Events

Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology for the next week.

Quist -- Viral Proteases and Fe-S biology: Metallocluster Binding and Engagement with Biosynthesis Machinery in Nsp1α and PLpro

May 19, 2026

Tuesday, 5/19/2026 10 am-11 am Gerstenzang 124/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Trent Quist (Pandelia Lab)
"Viral Proteases and Fe-S biology: Metallocluster Binding and Engagement with Biosynthesis Machinery in Nsp1α and PLpro"
Host: Maria-Eirini Pandelia.

Tuesday, 5/19/26, 11 am-12 noon -- Sathyavageeswaran -- Molecular Design of Peptide-Based Coacervates for Biological Applications

Tuesday, 5/19/2026 11 am-12 noon Abelson 229/Online
MRSEC Seminar
Arvind Sathyavageeswaran (UMass Amherst)
"Molecular Design of Peptide-Based Coacervates for Biological Applications" See: https://www.umass.edu/perry/People/Arvind_Sathyavageeswaran.html
Contact mrsec-admin@brandeis.edu for more information.

Sharma -- Skeletal Editing with Sulfur based Carbenes and Nitrenes

May 21, 2026

Thursday, 5/21/2026 3 pm-4:15 pm Gerstenzang 121
Special Seminar
Indrajeet Sharma (University of Oklahoma)
"Skeletal Editing with Sulfur based Carbenes and Nitrenes"
Host: Yihan Shao.

Barkai -- When Physics Meets Biology: The role of structural heterogeneity and point mutations in intrinsically disordered proteins

May 22, 2026

Friday, 5/22/2026 12:10 pm-1:10 pm Abelson 229/Online
MRSEC Seminar
Roy Beck-Barkai (Tel Aviv University School of Physics and Astronomy)
"When Physics Meets Biology: The role of structural heterogeneity and point mutations in intrinsically disordered proteins" See: https://english.tau.ac.il/profile/roy
Contact mrsec-admin@brandeis.edu for more information.

Miki -- Construction of Artificial Intracellular Compartments Using De Novo Peptides

June 19, 2026

Friday, 6/19/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm TBA
Special Seminar
Takayuki Miki (University of Tokyo)
"Construction of Artificial Intracellular Compartments Using De Novo Peptides"
Host: Bing Xu.