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The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Student Association in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

President: Rachel Martini
First Year Liaison: Henry Chen
Outreach Chair: Dylan Blaha
Communications Chair: Misael Lazaro
Biochem Department Liaison: Jessica Palalay
CDB department Liaison: Temirlan Shilikbay

Join us for a drink and an illuminating lecture on light microscopy presented by Dr. Gloria Lau!🎤 There's Always a Fluor...
10/21/2026

Join us for a drink and an illuminating lecture on light microscopy presented by Dr. Gloria Lau!

🎤 There's Always a Fluorescent Lining: a Brief History of Light Microscopy
🗓️ November, 1-2 PM
📍 Rigg's B**r Company
Presented by Dr. Gloria Lau, PhD in Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, from the Selvin lab.

Co-sponsored by IGB and the Beckman Institute

Thinking about a career in industry? 🧬Join MCB GSA and Proteintech for our next Career Seminar Series session: Job Searc...
10/03/2026

Thinking about a career in industry? 🧬

Join MCB GSA and Proteintech for our next Career Seminar Series session: Job Search Strategy & Resume Building, with Dr. Afrida Rahman-Enyart.

🗓️ Tue, Oct 27

🎤 Seminar + Lunch | 12:15 to 1:15 PM | CLSL B102

✏️ Bonus: 1-on-1 Resume Review | 11 AM to 12 PM | CLSL B124. Reserve your spot!

Personal feedback from Dr. Rahman-Enyart and Austin Marshall of Proteintech. Limited spots, RSVP to reserve your spot. Bring your resume and a sample job posting you like.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/foCf3JyjMMR9zs1H8

proteintech

From visa to job: what are your options? 🐝✈️Join us and Stephanie Dvorachek from ISSS for our next Career Seminar, all a...
09/23/2026

From visa to job: what are your options? 🐝✈️

Join us and Stephanie Dvorachek from ISSS for our next Career Seminar, all about navigating your options as an international student.

✅ Duration of Status changes
✅ CPT eligibility and applications
✅ OPT and STEM OPT planning
✅ Travel prep

📅 Tue, Oct 6
🕛 12:00 to 1:00 PM
📍 CLSL B102

RSVP: https://qrto.org/rjMmGs

GradStudents F1Visa OPT CareerSeminar

Science on Tap! Grab a drink and learn about “Frankenstein’s Physiology: The Science that Sparked a Literary Genre”
Date...
09/19/2026

Science on Tap!

Grab a drink and learn about “Frankenstein’s Physiology: The Science that Sparked a Literary Genre”

Date: Sunday, October 11
Time: 1 to 2 pm
Location: Riggs B**r Company

Speaker: Gabe McKenna, graduate student in the lab of Dr. Nien-Pei Tsai, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Co-sponsored by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and the Beckman Institute.

Science on Tap by MCB GSA is back!Join us at Riggs B**r Company for "Frankenstein's Physiology: The Science that Sparked...
09/19/2026

Science on Tap by MCB GSA is back!

Join us at Riggs B**r Company for "Frankenstein's Physiology: The Science that Sparked a Literary Genre."

Date: Sunday, October 11
Time: 1 to 2 pm
Location: Riggs B**r Company

Speaker: Gabe McKenna, graduate student in the lab of Dr. Nien-Pei Tsai, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Co-sponsored by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and the Beckman Institute.

Fall is better together! Join us for an afternoon of apple picking at Curtis Orchard.Date: Saturday, October 3
Time: 2 t...
09/19/2026

Fall is better together! Join us for an afternoon of apple picking at Curtis Orchard.

Date: Saturday, October 3
Time: 2 to 5 pm
Location: Curtis Orchard, 3902 S Duncan Rd, Champaign, IL 61822

Group discount: $8 per person. Please arrive at 2 pm to get the discount.

Register by September 28 using the link below.
https://forms.gle/HGvmESysVyTEsv4WA

Fall is better together! Join us for an afternoon of apple picking at the orchard.Date: Saturday, October 3Time: 2 to 5 ...
09/19/2026

Fall is better together! Join us for an afternoon of apple picking at the orchard.

Date: Saturday, October 3
Time: 2 to 5 pm
Location: Curtis Orchard, 3902 S Duncan Rd, Champaign, IL 61822

Group discount: $8 per person. Please arrive at 2 pm to get the discount.
Register by September 28: https://forms.gle/HGvmESysVyTEsv4WA

Looking for a fun way to unwind? MCB GSA is launching a Monthly Board Game Night! Starting this semester, we'll meet on ...
09/14/2026

Looking for a fun way to unwind? MCB GSA is launching a Monthly Board Game Night! Starting this semester, we'll meet on the third Friday of every month for games, good company, and a relaxing evening with fellow MCBees.

🗓 First Game Night: September 18th�
⏰ 5:30–7:30 pm�
📍 B124, CLSL

We'll have games on hand, but feel free to bring your own favorite too.

Come for the whole time or just stop by for a bit, everyone in the department is welcome!

MCB GSA Monthly Board Game Night is here! Join us the third Friday of every month for games, good company, and a break f...
09/14/2026

MCB GSA Monthly Board Game Night is here! Join us the third Friday of every month for games, good company, and a break from lab life.

🗓️ First Game Night: September 18th

⏰ 5:30–7:30 pm

📍 B124, CLSL

Drop in anytime, stay as long as you like, and bring your own game if you’ve got a favorite.

All MCBees welcome!



You can engineer a spacecraft flawlessly and still miss the mark if it doesn't work for the person actually operating it...
08/31/2026

You can engineer a spacecraft flawlessly and still miss the mark if it doesn't work for the person actually operating it, how they think, how they decide, what keeps them steady under pressure.

Graduate student Sneha Gayen studies that gap between good engineering and good design for the human being who has to use it.

🎤 Putting the Human in Human Spaceflight: Designing for Brains, Decisions, and Values
🗓️ September 13, 1-2 PM
📍 Rigg's B**r Company

Presented by graduate student Sneha Gayen, advised by Dr. Wroblewski, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Co-sponsored by IGB and the Beckman Institute

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