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

Curran & Melendez -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

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)

Waddell -- Visceral signaling of post-ingestive malaise directs memory updating in Drosophila

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.

Gomez & Fitzpatrick -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

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)

Yang -- Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium

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.

Cuadros -- Regulation of species-specific developmental rates by redox metabolism

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/

Farheen -- Quantitative Biology Lunch

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.

Clark & Johnson -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

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)

Mogessie -- Synthetic oocyte aging uncovers cytoskeletal and centromeric safeguards of chromosome segregation

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.

McCallister & Kay -- Molecular Genetics Journal Club

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)

Chen & Markova -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

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)

Breslow -- Understanding Primary Cilia through Functional Genomics

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.

Zhang & Rodriguez -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

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)

Colaiacovo -- How genetic factors and exposure to environmental toxicants affect the germline leading to aneuploidy: insights from C. elegans

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.

Wang -- Psilocybin action on learning mechanisms and neuronal growth

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.

Silveira -- to be announced

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"