CSB Seminar Series – Dr. Kate Rubins

The Center for Synthetic Biology, in collaboration with the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), is pleased to welcome Dr. Kate Rubins, microbiologist and retired NASA astronaut, for a seminar exploring how insights from space-based genomics and systems biology can inform synthetic biology approaches to waste reclamation, environmental sensing, and biological operation in remote, resource-constrained environments on Earth and beyond.

This seminar serves as a lead-up event to the Center for Synthetic Biology’s 10-Year Anniversary, to be celebrated May 13–14, 2026.

Details for the seminar are as follows:

• Date: Tuesday, February 3rd
• Time: Seminar 3:00-4:00pm, Reception 4:00-5:00pm, Tour & Observation 5:00-6:30pm
• Location: Evanston Campus