Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the Division of Science for the next week.
Friday, 3/13/2026 11 am-12 noon Volen 101
Computer Science Seminar
Amir Herzberg (University of Connecticut)
"Time to upgrade the (Public Key) Infrastructure! Better Efficiency and Provable Security for the PKI"
Host: Liuba Shrira.
March 13, 2026
Friday, 3/13/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Lucas Farnung (Harvard Medical School & HHMI)
"Mechanisms of transcription and DNA replication through chromatin"
Host: Jeff Gelles. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.
March 13, 2026
Friday, 3/13/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Emily Metcalf (Ragunathan Lab)
Rafael Gabriel (Jadhav/Katz Labs)
March 13, 2026
Friday, 3/13/2026 2:20 pm-3:20 pm Gerstenzang 124/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Lisandro Martin (Grienberger Lab)
"Learning Dependent Feedback Regulation of Behavioral Timescale Synaptic Plasticity"
March 16, 2026
Monday, 3/16/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Laurie Chen
"Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits"
Richard Kuang
"DNA damage modulates sleep drive in basal cnidarians with divergent chronotypes"
March 16, 2026
Monday, 3/16/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Lucas Bao (Boston College)
"From Electrons to Ensembles, from Structures to Dynamics: Predictive Chemistry Made Simple"
Host: Yihan Shao.
March 17, 2026
Tuesday, 3/17/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Lisman Memorial Lecture
Marla B. Feller, PhD (University of California, Berkeley)
"Riding Retinal Waves Through the Developing Visual System"
Host: Steve Van Hooser.
March 18, 2026
Wednesday, 3/18/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Cat Carmona (Kurmangaliyev Lab)
"Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference"
Sydney McFarland (Abruzzi/Rosbash Lab)
"Genetic elements promote retention of extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells"
March 18, 2026
Wednesday, 3/18/2026 12:10 pm-1:10 pm /Online
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Viktor Jirsa (Institut de Neuroscience des Systèmes, Marseille)
Host: Sreshta Venkatakrishnan. Contact sreshtav@brandeis.edu for more information.
Thursday, 3/19/2026
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Nate Sutton (Wang Lab)
"Interdependence of cellular and network properties in respiratory rhythm generation"
March 19, 2026
Thursday, 3/19/2026 11:15 am-1:15 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Yunchao Liu (IBM)
March 19, 2026
Thursday, 3/19/2026 3 pm-4 pm Gerstenzang 123/Online
Thesis Seminar: Chemistry PhD Program
Dakang Zhang (H. Xu Lab)
"Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Glycosylation for 1,2-cis-Aminoglycoside Construction: Deprotection and Derivatization of Tn Antigens and Mucin-Type O-Glycan Cores, and Chemoenzymatic Assembly of Heparan Sulfate Oligosaccharides"
Please contact scigradoffice@brandeis.edu for Zoom password
March 20, 2026
Friday, 3/20/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars (Admitted Students Day)
Natalie D'Ambra (Griffith Lab)
Laura Westhoff (Rodal Lab)
March 23, 2026
Monday, 3/23/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
James Holland (Griffith Lab)
Masha Glyavina (Turrigiano Lab)
"Intercellular communication in the brain through a dendritic nanotubular network"
March 24, 2026
Tuesday, 3/24/2026 10:30 am-11:30 am Bassine 208/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Josh Perlmutter (Abbott Research Group)
"The Morse Local-to-Global Property and Relatively Hierarchically Hyperbolic Groups"
March 24, 2026
Tuesday, 3/24/2026 2 pm-3 pm Rosenstiel 118/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Tommy Cottle (Kardon Lab)
"Feedback regulation of heme biosynthesis by mitochondrial CLPXP"
March 25, 2026
Wednesday, 3/25/2026 12:15 pm-1:15 pm Shapiro Campus Center Room 236
Quantitative Biology Lunch
Jim Haber (faculty)
Contact Laura St Clair for more information.
Thursday, 3/26/2026 Volen 201
Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club
Maddie Severson (Van Hooser Lab)
March 26, 2026
Thursday, 3/26/2026 11:15 am-1:15 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Hong-Ye Hu (Harvard)
March 27, 2026
Friday, 3/27/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Ross Cheloha (NIH/NIDDK)
"Connecting peptides and antibodies to probe cell surface receptors"
Host: Hyunjun Yang. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.