Biology & Neuroscience Joint Seminar
During the 2024-2025 academic year, the Biology & Neuroscience Joint Seminar will be held on Tuesdays at 12:45 PM.September 2, 2025
Tuesday, 9/2/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Danny Reinberg, PhD (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center)
"Epigenetics and Inheritance"
See: https://med.miami.edu/faculty/danny-f-reinberg-ms-phd
Host: Michael Rosbash.
September 9, 2025
Tuesday, 9/9/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Scott Kennedy, PhD (Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School)
"Systems that Protect Genes from Transposon-Mediated Perturbations"
Host: Josh Meisel.
September 16, 2025
Tuesday, 9/16/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Yanni Tsipis (Senior Vice President of Development, WS Development, Faculty, MIT Center for Real Estate)
"Planning and Building Boston's Newest Neighborhood"
Host: Michael Rosbash.
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)
Host: Leslie Griffith.
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)
Host: Don Katz.
October 28, 2025
Tuesday, 10/28/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Binyam Mogessie, PhD (Yale University)
Host: Bruce Goode.
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"
Host: Piali Sengupta.
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.