School of Science, Engineering and Technology

Events

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

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.

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

February 27, 2026

Friday, 2/27/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Shell Chen (Garrity Lab)
Fox Gourianova (Grienberger Lab)

Monday, 3/2/26, 11 am-12 noon -- Howard -- Modeling and design of drying-induced self-assembly of colloidal particles

Monday, 3/2/2026 11 am-12 noon Abelson 333
Engineering-Physics Seminar
Michael Howard (Auburn University)
"Modeling and design of drying-induced self-assembly of colloidal particles"
Host: W. Benjamin Rogers.

Torrance & Gabriel -- Neurobiology Journal Club

March 2, 2026

Monday, 3/2/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
McKinzey Torrance, PhD (Gutchess Lab)
Rafael Gabriel

Toste -- Supramolecular Hosts as Enzyme Mimics

March 2, 2026

Monday, 3/2/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Dean Toste (University of California, Berkeley)
"Supramolecular Hosts as Enzyme Mimics"
Host: Chi Ting.
Myron Rosenblum Lecture

[CANCELLED] Watt -- Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium

March 3, 2026

Tuesday, 3/3/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium [CANCELLED]
Alanna Watt, PhD (McGill University)
Host: Josh Meisel.

Wednesday, 3/4/26, 11 am-12 noon -- Seyforth -- The Role of Specific and Nonspecific Interactions in Colloidal Crystallization

Wednesday, 3/4/2026 11 am-12 noon Abelson 333/Online
Thesis Seminar: Physics PhD Program
Hunter Seyforth (Rogers Lab)
"The Role of Specific and Nonspecific Interactions in Colloidal Crystallization"
Please contact scigradoffice@brandeis.edu for password

Biswas & Leslie -- Molecular Genetics Journal Club

March 4, 2026

Wednesday, 3/4/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Shaun (Sayan) Biswas (Kadener Lab)
"A genetically encoded device for transcriptome storage in mammalian cells | Science"
Sam Leslie (Sengupta Lab)

Isaac -- Quantitative Biology Lunch

March 4, 2026

Wednesday, 3/4/2026 12:15 pm-1:15 pm
Quantitative Biology Lunch
Berith Isaac (Cryogenics Lab)
Contact Laura St Clair for more information.

Thursday, 3/5/26, -- Moecklin -- Computational Neuroscience Journal Club

Thursday, 3/5/2026 Volen 201
Computational Neuroscience Journal Club
Cedric Moecklin (Miller Lab)

Nam -- Toward Integrated Mechanistic Enzyme Modeling: Lessons from Adenylate Kinase

March 5, 2026

Thursday, 3/5/2026 11:10 am-12:20 pm Shapiro Science Center 3-37
Special Seminar
Kwangho Nam (University of Texas at Arlington)
"Toward Integrated Mechanistic Enzyme Modeling: Lessons from Adenylate Kinase"
Host: Yihan Shao.
**Pizza will be provided**

Sahay -- Quantum Gravity Seminar

March 5, 2026

Thursday, 3/5/2026 11:15 am-1:15 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Rahul Sahay (Harvard)

Yang -- The Good, the Bad, and the Weird of β-Sheets

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)
"The Good, the Bad, and the Weird of β-Sheets" See: https://www.brandeis.edu/biochemistry/faculty/yang-hyunjun.html
Host: Niels Bradshaw. Contact biochemistry@brandeis.edu for more information.

Prada & Majano -- Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars

March 6, 2026

Friday, 3/6/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars (Admitted Students Day)
Adriana Prada (Turrigiano Lab)
Maira Majano (Garrity Lab)

Zhao -- Computational Framing with Event-Based Methods

March 6, 2026

Friday, 3/6/2026 3 pm-4:15 pm Volen 101/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Jin Zhao (Nianwen Xue research group)
"Computational Framing with Event-Based Methods"
Host: Nianwen Xue.

LaChance -- Distinct neural circuits for transforming sensory space into a sense of place

March 9, 2026

Monday, 3/9/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club (IPRC Speaker)
Patrick LaChance (Boston University)
"Distinct neural circuits for transforming sensory space into a sense of place" See: https://www.bu.edu/hasselmo/personnel.html

Biegasiewicz -- Biocatalytic Heterocycle Synthesis Enabled by Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase Enzymes

March 9, 2026

Monday, 3/9/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Kyle Biegasiewicz (Emory University)
"Biocatalytic Heterocycle Synthesis Enabled by Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase Enzymes"
Host: Chi Ting.

Kushner -- Physics Department Colloquium

March 10, 2026

Tuesday, 3/10/2026 11:30 am-12:30 pm Abelson 131
Physics Department Colloquium
Paul Kushner (University of Toronto)
See: https://www.pjk.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/

Theurkauf -- Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium

March 10, 2026

Tuesday, 3/10/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
William Theurkauf, PhD (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Host: Kaushik Ragunathan.

Keane & Hsu -- Molecular Genetics Journal Club

March 11, 2026

Wednesday, 3/11/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Geoffrey Keane (Garrity Lab)
Chi-Lin Hsu (Krauss)
"Keratin intermediate filaments mechanically position melanin pigments for genome photoprotection"