Life Sciences at Brandeis

Events

Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the Division of Science for the next week.

Monday, 6/22/26, 11 am-12 noon -- Howe -- Genome mining for thermostable amidases to facilitate closed-loop nylon biorecycling

Monday, 6/22/2026 11 am-12 noon Virtual
Special Seminar
Graeme Howe (Queen's University)
"Genome mining for thermostable amidases to facilitate closed-loop nylon biorecycling"
Host: Chi Ting.
Please email chemofc@brandeis.edu from your Brandeis account for zoom link.

Monday, 7/6/26, 11 am-12 noon -- Planitzer -- Regulation of Viral Membrane Fusion by Receptor Binding

Monday, 7/6/2026 11 am-12 noon Abelson 333
Thesis Seminar: Physics PhD Program
Steven Planitzer (Ivanovic Lab)
"Regulation of Viral Membrane Fusion by Receptor Binding"

Calobrisi -- Attitudes Toward Sexual Offending: Disentangling Offender Characteristics and Respondent Traits

July 9, 2026

Thursday, 7/9/2026 11 am-1 pm Mandel G12/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Emily Calobrisi (Knight Lab)
"Attitudes Toward Sexual Offending: Disentangling Offender Characteristics and Respondent Traits"
Host: Raymond Knight.

Posner -- Thesis Seminar

Wednesday, 7/15/2026 12 noon-1 pm Rosenstiel 118
Thesis Seminar:
Cori Posner (Kardon Lab)

Friday, 7/24/26, 11 am-12 noon -- Hsu -- The Journey of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Computational Chemistry

Friday, 7/24/2026 11 am-12 noon Abelson 131
Special Seminar
Chaoping Hsu (Academic Sinica, Taiwan)
"The Journey of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Computational Chemistry"
Host: Yihan Shao.

Hayashi -- Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products via Organocatalysis

July 24, 2026

Friday, 7/24/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Abelson 131
Special Seminar
Yujiro Hayashi (Tohoku University)
"Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products via Organocatalysis"
Host: Hao Xu.