Upcoming Events for Division of Biology and Biological Engineering

Monday, January 12, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm	2026 New Horizons in Neuroscience Search Symposium Chen 100

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Neuro Lunch Chen 100

Thursday, January 22, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Chen Institute Postdoc Innovator Presentations

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Special Seminar - Paul Campbell Chen 100 TBD Paul Campbell, Scientific Director, Cell Biology and Preclinical Cancer Research, American Cancer Society,

Thursday, January 29, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room) TBA Nivin Nyström, Postdoctoral Scholar, Shapiro Group,

Thursday, February 12, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room) TBA Chengcheng Fan, Bjorkman Group,

Tuesday, February 24, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture: Dr. Stefano Fusi Chen 100 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,

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Sohini Ramachandran Chen 100 TBD 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,

Monday, March 9, 2026
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,

Tuesday, March 17, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Gautam Dey Chen 100 TBD Gautam Dey, Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory,

Thursday, March 19, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Biology Seminar - Ivan Dikic Chen 100 TBD 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,

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,

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 TBD 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