Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the Division of Science for the next week.October 3, 2025
Friday, 10/3/2025 9:30 am-10:30 am Abelson 333/Online
Thesis Seminar: Physics PhD Program
Annemarie Winterstrain (Yevick and Duclos Labs)
"Connecting Tissue Organization to Cellular Signaling Dynamics"
Please contact scigradoffice@brandeis.edu for zoom password
October 3, 2025
Friday, 10/3/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Anna Loveland (UMass Chan)
"How the ribosome powers up angiogenin"
Host: Alex Johnson.
October 3, 2025
Friday, 10/3/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 229/Online
MRSEC Seminar
Dr. Buddho Chakrabarti (Dept of Physics, Kansas State University)
"Applied Soft Matter Physics: From Industrial Formulations to Soft Confined Polymers"
See: https://www.phys.ksu.edu/about/people/faculty/chakrabarti-b.html
Contact mrsec-admin@brandeis.edu for more information.
October 3, 2025
Friday, 10/3/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars [CANCELLED]
Mike Vivian (Grienberger Lab)
Shaun Biswas (Kadener Lab)
October 6, 2025
Monday, 10/6/2025 10 am-11 am Goldsmith 117
Mathematics Seminar
Mark Adler (Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Brandeis University)
"An Asymmetric Discrete Tacnode Kernel"
Host: Tyler Maunu. Contact maunu@brandeis.edu for more information.
October 6, 2025
Monday, 10/6/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Jared Newell (Howard Lab)
"Blunted anterior midcingulate response to reward in opioid users is normalized by prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation"
Claire Ciampa (Berry Lab)
"Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants"
October 8, 2025
Wednesday, 10/8/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Camille Sullivan (Rosbash Lab)
"Peroxisomal metabolism of branched fatty acids regulates energy homeostasis"
Shell Chen (Garrity Lab)
"Extracellular vesicle-mediated plant miRNA trafficking regulates viral infection in insect vector"
October 8, 2025
Wednesday, 10/8/2025 12:10 pm-1:10 pm Shapiro Science Center GL14
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Abuzar Mahmood (Neuroscience Program, Brandeis University)
"The Cortico-Amygdalar interaction dynamics underlying taste perception & action"
Host: Nate Sutton. Contact nsutton@brandeis.edu for more information.
October 9, 2025
Thursday, 10/9/2025 11 am-1 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Akira Sone (UMass Boston)
"Operational Symmetry of Entanglement and Its Implications"
October 9, 2025
Thursday, 10/9/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Fox Gourianova (Grienberger Lab)
"Grid cells accurately track movement during path integration-based navigation despite switching reference frames"
October 10, 2025
Friday, 10/10/2025 11:10 am-12:10 pm Gerstenzang 124
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
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)
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"
Host: Leslie Griffith.
October 16, 2025
Thursday, 10/16/2025 11 am-1 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Ross Dempsey (MIT)
October 16, 2025
Thursday, 10/16/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
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.
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.
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)
October 20, 2025
Monday, 10/20/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Martin Raymond, PhD (Katz Lab)
Tedy Markova (Berry Lab)
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.