Events

Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the Division of Science for the next week.

Nava & Carmona -- Molecular Genetics Journal Club

April 23, 2025

Wednesday, 4/23/2025 11:15 am-12:15 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Iris Nava (Kadener Lab)
Cat Carmona (Kurmangaliyev Lab)

Yang -- New catalytic methods for glycopeptides synthesis

April 23, 2025

Wednesday, 4/23/2025 4:30 pm-5:30 pm Abelson 126
Chemistry Seminar
Haoyu Yang (H. Xu Lab)
"New catalytic methods for glycopeptides synthesis"

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

April 24, 2025

Thursday, 4/24/2025 11:10 am-12:40 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Biochemistry Dept. Senior Honors Talks- Day 1)
Host: Timothy Street. Contact tstreet@brandeis.edu for more information.

Vivian -- Synaptic plasticity rules driving representational shifting in the hippocampus

April 24, 2025

Thursday, 4/24/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Mike Vivian
"Synaptic plasticity rules driving representational shifting in the hippocampus"

Davies -- A Dictionary Between Quantum Reference Frames and Quantum Error Correcting Codes

April 24, 2025

Thursday, 4/24/2025 11:15 am-1:10 pm Abelson 333
Quantum/Gravity Seminar
Aidan Chatwin-Davies (University of Rhode Island)
"A Dictionary Between Quantum Reference Frames and Quantum Error Correcting Codes"

[CANCELLED] Manning -- How Do Our Thoughts Take Shape?

April 24, 2025

Thursday, 4/24/2025 12:20 pm-1:30 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
Psychology Department Colloquium [CANCELLED]
Jeremy Manning, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College)
"How Do Our Thoughts Take Shape?"
Host: Paul DiZio.

Alan Edelman -- Symmetric Spaces, Random Matrix Theory, and Numerical Linear Algebra

April 24, 2025

Thursday, 4/24/2025 4:15 pm-5:15 pm Goldsmith 226
Joint Mathematics Colloquium
Alan Edelman (MIT)
"Symmetric Spaces, Random Matrix Theory, and Numerical Linear Algebra"
Host: Daniel Álvarez-Gavela. Contact dgavela@brandeis.edu for more information.

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

April 25, 2025

Friday, 4/25/2025 11:10 am-12:40 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Biochemistry Dept. Senior Honors Talks- Day 2)
Host: Timothy Street. Contact tstreet@brandeis.edu for more information.

Westhoff & Curran -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

April 25, 2025

Friday, 4/25/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Laura Westhoff (Rodal Lab)
Justin Curran (Hedstrom Lab)

D'Ambra & Chen -- Neurobiology Journal Club

April 28, 2025

Monday, 4/28/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Natalie D'Ambra (Griffith Lab)
Vincent Chen (Turrigiano Lab)

Smith -- Redox Economic Alkaloid Synthesis

April 28, 2025

Monday, 4/28/2025 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Joel M. Smith (Florida State University)
"Redox Economic Alkaloid Synthesis"
Host: Chi Ting.

Best -- Mathematical Biology Seminar

April 30, 2025

Wednesday, 4/30/2025 12:10 pm-1:10 pm Shapiro Science Center GL14
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Janet Best (Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University)
See: https://mbi.osu.edu/people/best.82#:~:text=Janet%20Best%20is%20a%20professor,as%20co-director%20of%20MBI.
Host: Xuesong Bai. Contact xuesongbai@brandeis.edu for more information.

Lim -- OLD Nuclease, New Trick: Cracking a 50-Year Mystery in Interphage Conflict

May 2, 2025

Friday, 5/2/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Hoong Lim (New England Biolabs)
"OLD Nuclease, New Trick: Cracking a 50-Year Mystery in Interphage Conflict" See: https://www.neb.com/en-us/research-labs/lim-lab/meet-the-team?srsltid=AfmBOoq4Txln-eCjimHpLtcRkDiScvOtM-CWjIM3_lf8_Yb_NTr1Y4jI
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact alexj@brandeis.edu for more information.

Deng -- Weak Bonding Organocatalysis

May 5, 2025

Monday, 5/5/2025 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Li Deng (Westlake University)
"Weak Bonding Organocatalysis"
Host: Hao Xu.

Germaine -- Origins and Manifestations: An Investigation of Neural Reactivation Through Data and Theory

Thursday, 5/8/2025 12 noon-1 pm Gerstenzang 124/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Hannah Germaine (Katz and Miller Labs)
"Origins and Manifestations: An Investigation of Neural Reactivation Through Data and Theory"

Friday, 5/9/25, 11 am-12 noon -- Reber -- Frequency Combs as a route to the Spectroscopic Trifecta: high time resolution, high frequency resolution, and high detection sensitivity

Friday, 5/9/2025 11 am-12 noon Gerstenzang 124
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Melanie Reber (University of Georgia)
"Frequency Combs as a route to the Spectroscopic Trifecta: high time resolution, high frequency resolution, and high detection sensitivity"
Host: Katherine Shulenberger.

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

May 9, 2025

Friday, 5/9/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm TBA
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Host: Niels Bradshaw. Contact niels@brandeis.edu for more information.