Events

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

Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

October 10, 2025

Friday, 10/10/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Rotation Talks
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.

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

October 10, 2025

Friday, 10/10/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Justin Curran (Hedstrom Lab)
Edward Rivera Melendez (Jadhav Lab)

Waddell -- Visceral signaling of post-ingestive malaise directs memory updating in Drosophila

October 14, 2025

Tuesday, 10/14/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Scott Waddell, PhD (University of Oxford)
"Visceral signaling of post-ingestive malaise directs memory updating in Drosophila" See: https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/scott-waddell
Host: Leslie Griffith.

Li -- Data-driven computational methods for stochastic dynamics

October 15, 2025

Wednesday, 10/15/2025 12:10 pm-1:10 pm SSC GL14
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Yao Li (Dept. of Mathematics, UMass Amherst)
"Data-driven computational methods for stochastic dynamics" See: https://www.umass.edu/mathematics-statistics/about/directory/yao-li
Host: Sreshta Venkatakrishnan. Contact sreshtav@brandeis.edu for more information.

Dempsey -- Quantum Gravity Seminar

October 16, 2025

Thursday, 10/16/2025 11 am-1 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Ross Dempsey (MIT)

Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club

October 16, 2025

Thursday, 10/16/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club

Wells & Shokat -- Gabbay Award Lectures in Biotechnology and Medicine

October 16, 2025

Thursday, 10/16/2025 4 pm-5:30 pm Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Gabbay Award Lectures in Biotechnology and Medicine
Dr. Jim Wells (Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco)
See: https://pharm.ucsf.edu/wells
Dr. Kevan M. Shokat (Professor of Cellular Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Investigator, University of California, San Francisco, Professor of Chemistry, University of California Brekeley)
See: https://shokatlab.ucsf.edu/
Host: Lizbeth Hedstrom.
For more information, please contact gabbayaward@brandeis.edu.

Pyenson -- Studying the virome as a molecular ecosystem

October 17, 2025

Friday, 10/17/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Nora Pyenson (NYU)
"Studying the virome as a molecular ecosystem"
Host: Alex Johnson.

Gomez & Fitzpatrick -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

October 17, 2025

Friday, 10/17/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Eric Gomez (Rodal Lab)
Kate Fitzpatrick (Krauss Lab)

Raymond & Markova -- Neurobiology Journal Club

October 20, 2025

Monday, 10/20/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Martin Raymond, PhD (Katz Lab)
"Contribution of Rat Insular Cortex to Stimulus-Guided Action"
Tedy Markova (Berry Lab)
"REM sleep quality is associated with balanced tonic activity of the locus coeruleus during wakefulness"

Gessel -- Lattice paths and the Geode

October 20, 2025

Monday, 10/20/2025 2:15 pm-3:15 pm Goldsmith 117
Combinatorics Seminar
Ira Gessel (Emeritus, Brandeis University)
"Lattice paths and the Geode"
Host: Olivier Bernardi. Contact bernardi@brandeis.edu for more information.

Zhou -- Detection and Modulation of RNA Chemical Modifications via Engineered Proteins

October 20, 2025

Monday, 10/20/2025 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Huiqing (Jane) Zhou (Boston College)
"Detection and Modulation of RNA Chemical Modifications via Engineered Proteins"
Host: Isaac Krauss.

Yang -- Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium

October 21, 2025

Tuesday, 10/21/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Rebecca Yang, PhD (Duke University School of Medicine)
See: https://www.neuro.duke.edu/research/faculty-labs/yang-lab
Host: Don Katz.

Cuadros -- Regulation of species-specific developmental rates by redox metabolism

October 22, 2025

Wednesday, 10/22/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Margarete Diaz Cuadros (MGH/Harvard Medical School)
"Regulation of species-specific developmental rates by redox metabolism" See: https://www.diazcuadroslab.org/

Farheen -- Quantitative Biology Lunch

October 22, 2025

Wednesday, 10/22/2025 12:15 pm-1:15 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Quantitative Biology Lunch
Nida Farheen (Gelles Lab)
Contact lstclair@brandeis.edu for more information.

Zlokapa -- Quantum Gravity Seminar

October 23, 2025

Thursday, 10/23/2025 11 am-1 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Alexander Zlokapa (MIT)

Zerpa -- Generative emergence of non-local representations in the hippocampus

October 23, 2025

Thursday, 10/23/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Diego Morandi Zerpa (Jadhav Lab)
"Generative emergence of non-local representations in the hippocampus"

Manning -- How Do Our Thoughts Take Shape?

October 23, 2025

Thursday, 10/23/2025 12:20 pm-1:30 pm Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Psychology Department Colloquium
Jeremy Manning, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College)
"How Do Our Thoughts Take Shape?"
Host: Paul DiZio.

Adak -- Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

October 24, 2025

Friday, 10/24/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Sanjoy Adak (Scripps Intitute of Oceanography)
Host: Maria-Eirini Pandelia.

Clark & Johnson -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

October 24, 2025

Friday, 10/24/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Kevin Clark (Marr Lab)
Connor Johnson (Jadhav/Katz Labs)