Boston Science and Engineering Lectures Archive
Wednesday, January 4
10:30a. "Early Explorers." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Thursday, January 5
10a. "New England Habitats." Carol Govan, Artist, Naturalist. Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Rd, Framingham. Details, Abstract. First meeting of a course.
1p. "Prediction in Major Mood Disorders: Following the Advice of Kraepelin." Ross J. Baldessarini. McLean Hospital, Service Bldg, Pierce Hall. Details.
3:45p. "Resin or Not? Plant Exudates." Jorge Santiago-Blay. Arnold Arboretum: Hunnewell Building. Details, Abstract.
7p. "If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body." James Hamblin. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave. Details, Abstract.
7p. "The Internet is broken: Session-oriented networks are the answer." Patrick MeLampy. Verizon Technology Center, 60 Sylvan Rd, Waltham. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Saturday, January 7
1p. "Sounds of Winter." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Kinetic Sculptures." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
1p. "Basics of Biohacking." BosLab, 339R Summer St. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Sunday, January 8
10:30a. "Family Bird Walk." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Chain Reaction." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
Noon. "Open Source Microfluidics." Radhakrishna Sanka. BosLab, 339R Summer St, Somerville. Details, Abstract, Registration.
2p. "The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health." David R. Montgomery and Ann Bikle. Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Bldg, 125 Arborway. Details, Abstract, Registration.
January 9 - 13. "ComputeFest 2017 // Computational & Data Science Workshops." Harvard: Northwest B1 level. Details, Abstract, Registration.
January 9 - February 3. For the next few weeks MIT will host an exceptionally rich stew of events called Independent Activities Period. IAP is for members of the MIT community, but in my experience if unaffilated members of the public show a little common sense about which events to attend -- like staying away from events with enrollment caps -- they will not be turned away. I have posted a selection of the events about which there seems little question, but you might well find more possibilities if you look yourself. Details.
Monday, January 9
10a. "Transforming Surgery on Unborn Babies." Sebastien Ourselin. MIT: 32-D507. Details.
Noon. "Diet – Just another 4 letter word?" Eric Rimm. HMS: Countway Library, Minot Room. Details.
Noon. "Law of Gravitation." A Feynman film. MIT: 6-120. Details.
Noon. "Revealing Mechanisms Controlling the Dynamic Assembly of Contractile Machines." Jordan Beach. Brandeis: Rosenstiel 118. Details.
1p. "Counting Primes." David Vogan. MIT: 2-190. Details, Abstract.
1:30p. "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Gravitational Waves." Salvatore Vitale. MIT: 6-120. Details.
January 10 - 12. "Waste Management 101: Where Does Our Trash Go?" Ruth T. Davis and Libby McDonald. MIT: 4-159, N51-337. Details, Abstract, RSVP. RSVP required by January 6, 2017.
Tuesday, January 10
10 - 2p. "Wetland Shrubs in Winter." Roland "Boot" Boutwell. Garden in the Woods, 189 Hemenway Rd, Framingham. Details, Abstract.
2p. "Technological Improvement, Regulatory Avoidance, and the Case of Ride-hailing Services." Sara Ellison. MIT: E52-432. Details.
4p. "Revving the Metabolic Engine in Early Stage Cancer." Elizabeth Maher. Dana-Farber: Jimmy Fund Auditorium, 35 Binney St. Details.
4p. "Structural Elucidation of Innate and Adaptive Immunity." Hao Wu. MIT: 10-250. Details.
6p. "Of Penguins, Pinnipeds and Poisons: Shackleton's Antarctic Doctors." Paul Firth. MGH: Museum of Medical History and Innovation, 2 North Grove St. Details, Abstract, Registration.
6:30p. "The Vital Role of Seagrass in Marine Ecosystems." Barnabas Daru. Belmont Media Center, Belmont. Details, Abstract.
7p. "Perfectionism." Jesse Crosby. McLean Hospital: de Marneffe 132. Details.
7:30p. "6 More Things about 6." Brian D. Foy. A Meetup of the Boston Chapter of Perl Mongers. MIT: E51-376. Details.
7:30p. "Unraveling the Evolutionary History of Caddisflies." Paul Frandsen. Harvard: MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St. Details, Abstract.
January 11 - 12. "Basics of Biohacking." BosLab, 339r Summer St., Somerville. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
Wednesday, January 11
10:30a. "Early Explorers." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Relation of Mathematics to Physics." A Feynman film. MIT: 6-120. Details.
2p. "Fusion Energy and MIT's Pathway for Accelerated Demonstration with High-Magnetic Field Tokamaks." Zach Hartwig. MIT: 1-190. Details, Abstract.
2p. "Microtubule Rejuvenation." Manuel Thery. HMS: Goldenson 122. Details. Guests from non-Harvard affiliated institutions and hospitals please email cell_bio_events@hms.harvard.edu.
2:30p. "Equilibrium Shifts, Model Uncertainty and Global Games." Muhamet Yildiz. MIT: E52-432. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Alcator C-Mod tour." MIT: NW17-218. Details, Abstract.
6p. "The Thermal Resonance of Massive Buildings." Salmaan Craig. Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall Street. Details, Registration.
7 - 9p. "Earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States: before and after fracking..." Alan Kafka and Hannah Chambless. Weston Observatory: 381 Concord Rd., Weston. Details.
7p. "The Case Against Sugar." Gary Taubes. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave. Details, Abstract.
Thursday, January 12
Noon. "Neurobiology and Molecular Mechanisms of Fear and Post-Traumatic Stress." Kerry Ressler. McLean Hospital: Service Bldg, Pierce Hall. Details.
12:30p. "How Cryo-EM is Revolutionising Structural Biology: the structure of human gamma-secretase as an example." Sjors Scheres. HMS: C-114. Details. Non Harvard affiliated guests should email Cell_Bio_Events@hms.harvard.edu to confirm attendance.
2p. "Development of an Automated Vehicle Safety Stop System for Cardiac Emergencies." Hirofumi Aoki. MIT: 32-G882. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Probing Neural Circuits with Shaped Light." Na Ji. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder in Boys and Young Men: An Underserved Population." Alan Fruzzetti. A webinar. Details, Abstract, Registration. Webinar will be archived here.
6:30p. "Path to Better Graph Visualizations." Jalil. Teradata Labs, 330 Congress St. Details, Abstract.
7p. "Beyond Gutenberg: Access in the 21st Century." Anthony Marx. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Details.
7p. "Public Art 3D Printed." Chris Templeman. Artisan's Asylum: 10 Tyler St, Somerville. Details.
8p. "The Wallace Observatory at 45: Charting a Course for the Future." Tim Brothers. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St. Details, Abstract.
Friday, January 13
3:15p. "Trail Detectives Club." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Great Conservation Principles." A Feynman film. MIT: 6-120. Details.
1p. "High-Energy-Density Physics Lab Tour." Cody Parker and Graeme Sutcliffe. MIT: NW17-218. Details, Abstract.
2p. "High-Energy-Density Physics on NIF." Warren Hsing. MIT: NW17-218. Details, Abstract.
Saturday, January 14
10:30a. "Winter Tree Identification." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "App Inventor." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
Sunday, January 15
Noon. "Experimazing: Fun Indoor and Outdoor Experiments!" Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Scratch." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
Tuesday, January 17
Noon. "Symmetry in Physical Law." A Feynman film. MIT: 6-120. Details.
12:30p. "Engineering the Cancer Genome." Tyler Jacks. Brandeis: Gerstenzang 121. Details.
4p. "Clusters of Galaxies: Laboratories for Probing the Interplay between Baryons and Dark Matter." Esra Bulbul. Brandeis: Abelson 131. Details.
7p. "Unintuitive and Insecure: Fixing the Failures of the Authentication User Experience." Jared Spool. Vistaprint, 275 Wyman St, Waltham. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
7p. "Protecting Boston's Most Urban River - Citizen Science, Water Quality, and River Herring Restoration on the Mystic River." Andy Hrycyna. Notheastern: Marine Science Center, Murphy Bunker, 430 Nahant Rd., Nahant. Details, Abstract.
7p. "Unintuitive and Insecure: Fixing the Failures of the Authentication User Experience." Jared M. Spool. Vistaprint, 275 Wyman St, Waltham. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Wednesday, January 18
10:30a. "Early Explorers." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
11a. "Precision and Plasticity in Animal Transcription." Angela DePace. MIT: Whitehead Institute, McGovern Auditorium. Details.
Noon. "Social Reward: Basic Mechanisms and Autism Pathogenesis." Gul Dolan. HMS: NRB 0350. Details.*
12:30p. "Food-Grade Nanoparticles: Properties, applications, gastrointestinal fate, and potential toxicity." David Julian McClements. HSPH: 1-1302, 665 Huntington Ave. Details, Abstract.
1:30p. "Drug Hypersensitivity and Desensitization." Maria Castells. Wyss Institute, Rm 521, 3 Blackfan Circle. Details< Abstract.
4p. "Mirror-Image Genetic Replication and Transcription." Ting Zhu. Harvard: Geological Museum 102. Details, Abstract.
6:30p. "Red Hat OCID and Container Security." Daniel J. Walsh. MIT: E51-315. Details, Abstract.
7p. "Keeping It STEADI." Lisa Sene. Talamas Event Space, 149 California St, Newton. Details, RSVP.
Thursday, January 19
8:30 - 5:30p. "Data, Dollars, and Algorithms: The Computational Economy." A symposium. Harvard Science Center B. Details, Abstract, Registration.
10a. "Quality Cancer Care and Support." HMS: Countway Library, Minot Room. Details.*
Noon. "Cautionary Tales: The Interface of Pain, Addiction, and Psychiatric Comorbidity." John Renner. McLean Hospital: Service Bldg, Pierce Hall. Details.
Noon. "Deciphering Cancer: Modulating immunoregulatory pathways to treat tumors." A webinar. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Distinction of Past and Future." A Feynman film. MIT: 6-120. Details.
4p. "Interpretable Neural Models for Natural Language Processing." Tao Lei. A thesis defense. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
4:30p. "Engineering Tools for Modeling Vascular Biology." Biju Parekkadan. Boston Children's: Enders Bldg, Folkman Auditorium, 300 Longwood. Details.*
5p. "Deep Learning Workshop -- Part II." Anchor Room 121, 50 Milk St, Boston. Details, Abstract, Registration.
5p. "Suicide in BPD." Igor Weinberg. McLean Hospital: Service Bldg, Pierce Hall. Details.
5:30p. "Mapping Microbiomes at the Micron Scale." Gary Borisy. Harvard: 24 Oxford St, Room 310. Details.
6p. "Quantitative Modeling and Simulation Approaches: Driving Critical Decisions from Research through Clinical Trials." John Burke. Broad Institute, 415 Main St, Cambridge. Details, Abstract.
6:30p. "The Future of Legal Hacking. Is Artificial Intelligence the answer?" A Meetup and Panel discussion. Suffolk University Law School, Sergeant Hall Function Room, 120 Tremont St. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
7p. "Unintuitive and Insecure: Fixing the Failures of the Authentication User Experience." Jared Spool. MIT: E51-345. Details, Abstract.
7:30p. "Photographing our Galaxy's Black Hole." Michael Johnson. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St. Details, Abstract.
7:30p. "Photons over Electrons: Optical Fiber Sensors for Measuring Small Signals in Harsh Environments." Caleb Christenson. Lincoln Lab, 3 Forbes Rd, Lexington. Details, Abstract.
Friday, January 20
Noon. "Probability and Uncertainty." A Feynman film. MIT: 6-120. Details.
1p. "Mathematics of Big Data." Jeremy Kepner. MIT: 2-190. Details, Abstract.
1:30p. "Engineering Quantum Systems." William Oliver. MIT: 6-120. Details.
2p. "Glass Flowers Gallery Talk." Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St. Details, Abstract.
Saturday, January 21
9:30 - 12:30p. "Drawing Butterflies and Moths in Colored Pencil." Erica Beade. Harvard Museum of Natural History. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Scratch." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
Sunday, January 22
Noon. "3D Printing." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
1p. "Conifers in Winter." Robbie Apfel, Arboretum Docent. Arnold Arboretum, Bussey Street Gate. Details, Abstract, Registration.
2:30p. "Seeing Climate Change in Your Backyard." Alyssa Rosemartin. Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Bldg. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Monday, January 23
11a. "On Growth and Form." L. Mahadevan. Applied Math Lab. MIT: McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute. Details.
Noon. "Seeking New Laws." A Feynman film. MIT: 6-120. Details.
1p. "Wavelets." Laurent Demanet. MIT: 2-190. Details, Abstract.
1:30p. "An Introduction to Weather Forecasting." Lodovica Illari. MIT: 54-915. Details.
1:30p. "The First Stars." Alex Ji. MIT: 37-252. Details, Abstract.
2p. "Giant Telescopes." Gabor Furesz. MIT: 37-252. Details, Abstract.
1:30p. "Neutrinos from Fission: From basic science to 'practical things'..." Rachel Carr. MIT: 6-120. Details.
3:15p. "A Predictive Theory for the Atmospheric Circulation of Hot Jupiters." Tad Komacek. MIT: 54-915. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Protein Engineering Strategies for the Development of Viral Immunotherapies and Vaccines." Jonathan Lai. Brandeis: Gerstenzang 121. Details.
Tuesday, January 24
1p. "Consequences of the Declining Marriage-Market Value of Men for Marriage, Fertility, and Children's Living Circumstances." David Autor. MIT: E52-432. Details.
2p. "From Zika Virus to Lyme Disease - Integrated Pest Management in Schools." A panel discussion. A webinar. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
3p. "Materials Lab Workshop: Metal." Francesca Bewer. Harvard Art Museums, Materials Lab. lower level. Details, Abstract, Registration.
4p. "Discovering a New Approach to Cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey and Gravitational Waves." Marcelle Soares Santos. Brandeis: Abelson 131. Details.
4p. "Mitochondrial Parts, Pathways and Pathogenesis." Vamsi Mootha. MIT: 32-123. Details.
4p. "US Communications at a Crossroads." Tom Wheeler, Chairman, FCC. . HLS: Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A (room 2036 on the second floor). Details, RSVP. A video of this talk will be posted.
5:15p. "Urban and Immigration History on the Digital Frontier." A panel discussion. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
6p. "Data Visualizations that Bring Data to Life." Julie Rodrigues and Piotr Kaczmarek. Boston Public Library. Details, Abstract, Registration.
6p. "EnergyVision: A Pathway to a Modern, Sustainable, Low Carbon Future." Peter Shattuck. National Grid, Rooms: Valley A&B. Details, Abstract.
6:30p. "Reconstructing the Evolution of Stars." Robert Simcoe. Belmont Media Center, 9 Lexington St, Belmont. Details.
6:30 - 8:30p. "Virtual Teams in Engineering Projects: Managing Complexities, Expectations and Cultural Factors Successfully." Daniel McGrath. 39 Marrett Rd, Lexington. Details.
Wednesday, January 25
10:30a. "Early Explorers." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Changing Anxious Minds: Cognitive Bias Modification from the Lab to the Real World." Courtney Beard and R. Kathryn McHugh. McLean Hospital: Service Bldg, Pierce Hall. Details.
Noon. "How Unusual Are Recent U.S. Northeast Coast Mean Sea Level Changes?" Christopher Piecuch. Harvard: Geological Museum 204. Details.
1:30p. "Estimating the Locations of Past and Future Large Earthquake Ruptures in California using Recent M=4 Events." John Ebel. Harvard: Geological Museum 310. Details.
2p. "How the Universe Magnetizes Itself: Instabilities, turbulence and magnetic reconnection." Nuno Loureiro. MIT: 1-190. Details, Abstract.
2p. "Modeling FUS and C9ORF72 diseases: a Crucial Step Towards Therapeutic Development in ALS and Frontotemporal Dementia." Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne. BU: Keefer Auditorium. Details.
3p. "Neural Machine Translation and Other AI Projects at Google." Mike Schuster. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Active Swimmers and Passive Flyers." Eva Kanso. Harvard: Pierce 209. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Breaking into Language: How infants find structure in patterned input." Casey Lew-Williams. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
4:30p. "A Global Perspective on Obesity-Related Health Disparities in the United States." Shiriki K. Kumanyika. BU: Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord. Details, Registration . vent will be live-streamed at http://www.bu.edu/sph/live.
5:30 - 9p. "Climate Preparedness in Massachusetts." A conference. MIT: 32-123. Details, Abstract, Registration.
6p. "Food for Thought: The Power and Potential of Food as an Educational Tool." A Panel Discussion. Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall S. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
6:30p. "Age of Consequences." A film screening and a Q&A with film producer Sophie Robinson. Harvard Museum of Natural History: Geological Museum. Details.
Thursday, January 26
7:45a. "Rethinking the American Diet: Optimally Unifying Environmental and Nutritional Sciences." Gidon Eshel. Harvard Club, 374 Commonwealth Ave. Details.
8:30p. "Dissecting Diversity: Developing Tools to Probe Bacterial Biology at a Single Cell Level." Sarah Fortune. Fortune Lab. Harvard: Geological Museum 310, 24 Oxford St. Details.
Noon. "Changing Anxious Minds: Cognitive Bias Modification from the Lab to the Real World." Courtney Beard Elias and R. Kathryn McHugh. McLean Hospital: Service Building, Pierce Hall. Details.
Noon. "Combining Continuous and Discrete Representations in Speech, Sign, and Gesture." Kate Davidson. Harvard: WJH 765. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Free Independent Health Records." Adrian Gropper. Harvard: Berkman Klein Center, 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room. Details, Abstract, RSVP. This event will be webcast.
Noon. "The Healthier City: Manchester's new approach to health and social care." Keynote and panel discussion. Nancy Rothwell. HSPH: Kresge G2 Details, Registration.
12:30p. "Orchestrating Aging Across a Troubled Soma." Andrew Dillin. HMS: Bldg C, Cannon Room. Details.*
1p. "Data Visualization Done Differently." Jonathan Schwabish. MIT: E51-325. Details, Abstract.
2p. "The Era of Gravitational-wave Astronomy." Carl Rodriguez. MIT: 37-252. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Arthropod Brains and Their Cambrian Antecedents: Correspondence, Divergence, and Evolutionary Stability." Nicholas Strausfeld. Harvard: BioLabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave. Details, Abstract.
4p. "The Past, Present, and Future of 21cm Cosmology." Adrian Liu. Brandeis: Abelson 131. Details.
4:30p. "Functional Neurological Disorders: Scientific and Ethical Challenges." Jon Stone and David L. Perez. HMS: TMEC 227, 260 Longwood Ave. Details, Abstract, Registration.*
6 - 9p. "Gotthard Tunnel – A Record Breaking Engineering Marvel Under the Swiss Alps." Herbert Einstein. swissnex Boston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge. Details.
6 - 10p. "Primacy & Arrowstreet." Booz Allen Hamilton, 50 Milk St, 20th flr, Boston. Details.
6:30p. "Why Don’t We All have Cancer? Natural Immunity Against the Transformed Self." Mark Cobbold. Aeronaut Brewert, 14 Tyler St, Somerville. Details.
Friday, January 27
3:15p. "Trail Detectives Club." Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details, Abstract, Registration.
8:30a. "Dissecting Diversity: Developing tools to probe bacterial biology at a single cell level." Sarah Fortune. Sarah Fortune Lab. Harvard: 24 Oxford, Room 310. Details.
10:30a. "Influence of Early Experience on Sensory and Non-Sensory Processing." Dan H. Sanes. BU: ERB 203, 44 Cummington Mall. Details, Abstract.
11:15a. "RNA Duplexes and the Spliceosome: Basepairing is just the Beginning." Aaron Hoskins. Brandeis: Rosenstiel 118. Details.
Noon - 2p. "Solar Observing." Michael J. Person. MIT North Court. Details, Abstract. Weather Permitting.
4p. "The Crumpled State: crumpling dynamics and the evolution of damage networks." Shmuel Rubinstein. Harvard: Pierce 209. Details, Abstract.
Saturday, January 28
10:30a. "Winter Backyard Birding." Boston Nature Center: 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details.
Noon. "3D Printing." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
7p. "The 39th Annual Science Fiction Marathon." MIT: 26-100. Details.
Sunday, January 29
Noon. "App Inventor." MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details.
Monday, January 30
11a. "How Can We Trust a Robot?" Benjamin Kuipers. MIT: 32-D463. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Fifty Years of Plate Tectonics." Jason Morgan. Harvard: Geological Museum 102, 24 Oxford St. Details, Abstract.
12:10p. "Development and Evolution of Land Plant Rooting Systems." Liam Dolan. Arnold Arboretum, Weld Hill Lecture Hall, 1300 Centre St. Details.
12:15p. "Group Creativity: Lessons from Synthesis Centers?" Edward Hackett, Vice Provost for Research, Brandeis. Harvard: 262, Bowie-Vernon Room, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge Street Details.
12:30p. "Bacterial Genomics and its Translation to an Improved Understanding and Diagnosis of Infectious Disease." Maha Farhat. HMS: Countway Library, Minot Rm. Details, Abstract.*
1p. "The Value of Predictability and the Difficulty of a Good Forecast." Spencer Glendon. MIT: E51-335. Details.
1:30p. "Medical Physics." Udi Meirav. MIT: 6-120. Details.
2p. "Network Control of Metastasis." Gabor Balazsi. Huntington University: 177 Huntington Ave, 11th floor. Details. Please bring a photo ID when entering the building.
2:30p. "Exploring the Universe from Near to Far with the Chandra X-ray Observatory." Mike Nowak. MIT: 37-252. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Sketching and Streaming Algorithms." Jelani Nelson. Harvard: Maxwell Dworkin G115. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Climate Science 101: Fundamentals of Climate Science." Justin Bandoro. MIT: E51-325. Details, Abstract.
6p. "Introduction to Economics and Policy of Climate Change: How Will You Design a Climate Policy?" Minghao Qiu. MIT: E51-325. Details, Abstract.
7p. "A Fish Called Wanda." Catherine Dulac will discuss the science of attraction. A Coolidge Science on Screen event. Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St. Details, Abstract.
January 31 - February 1. "COMSOL Multiphysics Intensive Training." COMSOL, Inc., 100 District Avenue, Burlington. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Tuesday, January 31
10a. "From Gene Discovery to Novel Therapeutics in Autism Spectrum Disorder." Joseph Buxbaum. MIT: 46-3002. Details.
Noon. "An Excursion to Collect Tropical Fungi in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique." Jason Karakehian. Harvard: Herbarium Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Ave. Details.
Noon. "Not Bugs, But Features: Hopeful Institutions and Technologies of Inequality." Dan Greene. HLS: Wassersteing B010. Details, Abstract, RSVP. This event will be webcast.
12:30p. "Hormone-Altering Chemicals: Fertility and Health Implications." A forum. A webcast. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
12:30p. "How do Hibernators Deal with Temperature Extremes?" Elena Gracheva. Brandeis: Gerstenzang 121. Details.
3p. "Teaching Old Glass New Tricks: some unconventional problems in geometric optics." Matthew Brand. Harvard: Pierce 209. Details.
4p. "Charting the Response to DNA Damage." Daniel Durocher. Durocher Lab. Harvard: Jimmy Fund Auditorium, 35 Binney. Details.
4p. "Expanding Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets for Neurodegenerative Diseases." Aaron Gitler. MIT: 46-3310. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Roman warships in Experiment: Reconstruction and Sailing Tests." Hans Moritz Guenther. MIT: 37-252. Details, Abstract.
4p. "The Extraordinary Lives of Supermassive Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies." Francisc Muller-Sanchez. Brandeis: Abelson 131. Details.
5p. "Climate Science 102: The Global Climate System and Climate Modeling." Justin Bandero. MIT: E51-325. Details, Abstract.
5:45p. "Highlights of What We have Learned about Pluto from NASA's New Horizons Mission." Cathy Olkin. MIT: 4-270. Details, Abstract.
6p. "International Climate Governance and the Role of the United States." Arun Singh and Michael Davidson. MIT: E51-325. Details, Abstract.
6:30p. "Paper Airplanes." John Collins. Harvard: Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium. Details, Abstract.
*Admission to Harvard's medical area buildings often requires ID issued by a "Harvard Medical School Affiliate". A list of these institutions can be consulted here. Persons interested in events in the medical area that are not explicitly public, that have sponsors with whom they have no experience, and who are unsure if their ID will guarantee access, might want to email the contact person cited in the details page and ask. Inquiries directed at the HMS Dept of Genetics should be emailed to esexton@genetics.med.harvard.edu (or 617-432-7666) at least one day before the event. Events in the medical area that do not carry an asterisk are those that I think are prepared to receive the unaffiliated.
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