Molecular Biology and Genetics hosts a weekly seminar during the academic year, usually on Fridays at 4:00 p.m. in G10 Biotechnology Building. The seminar features a talk from a prominent scientist. Any deviations from our usual time, place, and location will be noted below.

Please email mbg-admin [at] cornell.edu (mbg-admin[at]cornell[dot]edu) at least 1 week in advance if you require accommodations to attend the event.

Our department sends out a weekly email that includes detailed information about that week's speaker, including a flyer. If you would like to join that mailing list please email mbg-admin [at] cornell.edu

August 29

David Fay, Professor, University of Wyoming

September 5

Martin Graef, Assistant Professor, Cornell University 

September 12

Yury Polikanov, Professor, University of Illinois Chicago 

September 19

Stas Shvartsman, Professor, Princeton University

September 26

Amy Walker, Associate Professor, UMASS Medical School 

October 3

Wolf Heyer, Distinguished Professor and Chair, UC Davis 

October 10 Racker Lecture 

Jack Szostak, Professor, University of Chicago

November 7

Sarah Cohen, Associate Professor, UNC School of Medicine

November 14

Chun Han, Associate Professor, Cornell University 

November 21

Stuart Newfeld, Professor, Arizona State University 

January 9

Ralph DeBerardinis, Professor, UT Southwestern 

January 16

James Hurley, Professor, UC Berkeley

February 6

Bing Ren, Professor, UC San Diego

March 20

Cornelis Murre, Distinguished Professor, University of California San Diego

April 3
Karthik Shekhar, Jr. Professor, UC Berkeley 

April 10
Takashi Akera, Lab Chief, NIH

May 1

Patrick Mitchell, Assistant Professor, University of Washington

May 8

Ivan Marazzi, Professor, University of California Irvine