Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology for the next week.
Monday, 2/23/2026 11 am-12 noon Abelson 333
Engineering-Physics Seminar
Michael Howard (Auburn University)
"Modeling and design of drying-induced self-assembly of colloidal particles"
Host: W. Benjamin Rogers.
February 23, 2026
Monday, 2/23/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Laurie Chen
"DNA damage modulates sleep drive in basal cnidarians with divergent chronotypes"
Richard Kuang (Griffith Lab)
"An enhancer-AAV toolbox to target and manipulate distinct interneuron subtypes"
February 23, 2026
Monday, 2/23/2026 11:15 am-12:15 pm Goldsmith 226
Math Probability Seminar
Matan Harel (Northeastern University)
"Planar percolation and the loop O(n) model"
See: https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/matan-harel/
Host: Anahita Babaie. Contact anahitababaie@brandeis.edu for more information.
February 23, 2026
Monday, 2/23/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Fleur Ferguson (University of California, San Diego)
"Interrogating the druggable genome with proximity pharmacology"
Host: Lizbeth Hedstrom.
February 24, 2026
Tuesday, 2/24/2026 11:30 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Physics Department Colloquium
Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro (Simons Foundation)
"The Denario Project: Deep Knowledge AI Agents for Scientific Discovery"
See: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/francisco-villaescusa-navarro/
February 24, 2026
Tuesday, 2/24/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Amy Gladfelter, PhD (Duke University)
"Cellular computing in syncytial cells"
Host: Kaushik Ragunathan.
February 25, 2026
Wednesday, 2/25/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Kevin Clark (Marr Lab)
Nate Zaccardi (Goode Lab)
February 25, 2026
Wednesday, 2/25/2026 12:10 pm-1:10 pm /Online
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Robert Rosenbaum (Notre Dame)
See: https://acms.nd.edu/people/robert-rosenbaum/
Thursday, 2/26/2026
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Sebastian Kadener (Kadener Lab)
Thursday, 2/26/2026 11 am-12 noon Gerstenzang 121/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Sarah Dennis (Fai Research Group)
"Fast Numerical Method for Lubrication Theory with Comparison to Extended Lubrication Theories and Stokes Flow"
February 26, 2026
Thursday, 2/26/2026 11:15 am-1:15 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Yujie Liu (MIT)
February 27, 2026
Friday, 2/27/2026 11 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Various
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
February 27, 2026
Friday, 2/27/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Shell Chen (Garrity Lab)
Fox Gourianova (Grienberger Lab)
March 2, 2026
Monday, 3/2/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
McKinzey Torrance, PhD (Gutchess Lab)
Rafael Gabriel
March 2, 2026
Monday, 3/2/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Dean Toste (University of California, Berkeley)
"Supramolecular Hosts as Enzyme Mimics"
Host: Chi Ting.
Myron Rosenblum Lecture
March 3, 2026
Tuesday, 3/3/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Alanna Watt, PhD (McGill University)
Host: Josh Meisel.
Wednesday, 3/4/2026 11 am-12 noon Abelson 333/Online
Thesis Seminar: Physics PhD Program
Hunter Seyforth (Rogers Lab)
"The Role of Specific and Nonspecific Interactions in Colloidal Crystallization"
Please contact scigradoffice@brandeis.edu for password
March 4, 2026
Wednesday, 3/4/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Shaun (Sayan) Biswas (Kadener Lab)
Sam Leslie (Sengupta Lab)
March 4, 2026
Wednesday, 3/4/2026 12:15 pm-1:15 pm
Quantitative Biology Lunch
Berith Isaac (Cryogenics Lab)
Contact Laura St Clair for more information.
Thursday, 3/5/2026 Volen 201
Computational Neuroscience Journal Club
Cedric Moecklin (Miller Lab)