Events
MCB Seminars & Journal Clubs
- MCB & Neuroscience Joint Seminar (Tuesdays @ 12:45-1:45 PM)
- Molecular Genetics Journal Club (Wednesdays @ 12:00-1:00 PM)
- MCB & Neuroscience Student Seminars/Pizza Talks (Fridays @ 12:45-1:45 PM)
Upcoming Events
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"
See: https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/scott-waddell
Host: Leslie Griffith.
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 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.
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/
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.
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)
October 28, 2025
Tuesday, 10/28/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Binyam Mogessie, PhD (Yale University)
"Synthetic oocyte aging uncovers cytoskeletal and centromeric safeguards of chromosome segregation"
See: https://eggsnchromosomes.org/
Host: Bruce Goode.
October 29, 2025
Wednesday, 10/29/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Sarah McCallister (Paradis Lab)
Mimi Kay (Kardon Lab)
October 31, 2025
Friday, 10/31/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Vincent Chen (Turrigiano Lab)
Tedy Markova (Berry Lab)
November 4, 2025
Tuesday, 11/4/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
David K. Breslow, PhD (Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology, Yale University)
"Understanding Primary Cilia through Functional Genomics"
See: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/david-breslow/
Host: Piali Sengupta.
November 7, 2025
Friday, 11/7/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Brian Zhang (Paradis/Grienberger Labs)
Rico Rodriguez (Van Hooser Lab)
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 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 12, 2025
Friday, 12/12/2025 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Gerstenzang 123/Online
Thesis Seminar: Molecular and Cell Biology PhD Program
Anne Silveira (Rodal Lab)
"to be announced"