Department Community

  • The Department Retreat 2022 Science Talks

    Galit Lahav, Chair, gives her opening remarks at the 2022 Department Retreat

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    October 2021 Fest on the HMS Quad

    A few Paulsson lab members pose for a pic at the Fall First Friday

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    First Friday's on the HMS Quad

    (left to right : Becky Ward, Natasha O’Brown, Ashwini Jambhekar, and Scott Lovitch)

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    2020 Virtual Department Holiday Party

    Even remote, the Department Holiday Party was a sweet success

  • Summer "Friday Freeze"

    Summer "Friday Freeze"

    Every summer we host a DEI sponsored “Friday Freeze” on the quad!

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    Thankfulness Tree

    Fall 2021 we created a thankfulness tree for folks to write what got them through the year. What resulted was a tree full of happiness

  • Halloween 2020

    LabOps dressed as the hottest commodity in pandemic plasticware #15mlconicals

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    Tunes on the Quad

    Sometimes you just have to lay down a nice beat to get the party going.- brought to you by Silver Lab’s own DJ Laser

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    Butterfly Connection

    These origami butterflies created by department members, allowed us all to feel less isolated. as we returned from remote work

  • Department Happy Hours

    Happy Hour returned after almost three years with a stunning luminescent theme from the Megason Lab

  • Department Halloween Costume Party 2022

    The party of the decades!

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    SSQB PhD Program Retreat

    Our SSQB graduate students experienced a weekend of science and fun in Portsmouth, NH

  • DEI Working Group Lunch

    The DEI Working Groups got together for a picnic lunch this summer to plan new projects and celebrate the successes of the past year

  • A Celebration of Synthetic Biology October 2022

    An event that brought together folks from throughout the area interested in using synthetic biology to address the pressing problems of climate change, food insecurity, and much more.

  • Dept Postdoc Group Winter Party 2023

    A few of our Dept. Postdocs got together with hot cocoa and cookies to celebrate another successful year!

  • Sysbio|HiTS Spring Party at the New England Aquarium

    A few of our Systems Biology Department Graduate Students enjoying food, fun, and the fish!

    Photo credit Steven Lipofsky

  • First Generation Student Mixer

    First-Gen Initiative, a new Systems Biology DEI group, inaugural afternoon of food, drinks, and socializing on Wednesday May 24th from 4-6 PM on the Harvard Longwood Campus

  • Spring 2023 Department Bake-Off Competition!

    Our Spring competition featured entries of cakes, cookies, and more!

  • Department Retreat 2023

    Poster Sessions at night 1 of the 2023 Department retreat in Portsmouth, NH. Featuring the Lahav Lab!

  • Breakout Sessions at the 2023 Department Retreat

    Chatting with other folks about your projects while developing working relationships across the department (and sometimes there are snacks involved)

  • Games

    Friendly competition amongst colleagues at the 2023 Department Retreat!

  • First Generation College Student Summer Social

    Our DEIB Fellowship Working Group for First Generation College students hosted their summer social in June of 2023!

  • Summer Celebration for Pam Silver

    An evening celebrating Pam Silver and her induction to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

  • 2023 Summer Undergraduate Program Interns

    Celebrating our Systems Biology Program Interns

  • 2023 Halloween Costume Party

    When the lab accidentally creates a blocky universe portal instead of building their Halloween costumes.

Check out previous department retreats and events from past years at Systems Biology

Department Events

  • Social Hour

    Monthly Fridays at the Sysbio 5th floor kitchen you can find a majority of the department coming together for food and drink while we decompress from the work week and help each other with answering the questions halting research

  • Seminar Series

    We host a variety of continual seminar series and frequent guest speakers!

    Learn more here

  • Synbio Hive Cookie & Tea Time

    Once a week stop by the WAB 563 conference room to learn about the Synthetic Biology Hive Initiative

    Learn more here

  • Postdoc Community

    Quarterly gathering of our postdocs to with guest speakers that discuss a variety of topics

    If you are a Sysbio Postdoc and are interested in being added to the listserv for postdoc events,

    Please email us here