Quantitative Biology

Biochemistry & Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

Weeks -- New enzyme chemistry to decipher post-translational modification function

February 13, 2026

Friday, 2/13/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Amy Weeks (University of Wisconsin—Madison)
"New enzyme chemistry to decipher post-translational modification function" See: https://biochem.wisc.edu/people/weeks/
Host: Lizbeth Hedstrom. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.

Various -- Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

February 27, 2026

Friday, 2/27/2026 11 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks (Rotation Talks)
Various
Host: Alex Johnson. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.

Yang -- Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks

March 6, 2026

Friday, 3/6/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Hyunjun Yang (Dept. of Biochemistry, Brandeis University)
See: https://www.brandeis.edu/biochemistry/faculty/yang-hyunjun.html
Host: Niels Bradshaw. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.

Farnung -- Mechanisms of transcription and DNA replication through chromatin

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.

Cheloha -- Connecting peptides and antibodies to probe cell surface receptors

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.

Flynn -- Functional roles of glycosylated RNAs

May 1, 2026

Friday, 5/1/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Abelson 131
Biochemistry-Biophysics Friday Lunchtime Pizza Talks
Ryan Flynn (Boston Children's/Harvard)
"Functional roles of glycosylated RNAs"
Host: Isaac Krauss. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.