Thursdays at 2:00 pm in the Armenise Amphitheater (unless otherwise noted)

For more than 25 years, the Cell Bio Seminar Series has featured outstanding researchers studying key questions in cell biology and related fields. This series takes place every other week on Thursdays, alternating with a seminar series hosted by our neighboring department, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology (BCMP). During their visit, invited researchers meet with faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows. These talks are open to all members of the Harvard research and medical communities, including those based in affiliated hospitals.

Seminars will be in-person only in the Armenise Amphitheater typically from 2:00 - 3:00 pm on Thursdays starting in January 2025 due to construction on the West Quad. Seminars denoted with * will be on Wednesdays at 12:30 pm. For more information, please contact cell_bio_events@hms.harvard.edu.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, BCMP seminars will be also in-person only in the C-Building Cannon Room, typically from 2:00 - 3:00 pm on Thursdays. For more information, contact: Kristen_Parker@hms.harvard.edu.

Please sign up for seminar notifications or check our calendar for exceptions.

Current Academic Year

DATESPEAKERTITLEHOST (Dept)
Thurs, Sept 4, 2025Taekjip Ha, Ph.D.Biophysical principles of genome organization and repairDavid Pellman (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Sept 11, 2025Jennifer Phillips-CreminsThe Science of Connections: Bridging chromatin, synaptic plasticity, and neurophysiologyXin Zhou (BCMP)
Thurs, Sept 18, 2025Luke Gilbert, Ph.D.Repurposing CRISPR to turn genes on and offJoan Brugge (Cell Bio)
Wed, Oct 1, 2025*Elizabeth Campbell, Ph.D.Mechanistic Strategies to Exploit Transcriptional Vulnerabilities in Mycobacterium tuberculosisLucas Farnung (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Oct 16, 2025Jason CrawfordMetabolism at the Human-Microbe Interface
(BCMP)
Thurs, Oct 23, 2025Yuki Oka, Ph.D.Brain-body communication underlying homeostatic functionsRachel Wolfson (Cell Bio)
Fri, Oct 31, 2025Phil Zamore (BCMP)
Thurs, Nov 6, 2025L. Stirling Churchman, Ph.D. Susan Shao (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Nov 20, 2025James Collins 
(BCMP)
Thurs, Dec 4, 2025Christian Vaisse, M.D., Ph.D. Dan Finley (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Dec 11, 2025Neel Shah (BCMP)
Thurs, Dec 18, 2025Ron Breaker, Ph.D. Xin Gu (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Jan 8, 2026Nada Jabado, OC, M.D., Ph.D. Danesh Moazed (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Jan 15, 2026TBD TBD (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Jan 22, 2026Karin Reinisch (BCMP)
Thurs, Jan 29, 2026Maximiliano Gutierrez, Ph.D. Tom Kirchhausen (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Feb 5, 2026Ben Black (BCMP)
Thurs, Feb 12, 2026Joan Massagué, Ph.D. Pere Puigserver (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Feb 26, 2026Elizabeth Grice (BCMP)
Thurs, Mar 5, 2026Jin Zhang (BCMP)
Thurs, Mar 12, 2026Shixin Liu (BCMP)
Thurs, Mar 19, 2026Samara Reck-Peterson, Ph.D. Davie Van Vactor (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Mar 26, 2026Ekaterina Vinogradova (BCMP)
Thurs, Apr 2, 2025Jessica Spinelli, Ph.D. Brendan Manning (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Apr 9, 2026Jeannie Lee (BCMP)
Wed, Apr 15, 2026*Erin Schuman, Ph.D. Susan Shao (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Apr 30, 2026Gary Ruvkun (BCMP)
Wed, May 6, 2026*Helen Blau, Ph.D. Bruce Spiegelman (Cell Bio)
Thurs, May 14, 2026Sophia Liu (BCMP)
Thurs, May 21, 2026Gero Miesenböck, M.D. Steve Liberles (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Jun 4, 2026Mark Lemmon (BCMP)
Thurs, Jun 11, 2026James Olzmann, Ph.D. Neng Wan (Cell Bio)
Thurs, Jun 18, 2026Carl Wu (BCMP)