Working Group leader: Holly Wichman
Group members: Jeff Bailey, Bert Baumgaertner, Jim Bull, Traci Craig, Florian Justwan, Craig Miller, Dilshani Sarathchandra
Originated: January 2021
Description:
Working Group on Belief Formation explores how beliefs and opinions are formed. This is approached from a multidisciplinary perspective. One goal is to foster logical thinking in our students.
Working Group leader: Alan Kolok Group members: Naveen Joseph, Erik Coats, Russell Baker, Chantal Vella, Helen Brown, Erich Seamon, Karen Hume, Dan Strawn Originated: January 2021 Description: This group is focused upon evaluating the relationship between water quality in surface and groundwater and its links to adverse human health impacts, particularly cancer.
Working Group leader: Jennifer Johnson-Leung Group members: Ben Ridenhour, Craig Miller, Erich Seamon, Helen Brown, Dilshani Sarathchandra, Holly Wichman, Benji Oswald, Trevor Griffin, Tristan Moxley, Felino Macatuno, Tyler Meadows Originated: April 2020 Description: COVID-19 modeling, analysis, outreach, and community support.
Working Group leader: Kristopher Waynant Group members: Darren Thompson, Tyler Siegford, Tanner Hahn Originated: March 1, 2019 Description: Modeling efforts of Muc7 homologs for understanding possible glycosylation patterning that will allow for bacterial agglutination. Using the preliminary results from this data we are attempting to synthesize the first of these analogs. We hope to see…
Working Group leader: Marty Ytreberg Group members: Craig Miller, Tanya Miura, Paul Rowley, Holly Wichman, Brenda Rubenstein, Jagdish Patel, JT Van Leuven, Ticak Tomislav, Angela Crabtree, LuAnn Scott, Kevin Hutchison, Yesol Sapozhnikov, Jonathan Barnes, Laura Steiner, Sierra Beach, Shunji Li, Peik Lund, Hersh Gupta, Erin Skeens, Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, Jordan Yang, Mohamed Megheib Originated:…
Working Group leader: Marty Ytreberg Group members: Matthew Bernards, Jagdish Patel, Paul Rowley, Kris Waynant, Jonathan Barnes, Brenda Schroeder, Leah Frye, Xiang Li, Srinath Pashikanti Originated: February 2021 Description: We will be brainstorming ideas on how the U of I can build a center that has a focus on drug discovery. Discussion includes possible focus areas,…
If you have had recurring working group reservations in the Collaboratorium for the Spring 2018 semester, please be aware that most have ended and you will need to make a new reservation if you plan on meeting through the summer. You can see all current working groups on the CMCI calendar. If you would like…