This Town Talk will be presented by Joonhoo Lee from Harvard University. Lee will explore the subtleties of realizing quantum advantages in computational chemistry. Drawing on several projects from his research group, he will offer fresh perspectives on how to think about what quantum computing...
This town talk will be presented by Taekjip (TJ) Ha, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical School. Did you know that proteins are nano-scale machines that help us think, dance and keep the threat of cancer at bay? Did you know that...
Can a virus be turned into a cure? Clodagh O'Shea, of the Salk Institute will present "When the Cure Is a Virus: Reprogramming a Killer to Fight Cancer." O'Shea, who holds the Wicklow Chair at Salk and has been named an HHMI Faculty Scholar and...
Phil Bevilacqua, from Penn State University, will present breakthroughs in RNA medicine over the last decade including using CRISPR for gene editing, developing mRNA vaccines for stopping pandemics and curing cancer, and the investigating the roles of RNA in the origin of life itself. He...
This town talk will be presented by Lukasz Joachimiak, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center. Tau is a protein in brain cells that normally helps support their internal structure. In more than 25 brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, tau can misfold and clump together into harmful...
This town talk will be presented by David Lacy, University of Buffalo. How did the atoms in the universe come together to form life? At the heart of this mystery is the conversion of small molecules into the building blocks of life, driven by metallocofactors—enzyme-like...
This town talk will be presented by Matthias Heyden, Arizona State University. Water is far more than a refreshing drink — its unique molecular properties make life possible. By forming a dynamic network of weak chemical bonds, water acts as both a selective solvent and...
Creating with AI is a hands-on workshop that teaches you how to develop exceptional marketing content while preserving your brand voice. If you’ve been overwhelmed by the surge of AI tools and aren’t sure what’s actually useful, this workshop cuts through the noise. You’ll see...
This town talk will be presented by Derek Posselt, Principal Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. If you live on planet Earth, you have had to worry about the weather at some point. Most of us have heard some version of the expression: "If you don't...
Lucy Hutyra, Boston University Our city trees offer well-known benefits—from cooling overheated neighborhoods to sequestering carbon—but the story is far from simple. This talk examines how trees grow in the challenging urban environment and the ecological trade-offs they face. We’ll explore how cities might balance...
