Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology for the next week.
January 16, 2026
Friday, 1/16/2026 11:10 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (BCBP Rotation Talks)
Various
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
January 16, 2026
Friday, 1/16/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Sarah McCallister (Paradis Lab)
Julia Biagini (Meisel Lab)
January 20, 2026
Tuesday, 1/20/2026 11:30 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Physics Department Colloquium
Daniel Eisenstein (Harvard)
"Measuring Cosmic Sound with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument"
See: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/daniel-eisenstein
January 20, 2026
Tuesday, 1/20/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Jonathan Weissman, PhD (MIT)
"Brain-wide silencing of disease genes with CHARM"
See: https://biology.mit.edu/profile/jonathan-weissman/
Host: Jim Haber.
January 21, 2026
Wednesday, 1/21/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club (Faculty Search)
Kiah Hardcastle, PhD (Harvard University)
"Uncovering the neural mechanisms driving flexible behavior and rapid learning"
See: https://www.kiahhardcastle.info/
January 21, 2026
Wednesday, 1/21/2026 12:10 pm-1:10 pm Goldsmith 117
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Mehrana Nejad (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University)
"Thin deformable living layers and collective synchrony in confluent epithelia"
See: https://seas.harvard.edu/person/mehrana-nejad
Host: Nate Sutton. Contact nsutton@brandeis.edu for more information.
January 22, 2026
Thursday, 1/22/2026 12:20 pm-1:30 pm Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Psychology Department Colloquium
Anat Perry, Ph.D. (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"The Artificial-Empathy Paradox, or – What we Value in Human Empathy"
See: https://perrylab.huji.ac.il/people/anat-perry
Host: Jennifer Gutsell.
January 23, 2026
Friday, 1/23/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Morgan Gilman (Boston University)
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
January 23, 2026
Friday, 1/23/2026 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Shapiro Science Center 3-37
Special Seminar
Guilherme Menegon Arantes (MIT & University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Binding and Catalysis in Respiratory Complexes: A Multiscale Modeling Perspective"
Host: Yihan Shao.
**Pizza will be provided**
January 23, 2026
Friday, 1/23/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars (MCB/Neuro Interview Day)
Jared Newell (Howard Lab)
Pranav Ojha (Rosbash Lab)
January 23, 2026
Friday, 1/23/2026 1:30 pm-3:30 pm Mandel G10/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Tong Lin (PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University)
"An Integrated Multimodel Approach to Emotion and Empathy"
Host: Jennifer Gutsell.
January 26, 2026
Monday, 1/26/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
"NO CLASS - to be used for rescheduling"
Vincent Chen (Turrigiano Lab)
January 27, 2026
Tuesday, 1/27/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Karen Adelman (Harvard Medical School)
See: https://adelman.hms.harvard.edu/
Host: Mike Marr.
January 28, 2026
Wednesday, 1/28/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club (Faculty Search)
Spencer Brown, PhD (Northwestern University)
January 28, 2026
Wednesday, 1/28/2026 3 pm-4 pm Shapiro Science Center 3-37/Online
Thesis Seminar: Chemistry PhD Program
Qiuxin Zhang (B. Xu Lab)
"Reprogramming Cellular Membranes with Unnatural Peptide Assemblies"
Please contact scigradoffice@brandeis.edu for password
January 29, 2026
Thursday, 1/29/2026 11:15 am-12:15 pm Gzang 124
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club (Faculty Search)
Malcolm Campbell, PhD (Harvard University)
See: https://www.malcolmgcampbell.com/
January 29, 2026
Thursday, 1/29/2026 1 pm-2 pm Shapiro Science Center 3-37
Thesis Seminar: Chemistry PhD Program
Zhenhuan Sun (Schmidt-Rohr Lab)
"Analysis of Domain Structures and Dynamics of Complex Organic Materials by Advanced Solid-State NMR"
January 30, 2026
Friday, 1/30/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Michelle Fry (Harvard Med / MGH)
Host: Douglas Theobald. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
January 30, 2026
Friday, 1/30/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
David Kotlikoff (Kurmangaliyev Lab)
Masha Glyavina (Turrigiano Lab)
February 2, 2026
Monday, 2/2/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club (Faculty Search)
Neuroscience Faculty Search
Carla Golden, PhD (New York University)
See: https://carlaemgolden.weebly.com/