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Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
3:00pm
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7:30pm
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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
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Friday, March 27th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
12:00pm
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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
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Yuanyun (Rose) Huang,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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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
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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
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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
3:00pm
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4:15pm
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026
4:00pm
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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
8:00am
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4/11
5:00pm
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12:00pm
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Monday, April 13th, 2026
12:00pm
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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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,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
12:30pm
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
12:00pm
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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
3:00pm
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4:15pm
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
4:00pm
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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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,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
7:30pm
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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
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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
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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
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Monday, May 11th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
12:00pm
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
4:00pm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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