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Monday, March 9th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Professor Taro Kitazawa

"Whole-genome single-cell history-tracing to reveal neuronal identity transition and memory formation"
Taro Kitazawa, Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience, Associate Professor Aarhus University in Denmark,
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Peter Walter

Targeting the Cell's Stress Pathways for Therapeutic Benefit
Peter Walter, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco Investigator Emeritus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
Thursday, March 12th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

"Engineering protein circuits for cancer therapy"
Lukas Moeller, Graduate Student, Elowitz Group,
Friday, March 13th, 2026
10:30am 11:30am
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BBE Informal Seminar - Dr. Pei Su

From Tissues to Single Cells: Direct Proteoform Profiling Using Orbitrap-Based Single Molecule Mass Spectrometry
Pei Su, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside,
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Jun Wu

Dynamic pluripotent stem cell states and their applications
Jun Wu, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center,
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Ivan Dikic

Guardians of cellular homeostasis - Ubiquitin and Autophagy networks
Ivan Dikic, Director, Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Frankfurt,
Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
12:03pm 1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Xin Sun

TBD
Xin Sun, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California - San Diego,
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
7:30pm 8:30pm
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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
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Horowitz Lecture - Jason Chin

TBD
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
2:30pm 3:30pm
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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

Karen Adelman, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Blaise Agüera y Arcas

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

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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Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian

Sarkis Mazmanian, Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
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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,