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Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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NB/CNS Seminar - Xin Sun

Body-Brain Interoception: Consider the Lung as a Sensory Organ
Xin Sun, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California - San Diego,
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
7:30pm 8:30pm
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POSTPONED: Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman: Illuminating the Hidden Universe with Physics and AI

Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
  • Public Event
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Friday, March 27th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Horowitz Lecture - Jason Chin

Reprogramming the genetic code
Jason Chin, Executive Director, Generative Biology Institute, Ellison Medical Institute,
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Erica Larschan

X marks the spot: Identification of the X-chromosome for coordinated gene regulation
Erica Larschan, Associate Prof. of Biology Brown University, Department of Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry Director, Brown University,
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Yuanyun (Rose) Huang, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Transcription and RNA quality control in health and disease
Karen Adelman, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
10:30am 11:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Illuminating the Regulatory Dark Matter of E. coli with Massively Parallel Reporter Assays
Tom Röschinger, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Are Biology and Computer Science the Same Discipline?
Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Chief Technology Officer, Technology & Society, Google,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Short RNA chaperones promote aggregation-resistant TDP-43 conformers to mitigate neurodegeneration
James Shorter, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, April 10th, 2026
Monday, April 13th, 2026
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Itai Yanai

Itai Yanai, Scientific Director, Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University - Langone Health,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Junhyong Kim

Junhyong Kim, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology Co-Director, Penn Program in Single Cell Biology Secondary Professor, Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Siegfried Musser, Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M,
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Daniel Mucida

Daniel Mucida, Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Immunology, Virology, and Microbiology, The Rockefeller University,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
7:30pm 8:30pm
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POSTPONED: Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian

Sarkis Mazmanian, Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
  • Public Event
Monday, May 4th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar - Stephen Long (Sloan Kettering)

Structure, Ca2+-dependent regulation, and ion selectivity of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter
Stephen B. Long, Professor, Structural Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute,
Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Krishna Shrinivas

Krishna Shrinivas, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics and Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University,
Friday, May 8th, 2026
Monday, May 11th, 2026
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Cliff Ragsdale

Cliff Ragsdale, Professor, Neurobiology, The University of Chicago,
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Beckman Lecture

Milan Mrksich, Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, School of Engineering, Northwestern University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, May 14th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Daniel Larson, Chief, Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression; Head, Systems Biology of Gene Expression; Co-Chair, Trans-NIH Myeloid Malignancies Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health,
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Edward Chang

Edward Chang, Professor, Neurological Surgery UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco,
Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
7:30pm 8:30pm
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POSTPONED: Watson Lecture - Kirby Nielsen

Kirby Nielsen, professor of economics; William H. Hurt Scholar,
  • Public Event
Thursday, May 21st, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Patrick Sung, Professor of Biochemistry & Structural Biology, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, UT Health San Antonio,
Friday, May 22nd, 2026
1:30pm 2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Jan Gregrowicz, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Bing Brunton

Embodied intelligence: From connectomes to body models
Bing Brunton, Professor & Richard and Joan Komen University Chair, University of Washington, Seattle,
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Daniel Kronauer

Daniel Kronauer, Stanley S. and Sydney R. Shuman Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
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