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Monday, November 9th, 2026
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
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Thesis Defense - Jiahui Peng, Lois Lab (Biology)
"Neural Dynamics Underlying Reliable Behavior: Insights from Learned Vocalizations in Songbirds".
Jiahui Peng,
Graduate Student, Biology,
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BBE Division Seminar - Andreas Martin
"Molecular machines for protein destruction: Substrate processing by AAA+ ATPases of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System"
Andy Martin,
HHMI Investigator, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology,
University of California Berkeley,
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Rosen Center Seminar: Erika DeBenedictis, Pioneer Labs
Terraforming Mars as a Bioengineering Problem
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
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Thursday, November 12th, 2026
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Thesis Defense - Nastya Oguienko, Mazmanian Lab, (Biology)
Principled Approach to Quantitative Analysis of Mouse Behavior
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Bin He
Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces: Decoding and Modulating the Brain
Professor Bin He,
Trustee Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, November 13th, 2026
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Saturday, November 14th, 2026
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Monday, November 16th, 2026
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
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Special Seminar - Eric Batchelor
p53 dynamics and the regulation of cell stress responses in single cells
Eric Batchelor,
Assistant Professor,
University of Minnesota,
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Information-efficient representations for genomics data
Nikhila Swarna,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, November 20th, 2026
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2026
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2026
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Monday, November 30th, 2026
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2026
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Horowitz Seminar - Bali Pulendran
Bali Pulendran,
Vioella L. Horton Professor; Director of the Immunity, Transplantation and Infection,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
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Thesis Defense - Jonathan Fox, Cai Lab (Biology)
Spatial Multi-Omics of Tumor and Immune Cells in Intact Tissue
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Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian: Trust Your Gut: Microbiome Influences on Brain Health and Disease
Sarkis Mazmanian,
Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2026
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Friday, December 4th, 2026
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2026
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Lounsbery Lecture
Neural Mechanisms of Natural Spatial Behavior in Freely Flying Bats
Michael Yartsev,
Associate Professor,
Dept of Bioengineering and Neuroscience,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, December 9th, 2026
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Chen Institute Director's Seminar: Dr. Moritz Helmstaedter
Moritz Helmstaedter,
Director, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany; Professor (Chair, extraordinary professor) for Neuronal Networks at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands,
Thursday, December 10th, 2026
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Qinghan Hou,
Goddard Group,
Friday, December 11th, 2026
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2026
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Davidson Seminar - Elly Tanaka
Scaling Regeneration
Elly Tanaka,
Group Leader,
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology GmbH,
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2026
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2026
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2027
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1/7
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Friday, January 8th, 2027
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2027
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BBE Division Seminar - Michael Baym
Michael Baym,
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics,
Harvard University,
Friday, January 15th, 2027
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Special ChE Seminar
"Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Inefficient Viral Infections"
Joshua S. Weitz,
Professor,
Biology,
University of Maryland, College Park,
Tuesday, January 19th, 2027
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BBE Division Seminar - Olivier Pourquié
Life without HOX
Olivier Pourquié,
Professor of Genetics and Pathology,
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA,
Tuesday, January 26th, 2027
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CNS/NB Seminar - David Rowitch
David Rowitch,
Professor of Pediatrics,
Cedars-Sinai,
Wednesday, January 27th, 2027
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2027
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CNS/NB Seminar - Ya-Chieh Hsu
Ya-Chieh Hsu,
Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology,
Harvard University,
Friday, February 12th, 2027
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2027