Systems Approach”
Trainee Host: Jorge Calderin, Fratti lab
Professor Adrian Keatinge-Clay, The University at Texas at Austin
2/16/23 -4:00pm B102 CLSL
“Engineering Polyketide Synthases Using the Correct Module Boundary”
Trainee Host: Angie Caserio, Metcalf lab
Professor Sara Sawyer, University of Colorado
4/6/23 -4:00pm 116 RAL
“TBD”
Trainee Host: Marya Ornelas, Mehta lab
Professor Adam Cohen, Harvard University
5/5/23 -12:00pm 116 RAL
“Optical tools for mapping brain dynamics: from synapses to circuits”
Trainee Host: Marisa Asadian, Han lab
Seminars AY21-22
Professor Channing Der, University of North Carolina
8/26/21 -4:00pm Virtual
“Targeting RAS for cancer treatment: what a long strange trip it’s been”
Trainee Host: Michael Mulligan, Hergenrother lab
Professor Matthew Francis, University of California, Berkeley
8/30/21 -4:00pm Virtual
“Efficient Synthesis of Multifunctional Proteins Using Enzymatic Oxidative Coupling Reactions”
Trainee Host: Jonnathan Marin-Toledo, Burke lab
Professor Melanie Ohi, University of Michigan
9/14/21 -4:00pm Virtual
“Cryo-EM studies of Type IV Secretion Systems of pathogenic bacteria”
Trainee Host: Megan Ringling, Blanke lab
Professor Eugenia Trushina, Mayo Clinic
10/18/21 -4:00pm, 116 RAL
“Mitochondria to the rescue: signaling in health and disease”
Trainee Host: Dylan Blaha, Kranz lab
Professor Virginia Cornish, Columbia University
10/21/21 -4:00pm, Virtual
“Expanding the Synthetic Capabilities of Yeast”
Trainee Host: Joenisse Rosado-Rosa, Mehta lab
Professor Michael Jewett, Northwestern University
11/18/21 -4:00pm Virtual
“Bioengineering beyond cells to enable a fair and sustainable 21st bio-century”
Trainee Host: Alex Battiste, Mitchell lab
Professor Erin Adams, University of Chicago
12/3/21 -4:00pm Virtual
“Exploring the antigenic universe; how the immune system recognizes diverse structural and chemical signals of disease”
Trainee Host: Dylan Blaha, Kranz lab
Professor Laura Kiessling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1/27/22 -4:00pm Virtual
“Carbohydrates at the Host-Microbe Interface”
Trainee Host: Sydney McKee, Hergenrother lab
Professor Lou Charkoudian, Haverford College
4/28/22 -4:00pm Virtual
“Unveiling the molecular underpinnings of natural product biosynthesis”
Trainee Host: Susanna Barrett, Mitchell lab
Professor Hening Lin, Cornell UniversityProfessor Hening Lin, Cornell University
TBD -4:00pm 116 RAL
“TBD”
Trainee Host: Andrew Rice, Mitchell lab
Seminars AY20-21
Professor Christopher Chang, University of California, Berkeley
9/15/20 -3:30pm Virtual
“Activity-Based Sensing Approaches to Decipher Transition Metal Signaling”
Trainee Host: Sophie McClain, Murphy lab
Dr. Amy Ripka, Lucy Therapeutics
9/21/20 -4:00pm Virtual
“It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World: Planning for a Career in Science”
Trainee Host: Matthew Boudreau, Hergenrother lab
Professor Tom Poulos, University of California, Irvine
10/9/20 -12:00pm Virtual
“Structural Biology of Redox Complexes, Allostery, and Dynamics in P450 Catalysis”
Trainee Host: Rachel Martini, Lu lab
Professor Pieter Dorrestein, University of California, San Diego
10/12/20 -4:00pm Virtual
“Connecting the World’s Mass Spectrometry Data to Understand the Chemistry of Life – a Big Data Strategy”
Trainee Host: Sara Eslami, van der Donk lab
Professor Yolanda Vasquez, Oklahoma State University
10/26/20 -4:00pm Virtual
“A Soft Lithography Method to Generate Arrays of Microstructures on Hydrogel Surfaces”
Trainee Host: Jazmin Aguilar-Romero, Zimmerman lab
Professor Edward Botchwey, Georgia Institute of Technology
12/3/20 -4:00pm Virtual
“Towards Regenerative Immunotherapy: Using Biomaterials for Local Delivery Bioactive Lipids and Pro-resolving Lipid Mediators”
Trainee Host: Aliki Kolliopoulos, Harley lab
Professor James Ferry, Pennsylvania State University
2/4/21 -4:00pm Virtual
“Electron Transport in the Model Acetotrophic Methanogen Methanosarcina acetivorans”
Trainee Host: Roy Rodriguez Carrero, Metcalf lab
Professor Joe Petrosino, Baylor College of Medicine
2/26/21 -12:00pm Virtual
“The human microbiome in the era of personalized medicine… and a SARS-CoV-2 origin story”
Trainee Host: Andrew Blake, Burke lab
Professor Tatiana Segura, Duke University
3/1/21 -12:00pm Virtual
“Granular Biomaterials for endogenous repair”
Trainee Host: Gabriela Ibarra, Chan lab
Professor Alanna Schepartz, University of California, Berkeley
5/17/21 -4:00pm Virtual
“Delivery proteins to cells and animals”
Trainee Host: Lindsay Chatkewitz, Hergenrother lab
Seminars AY19-20
Professor Shahriar Mobashery, Notre Dame
09/23/19 -4pm, 116 RAL
“Cell-Wall Recycling in Gram-Negative Bacteria and the Nexus to Antibiotic Resistance”
Trainee Host: Kristen Munoz, Hergenrother lab
Professor Gregory Bowman, Washington University in St. Louis
10/29/19 -2pm, 116 RAL
“Protein dynamics for precision medicine”
Trainee Host: Jiming Chen, Shukla lab
Professor Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern University
02/27/20 -3:30pm, 116 RAL
“Biological methane oxidation”
Trainee Host: Tim Precord, Mitchell lab
Professor Squire Booker, The Pennsylvania State University
03/02/20 -3:30pm, 116 RA
“The Biosynthesis of Lipoic Acid: A Saga of Death, Destruction and Rebirth”
Trainee Host: Kyle Shelton, Mitchell lab
Seminars AY18-19
Professor Cecilia Tommos, University of Pennsylvania
09/18/18 – 4pm, 1024 Chem Annex
“Climbing E°’verest to study amino-acid radicals in biological (proton coupled) electron transfer”
Trainee Host: Claire Merchen, Lu lab
Professor Helen Blackwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10/04/18 -4pm, 116 RAL
“Chemical Interception of Bacterial Communication: New Languages, New Outcomes”
Trainee Host: Martin Chavez, Hergenrother lab
Professor Myles Brown, Harvard University
10/09/18 -12pm, B102 CLSL
“Essential Genes and Cistromes in Hormone-Dependent Cancers”
Trainee Host: Valeria Sanabria Guillen, Katzenellenbogen lab
Professor Nathaneal S. Gray, Harvard University
11/05/18 -4pm, 116 RA
“Targeted Protein Degradation as a new Drug Development Strategy”
Trainee Host: Matthew Boudreau, Hergenrother lab
Professor Ronald Raines, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
01/28/19 -4pm, 116 RAL
“Protein Prodrugs”
Trainee Host: Nicholas Pino, Chan lab
Professor Bradley Moore, University of California
02/08/19 -12pm, B102 CLSL
“Connecting Genes to Chemistry to Empower Small Molecule Discovery and Production”
Trainee Host: Imran Rahman, van der Donk lab
Dr. Mary Maxon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
02/14/19 -4pm, 116 RAL
“Adventures in Science and Science Policy: From Industry to the White House and Beyond”
Trainee Host: Libby Haywood, Wilson lab
CANCELED! – Dr. Squire Booker, PennState University
02/21/19 -4pm, 116 RAL
“Moving beyond Methionine Synthase: New Insight into Cobalamin-Dependent Methylation Reactions”
Trainee Host: Kyle Shelton, Mitchell lab
Professor Rebecca Senkowicz, Community College of Allegheny County
05/16/19 -10am to 2pm, 116 RAL
Chemisty Biology Interface Biostatics Workshop
Seminars AY17-18
Professor David Kokel, University of California San Francisco
09/05/17 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“High-throughput behavior based neuroactive drug discovery in the zebrafish”
Trainee Host: Riley Svec, Hergenrother lab
Professor Eric Gaucher, Georiga Institute of Technology and Georiga State University
09/22/17 – 12pm, B102 CLSL
“Engineering Ancient Proteins for Biotherapeutic Development”
Trainee Host: Maxwell Baymiler, Martinis lab
Professor Alan Saghatelian, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
10/05/17 – 2pm in B102 CLSL
“Discovery and Characterization of Lipids and Peptides”
Trainee Host: Effie Zhou, Chan lab
Dr. Kevan Shokat, University of California, San Francisco
10/17/17 – 4pm in 116 RAL
“Chemical Tricks for Drugging the Undruggable”
Trainee Host: Aaron Roth, Denmark lab
Professor Peter C. Dedon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11/17/17 – 12pm, B102 CLSL
“The tRNA epitranscriptome coordinates with a code of codons to schedule translation of survival proteins in eukaryotes, prokaryotes and viruses”
Trainee Host: Andrew Buechler, Martinis lab
Professor Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology
11/27/17 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Natural Products and the Chemistry They Inspire”
Trainee Host: Lucas Hernandez, Sarlah lab
Professor Kenneth M. Merz, Michigan State University
12/13/17 – 2pm, B102 CLSL
“Exploration of Molecular Recognition Processes Encountered in Structure-based Drug Design”
Trainee Host: David Stevens, Hammes-Schiffer lab
Professor Victoria D’Souza, Harvard University
01/29/18 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“Unraveling viral RNA genomes: One segment at a time”
Trainee Host: Lauren Hagler, Zimmerman lab
Dr. Vern L. Schramm, Yeshiva University
02/08/18 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“Transition states and transition state analogues”
Trainee Host: Christopher Reinhardt, Chan lab
Dr. Laura Lowe Furge, Kalamazoo College
02/16/18 – 12pm, B102 CLSL
“The Small Liberal Arts College Experience: A Sweet Spot for Total Professional Development”
Trainee Host: Mara Livezey, Shapiro lab
Professor Baldomero M. Olivera, University of Utah
03/26/18 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“Biodiversity, Natural Products and Drug Development: Fish-hunting Cone Snails, A Case Study”
Trainee Host: Imran Rahman, van der Donk lab
Seminars AY16-17
Dr. Samie R. Jaffrey, Cornell University
10/07/16 – 12pm in B102 CLSL
“Imaging RNA and RNA biology using RNA mimics of green fluorescent protein”
Trainee Host: Joseph Seimetz, Kalsotra lab
Dr. E. Peter Greenberg, University of Washington
10/28/16 – 12pm in B102 CLSL
“The Social Life of Microbes: Communication, Cooperation and Conflict in Bacteria”
Trainee Host: Philip Olivares, Nair lab
Professor Amy E. Palmer, University of Colorado at Boulder
02/02/17 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“Quantitative Biology with Genetically Encoded Sensors: Opportunities and Challenges”
Trainee Host: Chelsea Anorma, Chan lab
Professor John A. Porco Jr., Boston University
03/06/17 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“Recent Studies Towards the Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products”
Trainee Host: Sarah Perlmutter, Hergenrother lab
Dr. Shirley M. Malcom, American Association for the Advancement of Science
04/07/17 – 12pm, B102 CLSL
“A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Faculty”
Trainee Host: Mara Livezey, Shapiro lab
Professor Leonid A. Mirny, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
04/13/17 – 2pm, 116 RAL
“Genome in 3D: models of chromosome folding”
Trainee Host: Katelyn Dahlke, Sing lab
Professor Anna K. Mapp, University of Michigan
05/01/17 – 4pm, 116 RAL
“Capturing Transcriptional Co-Activators with Small Molecules”
Trainee Host: Emma Southgate, Sarlah lab
Seminars AY15-16
Professor Michael D. Burkart, University of California, San Diego
09/24/15
“Protein interactions in modular synthases”
Trainee Host: Kenton Hetrick, van der Donk lab
Dr. John R. Barr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10/05/15
“Mass spectrometry to improve diagnostics and further our understanding of infectious and chronic diseases”
Trainee Host: Joanthan Tietz, Mitchell lab
Professor Shota Atsumi, Unviersity of California, Davis
02/15/16
“Systematic construction of biosynthetic pathways for chemical production”
Trainee Host: Lisa Della Ripa, Rienstra lab
Professor David G. Lynn, Emory University
03/10/16
“From Disease and Soft Condensed Matter to Dual-Phase Evolution”
Trainee Host: Elizabeth Haywood, Wilson lab
Dr. Peter G. Schultz, The Scripps Research Institute
05/11/16
“A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Faculty”
Trainee Host: Mara Livezey, Shapiro lab
Seminars AY14-15
Professor Richard M. Caprioli, Vanderbilty University
10/10/14
“Imaging Mass Spectrometry: Next Generation Molecular Microscopy for Biological and Clinical Research”
Trainee Host: Troy Comi, Sweedler lab
Professor David V. Schaffer, University of California, Berkeley
10/28/14
“Molecular Elucidation and Engineering of Stem Cell Fate Decisions”
Trainee Host: Yelena Ilin, Kraft lab
Professor Jason A. Burdick, University of Pennsylvania
11/11/14
“Engineering Injectable Hydrogels to Alter Biological and Mechanical Signals after Infarction”
Trainee Host: William Grier, Harley lab
Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University
02/16/15
“Gut Reactions: Exploring the Chemistry of the Human Microbiota”
Trainee Host: Jonathan Tietz, Mitchell lab
Professor Daniel G. Nocera, Harvard University
02/27/15
“The Artificial Leaf”
Trainee Host: Julian Reed, Lu lab
Professor David A. Tirrell, California Institute of Technology
03/30/15
“Time-Resolved and Cell-Selective Analysis of Protein Synthesis in Complex Biological Systems”
Trainee Host: Brandon Burkhart, Mitchell lab
Seminars AY13-14
Dr. Quinn P. Peterson, Harvard University
09/20/13
Chemistry-Biology Interface Workshop
Trainee Host: Michael Lambrecht, Hergenrother lab
Professor Pieter Dorrestein, University of California, San Diego
11/05/13
““GoogleMAP”-type molecular view of microbes and biofilms – from culture to people”
Trainee Host: Chantal Garcia De Gonzalo, van der Donk lab
Professor Sergey Kozmin, University of Chicago
12/17/13
“Exploring Energy Metabolism with Small Molecules”
Trainee Host: Michael Lambrecht, Hergenrother lab
Dr. Derek Lowe, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
03/04/14
“What A Chemist Can Learn From 25 Years of Talking to Biologists”
Trainee Host: Jonathan Tietz, Mitchell lab
Professor Gleen D. Prestwich, University of Utah
03/20/14
“From Organic Chemistry to Regenerative Medicine:Realizing the Promise of Translational Research”
Trainee Host: Cartney Smith, Kong lab
Professor Ming Hammon, University of California, Berkeley
04/01/14
“Privileged RNA scaffolds for in vivo sensing functions”
Trainee Host: Benjamin Brandsen, Silverman lab
Professor Craig Townsend, Johns Hopkins University
05/06/14
“Biosynthesis of β-Lactam Antibiotics and the Force of Convergent Evolution”
Trainee Host: Christopher Schwalen, Mitchell lab
Professor Rebecca Senkowicz, Community College of Allegheny County
05/14/14
Chemisty Biology Interface Biostatics Workshop
Trainee Host: Rachel Botham, Hergenrother lab
Seminars AY12-13
Professor Dane Wittrup, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11/09/12
“Multitasking Anti-Cancer Biotherapeutics”
Trainee Host: Sheena Smith, Kranz lab
Dr. Lisa Balbes, Balbes Consultants
12/12/12
“Nontraditional Careers for Scientists: Thinking Outside the Lab”
Trainee Host: Patrick Knerr, van der Donk lab
Professor Erik Alexanian, University of North Carolina
02/15/13
Career Development Workshop: “Pursuing a Career in Academia”
Professor Gerry Wright, McMaster University
02/19/13
“Resisting Resistance: Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance with Small Molecules”
Trainee Host: Tucker Maxson, Mitchell lab
Professon Lingjun Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison
04/04/13
“Expanding the Chemical Toolbox to Probe Neuronal Signaling”
Trainee Host: Itamar Livnat, Sweedler lab
Professor Robert Cichewicz, Oklahoma
05/10/13
“Application of Fungi and Bacteria as Biological Factories for the Production of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites”
Trainee Host: Manuel Ortega, van der Donk lab
Seminars AY11-12
Professor James Williamson, The Scripps Research Institute
09/23/11
“Dynamics of Ribosome Biogenesis: A Chemist’s Omnibus of Approaches”
Trainee Host: Crystal Randall, Shisler lab
Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
10/20/11
“Pathogenesis of RNA Viruses: New Insights into Influenza and Astroviruses”
Trainee Host: Patrick Knerr, van der Donk lab
Professor Charles Sanders, Vanderbilt University
01/23/12
“Structure of the transmembrane amyloid precursor protein and implications for Alzheimer’s Disease”
Trainee Host: Michael Brothers, Rienstra & Wilson labs
Professor Squire Booker, Pennsylvania State University
02/27/12
“Enzymatic functionalization of unactivated sp2-hybridized carbon centers”
Trainee Host: Spencer Peck, van der Donk lab
Professor Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, University of Michigan
04/09/12
“Towards understanding and combating resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics”
Trainee Host: Kyle Dunbar, Mitchell lab
Professor W. Mark Saltzman, Yale University
04/17/12
“Drug delivery systems for treatment of brain tumors”
Trainee Host: Steven Caliari, Harley lab
Trainee Host: Steven Caliari, Harley lab
05/24/12
“Identification and Detection of Impurities and Contaminants in Heparin Sodium”
Trainee Host: Tucker Maxson, Mitchell lab
Dr. Jason Thomas, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
06/07/12
“Affinity Proteomics and Target Identification for Small Molecule Drug Candidates”
Trainee Host: Rachel Botham, Hergenrother lab
Seminars AY10-11
Professor Tom W. Muir, Rockefeller University
01/21/11
“Chromatin Structure and Function Explored Through Chemical Synthesis”
Trainee Host: Patrick Knerr, van der Donk lab
Dr. Nitin Baliga, Institute for Systems Biology
02/08/11
“Single Cells to Communities: Understanding the Biology of One Organism at Multiple Scales”
Trainee Host: Caroline Milne, Price lab
Professor Catherine Drennan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
02/25/11
“Mononuclear Nonheme Iron Enzymes: What Can’t They Do?”
Trainee Host: Christine Herman, Bailey lab
Seminars AY09-10
Professor Eric Kool, Stanford University
10/09/09
“Mimicking Biological Functions with DNA Base Replacements: Synthesis, Applications, and Cellular Activity”
Trainee Host: Kristin Finch, Hergenrother lab
Professor Judith P. Klinman, University of California, Berkeley
10/23/09
“The ‘Tricky Business’ of Oxygen Activation in Enzymes”
Trainee Host: Nicholas Marshall, Lu lab
Professor Milan Stojanovic, Columbia University
11/13/09
“Some Experiments in Molecular Computing and Robotics”
Trainee Host: Raymond Morales, Cann lab
Professor Jon Clardy, Harvard Medical School
04/13/10
“Bacterial Symbioses and the Discovery of New Molecules”
Trainee Host: Juan Velasquez, van der Donk lab
Seminars AY08-09
Professor Samuel Gellman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11/06/08
“Structure and Biological Function in Peptidic Foldamers”
Trainee Host: David Knapp, Burke lab
Professor Timothy Mitchison, Harvard Medical School
01/21/09
“Pharmacology of the Mitotic Spindle”
Trainee Host: Quinn Peterson, Hergenrother lab
Professor Dennis Dean, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
02/12/09
“Assembly of Simple and Complex [Fe-S] Clusters”
Trainee Host: Matthew Olsen, Rauchfuss lab
Professor David Sherman, University of Michigan
05/14/09
“Chemical Diversity and Enzymatic Versatility in Natural Product Biosynthesis”
Trainee Host: Matthew DeSeino, Zhao lab
Seminars AY07-08
Professor Brent Iverson, University of Texas at Austin
10/11/07
“New Protein Engineering Platform Technologies; From Antibodies to Enzymes”
Trainee Host: Ian Gut, van der Donk and Imlay labs
Professor Robert Hausinger, Michigan State University
10/18/07
“Mechanism and versatility of Fe(II)/alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenases”
Trainee Host: Julia Martin, Imlay lab
Professor Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley
04/17/08
“Assembly of Simple and Complex [Fe-S] Clusters”
Trainee Host: Jessica Frisz, Bailey lab
Seminars AY06-07
Dr. Olke Uhlenbeck, Northwestern University
09/22/06
“Idiosyncratic Tuning of tRNAs in Translation”
Trainee Host: Alexis Black, Schulten lab
Professor Kim Janda, The Scripps Research Institute
03/15/07
“Interfacing Chemistry with Biology for the 21st Century”
Trainee Host: Alexander Parent, Katzenellenbogen lab
Professor Squire Booker, Pennsylvania State University
04/12/07
“Taking a Hit for the Team: Self-Sacrifice as an Enzymatic Strategy in the Biosynthesis of Lipoic Acid”
Trainee Host: Quin Christensen, Cronan lab
Seminars AY05-06
Professor Tadhg P. Begley, Cornell University
09/15/05
“Tryptophan, cysteine and thiamin metabolism: gene assignment and mechanistic studies”
Trainee Host: Lisa Cooper, van der Donk lab
Professor Craig M. Crews, Yale University
10/13/05
“Chemical Genetics: Probing Cell Biology with Small Molecules”
Trainee Host: Jillian Gunther, Katzenellenbogen lab
Professor Ben Shen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
04/20/06
“New Opportunities in Natural Products Chemistry: Biosynthesis and Engineering”
Trainee Host: Ben Circello, Metcalf lab