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Monday, February 23rd, 2026
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture: Dr. Stefano Fusi

The geometry of abstraction: from cognitive to spatial maps
Stefano Fusi, Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Thursday, February 26th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

"Hydrogel Encapsulation of Sentinel Cells for Noninvasive Ultrasound Imaging of Inflammation"
Elizabeth (Liz) Hughes, Graduate Student, Shapiro Group,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

ZAK activation at the colliding ribosome
Rachel Green, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University,
Friday, February 27th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Structural characterization of a filament-forming prokaryotic Argonaute protein
Katelyn Radford, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Sohini Ramachandran

Variations on a theme of structure: leveraging recent relatedness and mixed-membership clustering to gain insights from high-dimensional genomics datasets
Sohini Ramachandran, Professor, Biology and Data Science, Brown University,
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
Friday, March 6th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Cliff Tabin

Control of timing in the limb field
Cliff Tabin, Chair, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School,
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
12:00pm 1:00pm
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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
Friday, March 13th, 2026
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

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

Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
  • Public Event
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,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
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,
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,
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,
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,