Events
Upcoming events for all programs and departments in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology for the next week.
April 24, 2026
Friday, 4/24/2026 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.
April 24, 2026
Friday, 4/24/2026 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Molecular and Cell Biology & Neuroscience Student Seminars
Iris Nava (Kadener Lab)
Richard Kuang (Griffith Lab)
April 24, 2026
Friday, 4/24/2026 1 pm-2 pm Rosenstiel 118
Chemistry Honors Research Presentations
Jacob Hillemann
"Thesis Title: Towards Fool's Gold Solar Cells: Rietveld Refinement of Mackinawite-like Iron Sulfide Nanocrystals in Pyrite Synthesis for Identification of Phase Evolution"
Noah Michaud
"Thesis Title: Characterizing the Surface of Colloidal Nanocrystals Using NMR and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy"
Grace Delaney
"Thesis Title: Promoting Photoluminescent Quantum Yield from Iron Sulfide Quantum Dots"
April 27, 2026
Monday, 4/27/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Kader Geraldo, PhD (Fai Lab)
"A deep learning pipeline for accurate and automated restoration, segmentation, and quantification of dendritic spines"
Seif Aldalil
April 27, 2026
Monday, 4/27/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Organic Reactions Lecture
Guangbin Dong (University of Chicago)
"Simple-Looking but Non-Obvious Transformations for Late-stage Modification"
Host: Hao Xu.
April 28, 2026
Tuesday, 4/28/2026 1 pm-2:20 pm Goldsmith 300
Chemistry Honors Research Presentations
Sophia Lemieux
"Thesis Title: CuAAC Glycosylation of Silyl-Protected Alkynes in Aqueous Media"
David Vapnek
"Thesis Title: Iron-Catalyzed 1,2-trans-β-Selective Glycosylations for Rapid Glycosaminoglycan Assembly"
Dylan Labbe
"Thesis Title: Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Glycosylation for Rapid Synthesis of Mucin-Type O-Linked Glycopeptide Core Structure 1 and 2"
Ryan Biswal
"Thesis Title: Investigating Anti-Markovnikov Cyclizations in Sesquiterpene Synthases"
April 28, 2026
Tuesday, 4/28/2026 1 pm-3 pm RSVP for location
Workshop
"SciComm Lab Workshop: Talk So People Will Listen"
See: RSVP at https://forms.gle/qFs1dVMLCAKFkmQB7
April 29, 2026
Wednesday, 4/29/2026 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Molecular Genetics Journal Club
Katie Andre (Bisson)
Katie Weber (Marr)
"A cGAS-mediated mechanism in naked mole-rats potentiates DNA repair and delays aging"
April 29, 2026
Wednesday, 4/29/2026 12:10 pm-1:10 pm /Online
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Alain Destexhe (CNRS, Paris-Saclay)
"Mean-field techniques to understand how microscopic biophysical properties impact macroscopic brain activity"
Host: Sreshta Venkatakrishnan. Contact sreshtav@brandeis.edu for more information.
Online only.
May 4, 2026
Monday, 5/4/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Abelson 131
Special Seminar
Patrick J. Walsh (University of Pennsylvania)
"2-Azaallyl anions and radicals in the synthesis of amines"
Host: Hao Xu.
May 5, 2026
Tuesday, 5/5/2026 10 am-11 am Volen 101/Online
Thesis Seminar:
Yunrui Li (Pengyu Hong research group)
"Learning Molecular Representations from Imperfect Experimental Data: Models, Datasets, and Benchmarking for Biochemical Systems"
Host: Pengyu Hong.
May 7, 2026
Thursday, 5/7/2026 11:15 am-1:15 pm Abelson 333
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Rahul Sahay (Harvard University)
May 11, 2026
Monday, 5/11/2026 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Mandel G12/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Teodora Markova (Berry Lab)
"to be announced"
May 12, 2026
Tuesday, 5/12/2026 1 pm-2 pm Rosenstiel 118
Thesis Seminar:
Logan Calderone (Pandelia Lab)
May 13, 2026
Wednesday, 5/13/2026 10:30 am-11:30 am Gerstenzang 124/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Christina Mazzio (Katz Lab)
"to be announced"
May 19, 2026
Tuesday, 5/19/2026 10 am-11 am Gerstenzang 124
Thesis Seminar:
Trent Quist (Pandelia Lab)
May 21, 2026
Thursday, 5/21/2026 3 pm-4:15 pm TBA
Special Seminar
Indrajeet Sharma (University of Oklahoma)
"Skeletal Editing with Sulfur based Carbenes and Nitrenes"
Host: Yihan Shao.