Upcoming Events for Division of Biology and Biological Engineering

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Lionel Christiaen Broad 100 From deterministic to regulative development in a variable ocean Lionel Christiaen, Director of the Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen,

Tuesday, February 24, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture: Dr. Stefano Fusi Chen 100 The geometry of abstraction: from cognitive to spatial maps Stefano Fusi, Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University,

Thursday, February 26, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room) TBA Elizabeth Hughes, Graduate Student, Shapiro Group,

Friday, February 27, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	PhD Thesis Defense Broad 100 Katelyn Radford, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Sohini Ramachandran Chen 100 Sohini Ramachandran, Professor, Biology and Data Science, Brown University,

Thursday, March 5, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room) TBA Raj Mukkamala, Graduate Student, Newman & Kornfield Groups,

Friday, March 6, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Informal Seminar - Cliff Tabin Chen 100 Control of timing in the limb field Cliff Tabin, Chair, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School,

Monday, March 9, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Informal Seminar - Professor Taro Kitazawa Broad 100 "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,
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Neuro Lunch Beckman Behavioral Biology B180

Thursday, March 12, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room) TBA Lukas Moeller, Graduate Student, Elowitz Group,

Friday, March 13, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs March 2026 Meeting

Thursday, March 19, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Ivan Dikic Chen 100 Ivan Dikic, Director, Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Frankfurt,

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
12:03 pm - 1:00 pm	NB-CNS Seminar - Xin Sun Chen 100 TBD Xin Sun, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California - San Diego,

Friday, March 27, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Horowitz Lecture - Jason Chin Chen 100 TBD Jason Chin, Executive Director, Generative Biology Institute, Ellison Medical Institute,

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Erica Larschan Chen 100 TBD Erica Larschan, Associate Professor, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University,

Tuesday, April 7, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Blaise Agüera y Arcas Chen 100 TBD Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Chief Technology Officer, Technology & Society, Google,

Friday, April 10, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs April 2026 Meeting

Monday, April 13, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Neuro Lunch Beckman Behavioral Biology B180

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Itai Yanai Chen 100 TBD Itai Yanai, Scientific Director, Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, New York University - Langone Health,

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Junhyong Kim Chen 100 TBD Junhyong Kim, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor, Biology, University of Pennsylvania,

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	NB-CNS Seminar - Daniel Mucida Chen 100 TBD Daniel Mucida, Professor, Immunology, Virology, and Microbiology, The Rockefeller University,

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian Beckman Auditorium Sarkis Mazmanian, Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Krishna Shrinivas Chen 100 TBD 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 8, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs May 2026 Meeting

Monday, May 11, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Neuro Lunch Beckman Behavioral Biology B180

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	NB-CNS Seminar - Cliff Ragsdale Chen 100 TBD Cliff Ragsdale, Professor, Neurobiology, The University of Chicago,

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	NB-CNS Seminar - Edward Chang Chen 100 TBD Edward Chang, Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of California - San Francisco,

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	NB-CNS Seminar - Bing Brunton Chen 100 Bing Brunton, Professor & Richard and Joan Komen University Chair, Biology, University of Washington,

Monday, June 8, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Neuro Lunch Beckman Behavioral Biology B180

Friday, June 12, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs June 2026 Meeting

Friday, July 10, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs July 2026 Meeting

Friday, August 14, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs August 2026 Meeting

Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs September 2026 Meeting

Friday, October 9, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs October 2026 Meeting

Friday, November 13, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs November 2026 Meeting

Thursday, December 3, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm	Chen Institute Symposium: Keynote Address Chen 100

Friday, December 4, 2026
8:30 am - 5:30 pm	Chen Institute Symposium Chen 100

Friday, December 11, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Green Labs December 2026 Meeting