Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology for the next week.
November 21, 2025
Friday, 11/21/2025 11 am-12:30 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
November 21, 2025
Friday, 11/21/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Mike Vivian (Grienberger Lab)
Laurie Chen (Sengupta Lab)
November 24, 2025
Monday, 11/24/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Edward Rivera Melendez (Jadhav Lab)
"The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory"
Eric Gomez (Rodal Lab)
"Synaptic vesicle fusion promotes phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate synthesis for efficient synaptic transmission"
November 24, 2025
Monday, 11/24/2025 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Kana Takematsu (Bowdoin College)
"Moving protons (with solvent) to harness light energy"
Host: Katherine Shulenberger.
November 25, 2025
Tuesday, 11/25/2025 2 pm-4 pm Mandel G10/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Luke Sim (DiZio Lab)
"Predictable Failure over Uncertain Success: Visual Inverted Pendulum Extrapolation Study"
Host: Paul DiZio.
December 1, 2025
Monday, 12/1/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Kelton Wilmerding, PhD (Grienberger Lab)
Diana Davis (Griffith Lab)
December 1, 2025
Monday, 12/1/2025 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Daniel Kim (Temple University)
"Applications of Acetal Radicals in Organic Synthesis"
Host: Chi Ting.
December 2, 2025
Tuesday, 12/2/2025 10:30 am-12:30 pm Olin-Sang 212/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Hannah Park (DiZio Lab)
"Decision-Making in Visual Inverted Pendulum Balancing: Effects of Age, Effects of Manual Interfaces, and Transfer to Postural Balance"
Host: Paul DiZio.
December 2, 2025
Tuesday, 12/2/2025 11:30 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Physics Department Colloquium
Joern Callies (Caltech)
See: https://www.gps.caltech.edu/people/joern-callies
December 2, 2025
Tuesday, 12/2/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Monica Colaiacovo, PhD (Department of Genetics, Harvard University)
"How genetic factors and exposure to environmental toxicants
affect the germline leading to aneuploidy: insights from C. elegans"
See: https://genepath.med.harvard.edu/colaiacovo/index.html
Host: Sue Lovett.
December 3, 2025
Wednesday, 12/3/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Katelyn Strauss (Ragunathan Lab)
"Orthogonal RNA replication enables directed evolution and Darwinian adaptation in mammalian cells"
Neal Jiwnani (Hedstrom Lab)
December 4, 2025
Thursday, 12/4/2025 11 am-1 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Christopher Laumann (Boston University)
December 4, 2025
Thursday, 12/4/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Edward Rivera Melendez (Jadhav Lab)
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 8, 2025
Monday, 12/8/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Michael Satchell (Jadhav/Miller Labs)
Yi (Brian) Zhang (Paradis/Grienberger Labs)
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)
"A disease-associated PPP2R3C-MAP3K1 phospho-regulatory module controls centrosome function"
Sydney Clifford (Bradshaw Lab)