CSB Events Calendar

June – CSB Social

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

Join us at our upcoming social event and immerse yourself in a vibrant community of synthetic biologists. Connect and engage with fellow students, postdocs, staff, and faculty over refreshments.

Networking as a Scientist and Social Media

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

Instructors: Joshua Leonard and Gabe Rocklin Friday, June 27th, 2025: 1:30-2:30pm, Evanston Campus Developing presentations for scientific audiences, elevator pitches for short interactions, and best practices for networking at conferences.

Data Interpretation, Visualization, and Presentation

Chicago Campus 303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, United States

Instructors: Yogesh Goyal & Ashty Karim Tuesday, July 15th, 2025: 9:00-10:30am, Chicago Campus This workshop will cover understanding data collection, statistical significance, data interpretation, reproducibility, using models, and reformulating hypotheses. … Continued

Science Argumentation in Public Spaces

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

Instructor: Dylan Brown, PhD Student Monday, August 4th, 2025: 9:00-10:00am, Evanston Campus This workshop will focus on engaging with the public about science, how to build arguments about hot scientific topics … Continued

CSB SynBREU & DeFeo Symposium Social & Poster Session

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

Join us at our upcoming social event where we celebrate our 2025 cohort of our SynBREU and DeFeo programs and immerse yourself in a vibrant community of synthetic biologists. Connect … Continued

Cell Free Systems Conference

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

The Cell Free Systems Conference will provide a broad overview of the research and industrial applications in the field. This research encompasses a variety of fields and topics — including … Continued

CSB Open House

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

First year graduate students are highly encouraged to come and meet CSB labs they're interested in! Meet CSB trainees and faculty Learn about research across CSB labs Ice cream and … Continued

ReFeyn Mass Photometry Day

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

This free event will include research talks, product demos and food. Mass photometry is a newer technique that uses scatter data to size protein, DNA, or RNA samples. It can … Continued

October – Research In Progress Meeting

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

The Research-In-Progress (RIP) Meetings aim to highlight ongoing, unpublished work by students and postdoctoral fellows in CSB. These monthly meetings strengthen our research and foster a more collaborative research environment … Continued

CSB Seminar Series – Jennifer Brophy

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

Jennifer Brophy is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Details for the seminar are as follows: Date: Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 Time: 9:30-10:30am Location: Evanston Campus

CSB Seminar Series – Michael Grunwald

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

Michael Grunwald is the New York Times best-selling author of 'We Are Eating the Earth'. Details for the seminar are as follows: Date: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: Evanston … Continued

CSB Seminar Series – Yanhong Zhang

Evanston Campus 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, United States

Dr. Yanhong Zhang is the Interim Executive Director / Director of Research ​at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at SIUE. Details for the seminar are as follows: Date: Tuesday, November … Continued

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