



Every Day Is EDI Day! Second Annual CRBS EDI Symposium
Friday, May 8, 2026 - GCI Karp Room 501
9:00 AM - Introductory Comments and Presentation of the CRBS Trainee EDI Service Award.
Prof. Christopher Thibodeaux, Chair CRBS EDI Committee
9:10 AM - EDI Seminar. "Who Pays the Cost for Diversity?"
Prof. Bil Clemons, Professor of Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology.
10:00 AM - Coffee Break
10:20 AM - Round Table Discussion
Prof. Bil Clemons with CRBS Executive Leadership
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11:30 AM - Lunch
Prof. Bil Clemons with CRBS Trainees
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1:00 PM - Research Seminar. "Killing Bacteria by Leveraging Phage-derived Peptide Antibiotics"
Prof. Bil Clemons, Professor of Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology.

Garvit Bhatt, receiving the first CRBS Trainee EDI Service Award on May 9, 2025.

Nonso Moneme, receiving the second CRBS Trainee EDI Service Award on May 8, 2026.