Thursdays at 2:00 pm in the Cannon Room (C Building, Room 135) until the end of 2024

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.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, Cell Bio seminars will be in-person only in the C-Building Cannon Room, typically from 2:00 - 3:00 pm on Thursdays. Seminars denoted with * will be on Wednesdays at 12:30 pm. Seminars will move to the Armenise Amphitheater in January 2025 due to construction on the West Quad. 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)
    Sept 5, 2024Stavroula Hatzios, Ph.D.Redox regulation of host-microbe interactionsPhil Cole (BCMP)
    Sept 12, 2024Bernd Bukau, Ph.D.Mechanisms of co-translational folding and assembly of newly synthesized proteinsDan Finley (Cell Bio)
    Sept 19, 2024Shu-ou Shan, Ph.D.Decision making during protein biogenesis: on the ribosome and beyondAlan Brown (BCMP)
    Sept 26, 2024Amy Gladfelter, Ph.D.Lessons in cytoplasmic organization from giant cellsDavid Pellman (Cell Bio)
    Oct 3, 2024Dan Larson, Ph.D.Kinetic proofreading in transcription and splicingSteve Buratowski (BCMP)
    Oct 10, 2024Greg Alushin, Ph.D.Visualizing cellular force-sensing through the cytoskeletonRadhika Subramanian (Cell Bio)
    Oct 30, 2024Lori Passmore, Ph.D.POSTPONED
    K. Adelman & J. Walter (BCMP)
    Nov 14, 2024Naama Barkai, Ph.D.How do transcription factors recognize their binding sites in large genomes? Can intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) lead the way?S. Buratowski & K. Struhl (BCMP)
    Nov 20, 2024Carol Robinson, Ph.D.Mass spectrometry of membrane protein targets - from recombinant complexes to regions of the brainSteve Blacklow (BCMP)
    Nov 21, 2024Kathryn Wellen, Ph.D.How nutrients leave their mark: Metabolism, histone modification, and gene regulation in physiology and cancerMarcia Haigis (Cell Bio)
    Dec 5, 2024James Hurley, Ph.D. 
    Alan Brown (BCMP)
    Dec 12, 2024Danica Fujimori, Ph.D.Antibiotic-Nascent Peptide Interactions in Translation InhibitionSusan Shao (Cell Bio)
    Dec 19, 2024Bruno Correia, Ph.D. BCMP Trainees (BCMP)
    Jan 9, 2025Valentina Greco, Ph.D.  Joan Brugge (Cell Bio)
    Jan 16, 2025Steve Bell, Ph.D.  J. Walter & J. Loparo (BCMP)
    Jan 23, 2025Orian Shirihai, M.D., Ph.D. Nika Danial (Cell Bio)
    Jan 30, 2025Ed Boyden, Ph.D. Steve Blacklow (BCMP)
    Feb 6, 2025Stavros Lomvardas, Ph.D. Danesh Moazed (Cell Bio)
    Feb 13, 2025Andrew Carter, Ph.D. Alan Brown (BCMP)
    Feb 27, 2025Yael David, Ph.D.  Lucas Farnung (Cell Bio)
    Mar 6, 2025Tanja Kortemme, Ph.D. Xin Zhou (BCMP)
    Mar 13, 2025Geraldine Seydoux, PhD. Danesh Moazed (Cell Bio)
    Mar 20, 2025Natalia Jura, Ph.D. Alan Brown (BCMP)
    Mar 27, 2025Christina Woo, Ph.D. Emma Fink/Ana Galesic (Cell Bio)
    April 3, 2025Sebastian Klinge, Ph.D. Steve Harrison (BCMP)
    Apr 10, 2025Tom Rando, M.D., Ph.D.  Pere Puigserver (Cell Bio)
    April 17, 2025Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, Ph.D. Xin Zhou (BCMP)
    Apr 30, 2025*Holly Ingraham, Ph.D.  Steve Liberles / Randy King (Cell Bio)
    May 1, 2025David Julius, Ph.D. Steve Liberles / Randy King (Cell Bio)
    May 8, 2025Jennifer Listgarten, Ph.D. Xin Zhou (BCMP)
    May 15, 2025Danny Lew, Ph.D.  David Pellman (Cell Bio)
    May 22, 2025Aaron Streets, Ph.D. TJ Ha (BCMP)
    June 5, 2025Jared Rutter, Ph.D. Bruce Spiegelman (Cell Bio)
    June 12, 2025TBA BCMP
    June 18, 2025*Sam Bakhoum, M.D., Ph.D.  Lew Cantley (Cell Bio)
    June 26, 2025TBA BCMP