2025 Friday Evening Lectures

2025 Friday Evening Lectures

This page will be updated as more information becomes available.

Whether you91יre in Woods Hole or halfway around the world, join us for this venerable MBL 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 - 91לStaying True to the Indispensable Values of Science91ם

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

Gerald Downes
June 20 - 91לZebrafish at the Frontline: Investigating Epilepsy Genes and Cultivating New Science Leaders91ם

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

Phil Newmark
June 27 - 91לFrom Planarians to Parasites: Mechanisms Regulating Germ Cells and Developmental Plasticity91ם

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

Mary Lou Guerinot
July 11 - 91לIt91יs Elementary: Making Food More Nutritious91ם

Glassman Lecture
Mary Lou Guerinot, Professor of Biology, Dartmouth University

Geraldine Seydoux
July 18 - 91לPhysics Meets Biology: How Vinaigrette Informed Our Understanding of Cellular Organization91ם

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

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

Jennifer Morgan
August 1 - 91לNo Ordinary Vampire Fish: Insights from Sea Lampreys on Neuroscience and Human Health91ם

Jennifer Morgan, MBL Senior Scientist and Director of the Bell Center

Ethan Bier
August 8 - 91לThe Promise of Gene-Drives and Other Active Genetic Systems91ם

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

Blanton Tolbert
August 15 - 91לFrom Curiosity to Discovery: My Quest for Excellence in RNA Science91ם

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

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