Events

Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology for the next week.

[CANCELLED] Gildersleeve -- Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

December 12, 2025

Friday, 12/12/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks [CANCELLED]
Jeffrey Gildersleeve (NIH/NCI)
Host: Hyunjun Yang. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.

Silveira -- Regulation of membrane trafficking and actin cytoskeleton dynamics by Drosophila dynamin

December 12, 2025

Friday, 12/12/2025 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Gerstenzang 124/Online
Thesis Seminar: Molecular and Cell Biology PhD Program
Anne Silveira (Rodal Lab)
"Regulation of membrane trafficking and actin cytoskeleton dynamics by Drosophila dynamin"

Maigler -- Exogenous and Circuit-level Influences on Cortical Palatability Coding

December 15, 2025

Monday, 12/15/2025 10 am-11 am Gerstenzang 122/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Kathleen Maigler (Katz Lab)
"Exogenous and Circuit-level Influences on Cortical Palatability Coding"

Monday, 12/15/25, 11 am-12 noon -- Lai -- Creative Network Architecture of Collaboration: Influences on Creative Association

Monday, 12/15/2025 11 am-12 noon Mandel Center for the Humanities, G12
Florence Levy Kay Fellowship Program Job Talk
Clin Ky Lai, Doctoral Candidate in Cognitive Sciences (Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University)
"Creative Network Architecture of Collaboration: Influences on Creative Association" See: https://lindiv.la.psu.edu/people/clin-lai/

Cui -- Unraveling the mysteries of quantum materials: Superconductivity and charge order through a chemist's lens

December 18, 2025

Thursday, 12/18/2025 2 pm-3 pm Shapiro Science Center 3-37
Special Seminar
Zhihao Cui (Columbia University)
"Unraveling the mysteries of quantum materials: Superconductivity and charge order through a chemist's lens"
Host: Yihan Shao.

Mingarro -- Biologically determined interfacial scale for proteins at membrane interfaces

December 19, 2025

Friday, 12/19/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Ismael Mingarro (University of Valencia)
"Biologically determined interfacial scale for proteins at membrane interfaces"
Host: Hyunjun Yang. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.

Lambright -- CL MS Capstone Project Presentation – "LLM Assistant for 3D-Printable Prosthetics Generation and Assembly

December 19, 2025

Friday, 12/19/2025 12:30 pm-1 pm Volen 101
Special Seminar
Ben Lambright
"CL MS Capstone Project Presentation – "LLM Assistant for 3D-Printable Prosthetics Generation and Assembly"
Host: JamesJames Pustejovsky.

2026 Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) workshop

January 7, 2026

Wednesday, 1/7/2026 9 am-5 pm Sherman Function Hall in the Hassenfeld Conference Center
2026 RCR Workshop
"2026 Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) workshop"

Wednesday, 1/7/26, 11 am-12 noon -- Bain -- to be announced

Wednesday, 1/7/2026 11 am-12 noon Gerstenzang 124/Online
Workshop
Emma McGuirk Bain (Goode Lab)
"to be announced"

Stonemetz & Carmona -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

January 9, 2026

Friday, 1/9/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars (MCB/Neuro Interview Day)
Jamie Stonemetz (Sengupta Lab)
Cat Carmona (Kurmangaliyev Lab)

Mani -- Synthetic Spin Chemistry for Magnetic Control of Molecular Emission

January 12, 2026

Monday, 1/12/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm TBD
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Tomoyasu Mani (University of Connecticut)
"Synthetic Spin Chemistry for Magnetic Control of Molecular Emission"
Host: Yihan Shao.

Physics Department Colloquium

January 20, 2026

Tuesday, 1/20/2026 11:30 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Physics Department Colloquium