Seminar Archives
Seminars from several years ago hosted by Biology, Chemistry, and Computer Science are listed below.
ACCA BIOLOGY FALL SEMINAR 2017
ASSOCIATED COLLEGES OF THE CHICAGO AREA
HUMAN (and Other) MICROBIOMES
Fall, 2017, Biology Division Seminar
Coordinators: Christopher Reigstad, Concordia University, Christopher.Reigstad@cuchicago.edu
Schedule of Speakers
ACCA Fall Biology Seminar: Human (and Other) Microbiomes
Tuesdays, 7PM – 9PM
Benedictine University, Birck-112 (Tellabs)
Campus map: https://www.ben.edu/about/location.cfm
| DATE | Speaker and Tentative Title |
| 9/12 | Dr. Christopher S. Reigstad (Concordia University Chicago)
History and Highlights of Mammalian Microbiome Research |
| 9/19 | Dr. Sarah O’Brien (University of Chicago)
The Microbial Habitat in Soil |
| 9/26 | Dr. Jacob Herman (University of Chicago)
Effects of Host Genetics on the Microbiome: Insights from the Model Plant Arabidopsis thaliana. |
| 10/3 | Dr. Jack Gilbert (Argonne National Lab/University of Chicago)
Why Dirt is Good |
| 10/10 | Dr. Jun Sun (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Vitamin D and Microbiome |
| 10/17 | Dr. Hannah Holscher (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Nourishing Your Gut Microbiome |
| 10/24 | Dr. Kathryn Knight (Loyola University)
Eat Natto for Your Health |
| 11/7 | Dr. Brenda Anne Wilson (U of I, Urbana-Champaign)
Our Evolving Microbiomes |
| 11/14 | Dr. Katherine Amato (Northwestern University)
Into the Wild: Exploring the Influence of Microbes on Host Ecology and Evolution |
| 11/21 | TBD |
ACCA COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR – TBA
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ACCA CHEMISTRY SEMINAR FALL 2015
2015 ACCA Fall Chemistry Seminar
Tuesday 7-9pm
North Central College
Larrance Academic Center, Room 5
Streamed Live via BlackBoard Collaborator
Date Institution Speaker Topic
9/15 UI-Chicago An Li Persistent Organic Pollutants
9/22 LanzaTech Mike Schultz 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Award for Greener Synthetic Pathways: Transforming Waste Gases Using Microbes
9/29 Iowa State Javier Vela Chemical Approaches to the Synthesis and Study of Nanostructured Materials for Catalysis and Energy Conversion: The Case of Transition Metal Phosphides and Organometal Halide Perovskites
10/6 Wisconsin Matthew Ginder-Vogel Contaminant Transformation and Retention by Environmentally Relevant Minerals
10/13 Missouri Rainer Glaser CO2 Capture from Air
10/20 Argonne National Ken Kemner An Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation and its Application to Biogeochemistry
10/27 Argonne National Ed O’Loughlin Cycling of Major/Minor Elements and the Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Natural Systems
11/3 Michigan Kerri Pratt Chemical Interactions between Atmospheric Trace Gases, Particles, Clouds and Snow
11/10 Chicago Elisabeth Moyer Atmospheric Science: Global Warming
11/17 Ecolab Pat Murray Responsible Use of Water in Industrial Processes
The seminar will take place in the Larrance Academic Center (LAC), room 5, in Naperville, IL. The attached map shows LAC as building #3 on the north end of campus. You can use that parking lot just to the north of it. As you can see we are two blocks south of the train line or two miles south of I-88. Directions to campus can be found at http://northcentralcollege.edu/content/directions-to-campus
Please do not hesitate to call on me (or Dr. Sanders) if you have any questions.
Dr. Paul Brandt or Dr. Becky Sanders
630-637-5193 630-637-5175
pfbrandt@noctrl.edu rlsanders@noctrl.edu
ACCA Computer Science
Fall 2015
Seminar Series
September Talks
All talks take place on Wednesday Nights from 7pm – 8pm (or longer as necessary)
9/16/15
Parallel Thinking: the Gateway to High Performance Computing
Presenter:
Dr. Robert M. Panoff Ph.D., D.Sc.
President and Executive Director
Shodor and the National Computational Science Institute
For this talk on 9/16/15,
ACCA-only faculty/students/presenters
use this link to enter into the Adobe Connect Room
http://elmhurst.adobeconnect.com/acca-cs-09-16-15/
9/23/15
High Performance Computing @ Argonne National Laboratory*
Presenter:
Dr. Michael E. Papka Deputy Associate Laboratory Director – Computing, Environment and Life Sciences Director – Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and Associate Professor of Computer Science Northern Illinois University
*Place: Daniels Hall 212 on Elmhurst College Campus
and will also be broadcasted via Adobe Connect
9/30/15
Visualization
Presenter:
Dr. Alan B. Craig
Associate Director for Human-Computer Interaction at the
Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science
and Researcher at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
… and more talks in October and November.
Previous Seminars
ACCA BIOLOGY SPRING SEMINAR 2014
ACCA Biology Spring 2014: Neurobiology at the Molecular and Cellular Level
All sessions meet at Benedictine University, Tellabs lecture room, Birck Hall – BK112
Tuesday January 28th, 7 – 9 PM (cancelled because of weather – will be rescheduled)
Kimberly McClure, Elmhurst College
“Why flies like getting buzzed: using Drosophila melanogaster as a model for alcohol research”
Tuesday February 4th, 7 – 9 PM
Sarah London, University of Chicago
Mechanisms of memory: song learning in Zebra finches
Tuesday February 11th, 7 – 9 PM
Saverio Gentile, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University
“Potassium channels in cancer cells: A tool to reprogram immortality”
Tuesday February 18th, 7 – 9 PM
Irina Calin-Jageman, Dominican University
“Identification of novel genes regulated in Aplysia sensitization”
Tuesday February 25th, 7 – 9 PM
Marco Gallio, Northwestern University
Temperature sensation in Drosophila melanogaster
Tuesday March 4th, 7 – 9 PM
Eric Norstrom, DePaul University
“Proteomic discovery of novel protein interactions with relevance to Alzheimer’s Disease”
Tuesday March 11th, 7 – 9 PM
Thomas Bozza, Northwestern University
Molecular genetics and physiology of mammalian olfaction
Tuesday March 18th
Benedictine University Spring Break – No Seminar
Tuesday March 25th
Ravi Allada, Northwestern University
“Clocks, Sleep, and Flies”
Tuesday April 1
Melina Hale, University of Chicago
Biomechanics and neurobiology of movement in fish
Tuesday April 8
TBA
Organizer: Scott Kreher, Dominican University; skreher@dom.edu
ACCA CHEMISTRY SEMINAR – SPRING 2014
ACCA Chemistry Seminar Series
“Chemistry & the Modern World”
Spring 2014
Krentz Center KZ120
Concordia University
All seminars are Tuesday evenings from 7 pm until 9 pm.
2/4/2014 Eddy Tysoe
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Thin films and catalysis)
2/11/2014 Petr Kral
University of Illinois-Chicago
“Functionalized Nanocarbons: Nanofluidics, electronics, and self-
assembly”
2/18/2014 Open
2/25/2014 Carey Southern
DePaul University
(Using fluorescence to study biomolecules)
3/4/2014 Jeff Elam
Argonne National Labs
(Atomic layer deposition)
3/11/2014 Francesca Casadio
Northwestern/Art Institute
(Art conservation)
3/18/2014 Sunshine Silver and Anusree Mukherjee
Concordia University and Argonne National Labs
(Solar Energy)
3/25/2014 Tao Xu
Northern Illinois University
(Clean energy sources)
4/1/2014 Gil Indig
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer)
4/8/2014 Nick Silvaggi
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
“Variations on a Theme: Structure and Function in Family V of the
acetoacetate Decarboxylate-like Superfamily”
Organizer – Daniel Schwert Univ. of St. Francis dschwert@stfrancis.edu
ACCA Biology Fall Seminar 2013
Invasive Species Seminar Series
Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area
Benedictine University, 7:00-9:00P.M. in Birck Hall 112
Sept. 10 Effects of the Invasive Rusty Crayfish in Lakes and Streams
Bill Bromer, University of St. Francis
Sept. 17 Ecosystem Function in Urban Streams: Effects of Anthropogenic Litter and an Invasive Bivalve
Tim Hoellein, Loyola University Chicago
Sept. 24 Effects of Invasive Species in Wetlands on Zooplankton, Bacteria and Diatoms
Pam Geddes, Northeastern Illinois University
Oct. 1 TBD
Oct. 8 West Nile Virus and Invasive Species
Helena Puche, University of Illinois Chicago
Oct. 15 Inter-jurisdictional Approach to Integrated Pest Management: Asian carp!
Kevin Irons, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Oct. 22 New Invaders in Will County, Illinois
Jason Zylka, Forest Preserve District of Will County
Oct. 29 TBD
Nov. 5 Invasive Plants in Illinois
Cathy McGlynn, Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership
Nov. 12 Effects of Phragmites and Other Invasive Plants on Wetlands
Dan Larkin, Chicago Botanic Garden
Nov. 19 Distribution and Spread of a Charismatic Exotic Species
Emily Minor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Organizer: Bill Bromer, University of St. Francis, wbromer@stfrancis.edu or 815-740-3467
Spring 2013 Systems Biology
ACCA Chemistry Seminar Series
Spring 2014 CHEMISTRY AND THE MODERN WORLD
Concordia University
All seminars are Tuesday evenings from 7 pm until 9 pm.
1/28/2014 Nick Silvaggi
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Structural bochemistry)
2/4/2014 Eddy Tysoe
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Thin films and catalysis)
2/11/2014 Petr Kral
University of Illinois-Chicago
“Functionalized Nanocarbons: Nanofluidics, electronics, and selfassembly”
2/18/2014 Open
2/25/2014 Open
3/4/2014 Jeff Elam
Argonne National Labs
(Atomic layer deposition
3/11/2014 Francesca Casadio
Northwestern/Art Institute
(Art conservation)
3/18/2014 Open
3/25/2014 Tao Xu
Northern Illinois University
(Clean energy sources)
4/1/2014 Gil Indig
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer)
Coordinator Daniel Schwert University of St. Francis dschwert@stfrancis.edu