Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the Division of Science for the next week.
October 19, 2021
Tuesday, 10/19/2021 2 pm-3 pm Goldsmith 317 In Person
Topology Seminar
Daniel Alvarez-Gavela (MIT)
"The nearby Lagrangian conjecture from the K-theoretic viewpoint."
Host: Carolyn Abbott. Contact carolynabbott@brandeis.edu for more information.
October 19, 2021
Tuesday, 10/19/2021 3 pm-4 pm Virtual/Online
Combinatorics Seminar
Guillaume Chapuy (CNRS/Universite de Paris)
"Maps on non-orientable surfaces and Jack polynomials"
Host: Olivier Bernardi. Contact bernardi@brandeis.edu, dcx@brandeis.edu for more information.
Please email the organizers if you would like to know the password.
October 19, 2021
Tuesday, 10/19/2021 4 pm-5 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
No Joint Seminar this Week
October 19, 2021
Tuesday, 10/19/2021 4 pm-5 pm Gerstenzang 123
Special Seminar
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (University of New Hampshire, Research Affiliate in Program in Science,Technology, and Society, MIT)
"Black Feminism in Space"
A green passport, as well as a mask, are required to attend. Passports will be checked at the door.
October 20, 2021
Wednesday, 10/20/2021 10 am-11 am Virtual/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Andrea Stacy (Van Hooser Lab)
"Early visual neural circuit development and the role of acute visual experience"
Wednesday, 10/20/2021 11 am-12 noon Volen 201
Computational Neuroscience Journal Club
Ben Ballintyn (Miller Lab)
"Attractor dynamics gate cortical information flow during decision-making"
Time change for this week only
Wednesday, 10/20/2021 12 noon-1 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
No Class
Thursday, 10/21/2021 12 noon-1:20 pm Virtual
Gabbay Award Lectures in Biotechnology and Medicine
Frank Bennett (Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc)
"Antisense Drugs For Neurological Diseases"
Adrian R. Krainer (St. Giles Foundation Professor and Cancer Center Deputy Director of Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Antisense Modulation of RNA Splicing for Rare-Disease Therapy"
Host: Office of the President Brandeis University.
To register please visit:
https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__7eLjNh2QliYswfnSH7tpg
October 21, 2021
Thursday, 10/21/2021 12:15 pm-1:15 pm Virtual/Online
New England Dynamics and Number Theory Seminar
Dubi Kelmer (Boston College)
"The light cone Siegel transform, its moment formulas, and their applications"
Host: Dmitry Kleinbock. Contact lampham@brandeis.edu,kleinboc@brandeis.edu for more information.
October 21, 2021
Thursday, 10/21/2021 1 pm-2 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Multipurpose Room/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Raul Ramos (Turrigiano Lab)
"Synaptic Plasticity Governs the Specificity and Generalization of CTA Memory"