Events

View Department CalendarFall 2025 Colloquium Schedule

  • Picower Institute Symposium: Circuits of Survival and Homeostasis

    A daylong symposium on circuits that link body and brain to maintain homeostasis and shape behavior
    • Scientific Presentations
    Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025, 9:30AM - 4:30PM
    Singleton Auditorium, 46-3002; register in advance
    10/21/2025 09:30 AM 10/21/2025 04:30 PM America/New_York Picower Institute Symposium: Circuits of Survival and Homeostasis A daylong symposium on circuits that link body and brain to maintain homeostasis and shape behavior Singleton Auditorium, 46-3002; register in advance

  • Ragon Institute Immunology Seminar Series: Catherine Blish, Stanford University School of Medicine

    "NK cell regulation of antibody responses"
    • Scientific Presentations
    Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025, 12:00PM
    Schwartz Auditorium, Ragon Institute; ring the intercom at the main entrance and you will be let in by security
    10/21/2025 12:00 PM America/New_York Ragon Institute Immunology Seminar Series: Catherine Blish, Stanford University School of Medicine "NK cell regulation of antibody responses" Schwartz Auditorium, Ragon Institute; ring the intercom at the main entrance and you will be let in by security

  • Colloquium: Lauren Goins, Stanford

    "Spatial and temporal coordination of cell cycle and cell fate during blood cell development"; hosted by Adam Martin
    • Colloquium Series
    Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025, 4:00PM
    32-123
    10/21/2025 04:00 PM America/New_York Colloquium: Lauren Goins, Stanford "Spatial and temporal coordination of cell cycle and cell fate during blood cell development"; hosted by Adam Martin 32-123

  • Whitehead Institute Special Seminar: Dianne K. Newman, Caltech

    "Unveiling low-power survival strategies on life's metabolic edge"; hosted by Ruth Lehmann
    • Scientific Presentations
    Thursday, Oct 23, 2025, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
    McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute; light food and refreshments will be available outside the auditorium at 11:45AM
    10/23/2025 12:00 PM 10/23/2025 01:00 PM America/New_York Whitehead Institute Special Seminar: Dianne K. Newman, Caltech "Unveiling low-power survival strategies on life's metabolic edge"; hosted by Ruth Lehmann McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute; light food and refreshments will be available outside the auditorium at 11:45AM

  • Whitehead Institute Special Seminar: Amy Maddox, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    "Cytoskeletal mechanisms of cell shape change in cytokinesis and oogenesis”; hosted by Iain Cheeseman
    • Scientific Presentations
    Monday, Oct 27, 2025, 10:00AM
    68-180
    10/27/2025 10:00 AM America/New_York Whitehead Institute Special Seminar: Amy Maddox, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Cytoskeletal mechanisms of cell shape change in cytokinesis and oogenesis”; hosted by Iain Cheeseman 68-180

  • Whitehead Institute Innovation Initiative Seminar Series: Jaspreet Sandhu (Weissman Lab), Henry Kilgore (Young Lab)

    Discover how researchers are using AI and advanced computational methods to drive biological discovery
    • Scientific Presentations
    Monday, Oct 27, 2025, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
    Whitehead Auditorium
    10/27/2025 11:00 AM 10/27/2025 12:00 PM America/New_York Whitehead Institute Innovation Initiative Seminar Series: Jaspreet Sandhu (Weissman Lab), Henry Kilgore (Young Lab) Discover how researchers are using AI and advanced computational methods to drive biological discovery Whitehead Auditorium

  • Thesis Defense: Dominic Schwarz

    Lourido lab I “A systematic analysis of Myb domain–containing proteins in Toxoplasma gondii”
    • Thesis Defenses
    Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025, 9:00AM
    McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute
    10/28/2025 09:00 AM America/New_York Thesis Defense: Dominic Schwarz Lourido lab I “A systematic analysis of Myb domain–containing proteins in Toxoplasma gondii” McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute

  • Thesis Defense: Michelle Peters

    Lourido lab I “Translational control tunes protein expression across the Toxoplasma gondii life cycle”
    • Thesis Defenses
    Friday, Oct 31, 2025, 1:00PM
    Luria Auditorium, Koch Institute, (76-156)
    10/31/2025 01:00 PM America/New_York Thesis Defense: Michelle Peters Lourido lab I “Translational control tunes protein expression across the Toxoplasma gondii life cycle” Luria Auditorium, Koch Institute, (76-156)

  • Colloquium: Gira Bhabha, Johns Hopkins

    Title: "Extreme cell biology of a minimal eukaryotic pathogen"; hosted by Joey Davis
    • Colloquium Series
    Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025, 4:00PM
    32-123
    11/04/2025 04:00 PM America/New_York Colloquium: Gira Bhabha, Johns Hopkins Title: "Extreme cell biology of a minimal eukaryotic pathogen"; hosted by Joey Davis 32-123

  • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program Seminar: Sara Prescott, MIT

    "Body-Brain Pathways of the Vagus Nerve"
    • Scientific Presentations
    Friday, Nov 7, 2025, 4:00PM - 5:00PM
    Singleton Auditorium, 46-3002; this event is part of a series
    11/07/2025 04:00 PM 11/07/2025 05:00 PM America/New_York Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program Seminar: Sara Prescott, MIT "Body-Brain Pathways of the Vagus Nerve" Singleton Auditorium, 46-3002; this event is part of a series

  • BridgeRD: clinical genetics meets functional genomics for rare diseases

    A daylong interdisciplinary gathering to accelerate functional characterization and improve clinical care of rare diseases
    • Professional Development
    Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025, 9:00AM - 3:00PM
    Whitehead Institute; register in advance
    11/12/2025 09:00 AM 11/12/2025 03:00 PM America/New_York BridgeRD: clinical genetics meets functional genomics for rare diseases A daylong interdisciplinary gathering to accelerate functional characterization and improve clinical care of rare diseases Whitehead Institute; register in advance

  • Colloquium: Jeffrey Ratmell, University of Chicago

    Title: TBD. Hosted by Alison Ringel
    • Colloquium Series
    Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025, 4:00PM
    32-123
    11/18/2025 04:00 PM America/New_York Colloquium: Jeffrey Ratmell, University of Chicago Title: TBD. Hosted by Alison Ringel 32-123

  • MIT Biophysics Seminar Series: Mustafa Aydogan, Columbia University

    The Aydogan Lab studies the principles of biological timing in animal development, metabolism, and disease; hosted by Gene-Wei Li
    • Scientific Presentations
    Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025, 10:45AM
    Duboc Room, 4-331; this event is part of a bi-weekly series
    11/19/2025 10:45 AM America/New_York MIT Biophysics Seminar Series: Mustafa Aydogan, Columbia University The Aydogan Lab studies the principles of biological timing in animal development, metabolism, and disease; hosted by Gene-Wei Li Duboc Room, 4-331; this event is part of a bi-weekly series

  • Colloquium: Elcin Unal, University of California, Berkeley

    Title: "Meiotic Differentiation: How to Create Life out of Programmed Destruction"; hosted by Yadira Soto-Feliciano
    • Colloquium Series
    Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025, 4:00PM
    32-123
    12/02/2025 04:00 PM America/New_York Colloquium: Elcin Unal, University of California, Berkeley Title: "Meiotic Differentiation: How to Create Life out of Programmed Destruction"; hosted by Yadira Soto-Feliciano 32-123

  • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program Seminar: Gord Fishell, Harvard Medical School

    "Making up your mind: the integration of interneurons into cortical circuits"
    • Scientific Presentations
    Friday, Dec 5, 2025, 4:00PM - 5:00PM
    Singleton Auditorium, 46-3002; this event is part of a series
    12/05/2025 04:00 PM 12/05/2025 05:00 PM America/New_York Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program Seminar: Gord Fishell, Harvard Medical School "Making up your mind: the integration of interneurons into cortical circuits" Singleton Auditorium, 46-3002; this event is part of a series

  • Poster Session #1

    • Graduate Student Events
    • Other Scientific Presentations
    Friday, Jan 9, 2026, 3:00PM - 5:00PM
    68-180 and 181
    01/09/2026 03:00 PM 01/09/2026 05:00 PM America/New_York Poster Session #1 68-180 and 181

  • Poster Session #2

    • Graduate Student Events
    • Other Scientific Presentations
    Friday, Jan 16, 2026, 3:00PM - 5:00PM
    68-180 and 181
    01/16/2026 03:00 PM 01/16/2026 05:00 PM America/New_York Poster Session #2 68-180 and 181