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Thursday, November 12th, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Nastya Oguienko, Mazmanian Lab, (Biology)

Principled Approach to Quantitative Analysis of Mouse Behavior
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"Ingredients for the secret sauce of flies" and "From foe to friend: rove beetles and the chemosensory basis of ant host-seeking behaviors"
Michael Dickinson, Professor, BBE, Caltech,
Hayley Smihula, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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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
Saturday, November 14th, 2026
Monday, November 16th, 2026
Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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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,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Information-efficient representations for genomics data
Nikhila Swarna, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Sridevi Sarma

The Hidden Signature of Epilepsy: What Brain Networks Reveal When EEG Looks Normal
Professor Sridevi (Sri) Sarma, Department of Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins University,
Friday, November 20th, 2026
Thursday, November 26th, 2026
Tuesday, December 1st, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Horowitz Seminar - Bali Pulendran

From Systems Vaccinology to Universal Vaccines
Bali Pulendran, Vioella L. Horton Professor; Director of the Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University,
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Jonathan Fox, Cai Lab (Biology)

Spatial Multi-Omics of Tumor and Immune Cells in Intact Tissue
Thursday, December 3rd, 2026
Friday, December 4th, 2026
Monday, December 7th, 2026
Tuesday, December 8th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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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
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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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
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"Uranium in Ophiolites: A Vestige of Precambrian Ocean Redox,— a Prospect of Multicellular Beginning" and "Evolution of parasitism-related traits in nematodes"
Eran Funaro, Graduate Student, GPS, Caltech,
James Chieh-Hsiang Tan, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, BBE, Caltech,
Friday, December 11th, 2026
Monday, December 14th, 2026
Wednesday, December 16th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Davidson Seminar - Elly Tanaka

Scaling Regeneration
Elly Tanaka, Group Leader, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology GmbH,
Monday, January 4th, 2027
Tuesday, January 5th, 2027
Wednesday, January 6th, 2027
Thursday, January 7th, 2027
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Evolution Beyond Evolution: The Exploratory Behavior of Biological Systems
Rob Phillips, Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics, BBE, Caltech,
Friday, January 8th, 2027
Tuesday, January 12th, 2027
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Michael Baym

Michael Baym, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard University,
Thursday, January 14th, 2027
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Jun Chen

Jun Chen, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, Samueli School of Engineering, UCLA,
Friday, January 15th, 2027
10:00am – 11:00am
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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
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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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,
Friday, January 22nd, 2027
Tuesday, January 26th, 2027
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CNS/NB Seminar - David Rowitch

David Rowitch, Professor of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai,
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2027
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CNS/NB Seminar - Ya-Chieh Hsu

Ya-Chieh Hsu, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University,
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2027
Thursday, February 11th, 2027
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Richard S. Mann, Professor of Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Systems Biology, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University,
Friday, February 12th, 2027
Tuesday, February 16th, 2027
Thursday, February 18th, 2027
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Joint Seminar: MedE/UCLA. Andrés J. García

Talk title/abstract still to come
Andrés J. García, Executive Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,