Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology for the next week.
December 5, 2025
Friday, 12/5/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks [CANCELLED]
TBA
Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
December 5, 2025
Friday, 12/5/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
OPEN FOR RESCHEDULING
December 5, 2025
Friday, 12/5/2025 3 pm-4 pm Rosenstiel 118/Online
Thesis Seminar: Molecular and Cell Biology PhD Program
Zachary Knotts (Marr Lab)
"EIF4G1 Depletion Activates Initiation Ribosome Quality Control"
December 5, 2025
Friday, 12/5/2025 4 pm-5 pm https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/97171068814/Online
Computer Science Seminar
Vedanshi Shah (Brandeis Computer Science)
"Reflective AI for Career Preparation: Designing and Evaluating LLM-Driven Visualization Systems"
Host: Dylan Cashman.
December 8, 2025
Monday, 12/8/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Michael Satchell (Jadhav/Miller Labs)
"Large sharp-wave ripples promote hippocampo-cortical memory reactivation and consolidation"
Yi (Brian) Zhang (Paradis/Grienberger Labs)
"Formation of an expanding memory representation in the hippocampus"
December 8, 2025
Monday, 12/8/2025 12:20 pm-1:20 pm Volen 101
Computer Science Seminar
Yiling Chen (Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University)
"Data Reliability Scoring"
Host: Nianwen Xue.
December 8, 2025
Monday, 12/8/2025 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Frank Pickard (Genesis Molecular AI)
"Application of Computational Chemistry and Machine Learning for Design of RNA Stabilizing Excipients"
Host: Yihan Shao.
December 9, 2025
Tuesday, 12/9/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Sam Wang, PhD (Princeton University)
"Psilocybin action on learning mechanisms and neuronal growth"
See: https://wanglab.scholar.princeton.edu/people/samuel-s-h-wang
Host: Leslie Griffith.
December 10, 2025
Wednesday, 12/10/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Shruti Jha (Griffith/Kadener Labs)
"Alternative splicing of latrophilin-3 controls synapse formation"
Sydney Clifford (Bradshaw Lab)
"A disease-associated PPP2R3C-MAP3K1 phospho-regulatory module controls centrosome function"
December 10, 2025
Wednesday, 12/10/2025 12:15 pm-2:15 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Quantitative Biology Lunch
Andrew Stone (Brandeis Light Microscopy)
Contact lstclair@brandeis.edu for more information.
December 11, 2025
Thursday, 12/11/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Mike Vivian (Grienberger Lab)
"Learning produces an orthogonalized state machine in the hippocampus"
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.
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"
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"
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.
Wednesday, 1/7/2026 11 am-12 noon Gerstenzang 124/Online
Thesis Seminar: Molecular and Cell Biology PhD Program
Emma McGuirk Bain (Goode Lab)
"to be announced"