Monday Seminar Series

Our weekly series occurs every Monday (excluding holidays and University closures) and features exciting talks from speakers around the world and right here in our own department backyard.

Systems Seminar Series

Our seminar series is intended to highlight the research of leaders and pioneers in the fields of systems, synthetic, and quantitative biology. Our format is a ~50 minute traditional presentation followed by 10-15 minutes for questions at the end of each talk.

Trainee Talks Series

Event Calendar

Our internal speaker series which allows trainees in the department an opportunity to deliver their cutting edge research and receive friendly feedback from their peers and department leadership Our format are two speakers per session giving a ~20 minute traditional presentation followed by Q&A for each trainee.

Upcoming Monday Seminar

Speakers

  • Samantha Morris

    Dr. Samantha Morris, Ph.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital & the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, is an Allen Distinguished Investigator, and New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Investigator.

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  • Cameron Myhrvold

    Dr. Cameron Myhrvold, Ph.D is a lead PI at Princeton University in the Department of Molecular Biology

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  • Mo Khahil

    Dr. Mo Khahil is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Founding Associate Director of the Biological Design Center at Boston University (BU). He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and Co-Director of a NIH/NIGMS T32 PhD Training Program in synthetic biology

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  • Arjun Raj

    Dr. Arjun Raj is a Principal Investigator
    Professor of Bioengineering, SEAS
    Professor of Genetics, PSOM at the University of Pennsylvania

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  • Louis Colson | Sean McGeary

    Louis Colson, PhD Student, SEAS Program, Lu Lab

    Sean McGeary, Postdoc Fellow, Klein Lab

  • Mike Levin

    Dr. Mike Levin is a Professor, Biology Vannevar Bush Professorship, Biology Distinguished Professor, The School of Arts and Sciences Professor, Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University

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  • Coralie Dessauges | Noah Olsman

    Coralie Dessauges, Postdoc Fellow, Sorger Lab

    Noah Olsman, Postdoc Fellow, Paulsson Lab

  • Philipp Niethammer

    Dr. Philipp Niethammer is a Professor of Cell Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer |Institute.

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  • Jim Collins

    Dr. Jim Collins is the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science at MIT

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  • Sanne Boersma | Michal Chappleboim

    Sanne Boersma, Postdoc Fellow, Oyler-Yaniv Lab

    Michal Chappleboim, Postdoc Fellow, Megason Lab

  • Jonathan Weissman

    Dr. Jonathan Weissman is a Professor of Biology at MIT; Core Member, Whitehead Institute; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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  • Max Brambach | Simon D'Oelsnitz

    Max Brambach, Postdoc Fellow, Oyler-Yaniv Lab

    Simon D’Oelsnitz, Fellow, Synthetic Biology HIVE

  • Celeste Nelson

    Dr. Celeste M. Nelson is a Wilke Family Professor in Bioengineering at Princeton University |Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Director, Program in Engineering Biology

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  • Leeat Keren

    Dr. Leeat Keren is The Fred and Andrea Fallek President’s Development Chair Weizmann Institute of Science

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  • Natalia Orlovsky | Ignas Mazelias

    Natalia Orlovsky, PhD Student, Mitchison Lab

    Ignas Mazelias, PhD Student, Klein Lab

  • Qiong Yang

    Dr. Qiong Yang is the Associate Professor of Biophysics at University of Michigan

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  • Rajesh Ranganath

    Dr. Rajesh Ranganath is a Assistant Professor at the Courant Institute at NYU in Computer Science and at the Center for Data Science.

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  • Aaron Schmidt

    Dr. Aaron Schmidt is the Director, Harvard Program in Virology and a Associate Professor, department of Microbiology

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  • Boyan Li | Dora Mahecic

    Boyan Li, PhD Student, Mitchison Lab

    Dora Mahecic, Postdoc Fellow, Paulsson Lab

  • Airlia Shaffer | Courtney Shearer

    Airlia Shaffer, Postdoc Fellow, Lahav Lab

    Courtney Shearer, PhD Student, Marks Lab

  • James Taggart | Sarah Gurev/Noor Youssef

    James Taggart, PhD Student, Klein Lab

    Sarah Gurev/Noor Youssef, Postdoc Fellows, Marks Lab

  • Rikki Garner | David Miller

    Rikki Garner, Postdoc Fellow, Megason Lab

    David Miller, Postdoc Fellow, Lahav Lab

Monday Seminar Series Organizers

  • Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv

    SB Faculty Member

  • Alon Oyler Yaniv

    SB Instructor

  • Sanne Boersma

    SB Postdoc- Trainee Talks Co-Coordinator

  • Sahand Hormoz

    SB Faculty Member

  • Jennie Epp

    SB Staff

  • Lisa McCalla

    SB Staff