2025 Friday Evening Lectures

2025 Friday Evening Lectures

Whether you鈥檙e in Woods Hole or halfway around the world, join us for this venerable 小蓝视频 lecture series.

Lectures are free and open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance. No registration required for in-person attendance. Doors open at 7:30 PM, lectures start at 8 PM in the Cornelia Clapp Auditorium.

Suggestions for future Friday Evening Lecturers are welcome and may be sent to FEL@mbl.edu.

Holden Thorpe
June 13 - 鈥淪taying True to the Indispensable Values of Science鈥

E.B. Wilson History and Philosophy of Science Lecture
Holden Thorp, Editor-in-Chief, Science

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Gerald Downes
June 20 - 鈥淶ebrafish at the Frontline: Investigating Epilepsy Genes and Cultivating New Science Leaders鈥

Juneteenth Lecture
Gerald Downes, Associate Professor, College of Natural Sciences, UMASS Amherst

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Phil Newmark
June 27 - 鈥淔rom Planarians to Parasites: Mechanisms Regulating Germ Cells and Developmental Plasticity鈥

Phil Newmark, Burnell R. Roberts Chair in Regenerative Biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research

This lecture will not be recorded.

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Mary Lou Guerinot
July 11 - 鈥淚t鈥檚 Elementary: Making Food More Nutritious鈥

Glassman Lecture
Mary Lou Guerinot, Ronald and Deborah Harris Professor in the Sciences, Department of Biology, Dartmouth College

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Geraldine Seydoux
July 18 - 鈥淧hysics Meets Biology: How Vinaigrette Informed Our Understanding of Cellular Organization鈥

Geraldine Seydoux, Sheldon Professor of Medical Discovery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Vanessa Ruta
July 25 - "Mechanisms of Adaptive Behavior: From Moments to Millennia"

Forbes Lecture
Vanessa Ruta, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Professor; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Jennifer Morgan
August 1 - 鈥淣o Ordinary Vampire Fish: Insights from Sea Lampreys on Neuroscience and Human Health鈥

Jennifer Morgan, 小蓝视频 Senior Scientist and Director of the Bell Center

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Ethan Bier
August 8 - 鈥淭he Promise of Gene-Drives and Other Active Genetic Systems鈥

Porter Lecture
Ethan Bier, Professor of Biology, University of California Davis

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Blanton Tolbert
August 15 - 鈥淔rom Curiosity to Discovery: My Quest for Excellence in RNA Science鈥

Blanton Tolbert, Jacob Gershon-Cohen Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania

This lecture will not be recorded.

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