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April 2026
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Transcriptional Regulation of Zebrafish Enteric Nervous System Development
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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BBE Division Seminar - Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Are Biology and Computer Science the Same Discipline?
Blaise Agüera y Arcas,
Chief Technology Officer,
Technology & Society,
Google,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED - 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,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Michael Levin
Online Event
Bioelectric signaling network underlie cellular collective behavior in embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer
Professor Michael Levin,
Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor of Biology at Tufts University and Director of the Allen Discovery Center,
Friday, April 10th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Monday, April 13th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Itai Yanai
Can a cell learn? A mechanism for adaptive genome regulation
Itai Yanai,
Scientific Director,
Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
New York University - Langone Health,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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12:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Shih-Chii Liu
"Brain-inspired technology for neuromorphic edge AI and visual-assistive neuroprosthesis"
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Caltech Longevity Club Seminar
Peter Diamandis,
Executive Chairman of XPRIZE, Co-founder and Chairman of Fountain Life,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar
"Sidewinder: new realm of freedom to write any DNA" and "Structural evolution of the MTCH family of mitochondrial insertases"
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, April 17th, 2026
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, April 20th, 2026
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Junhyong Kim
Beyond single cells: Subcellular sequencing reveals mosaic evolution of the dendritic transcriptome in rodent neurons
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,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
10:00am
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11:00am
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, April 24th, 2026
9:30am
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10:30am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Medical Engineering PhD Defense, Akash Dhawan
Hierarchical Assembly of Collagen Type I Using a Photobase Generator
Akash Dhawan,
MD/PhD Candidate,
Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Informal Seminar - L Mahadevan
Evolutionary tales of biological shape: bodies, guts and beaks
L Mahadevan,
Professor of Physics; de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, April 27th, 2026
4:00pm
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4:30pm
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
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,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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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