🧫🗣 11 Biotech Talks and Seminars

A lot of cutting-edge science talks have recently become accessible to the public for the first time. Here are completely free seminars on biotech breakthroughs.

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Biotech Talks #1

EBRC Virtual Seminar Series

Excellent seminars on synthetic biology, cellular differentiation, microbes, biomaterials, and more. Organized by @EngBioRC.

ebrc.org/ebrc-virtual-s…
Biotech Talks #2

Aging Science Talks

Efforts to understand the molecular basis of aging have recently opened interesting and challenging research directions.

Check out these great talks @agingscitalks and associated Slack community.

lamminglab.org/agingscitalks.…
Biotech Talks #3

Keystone Virtual Symposia

Due to COVID, many recent symposia have gone virtual, covering a diverse cross-section of biology. @KeystoneSymp includes keynotes, panels, and poster sessions.

virtual.keystonesymposia.org
Biotech Talks #4

The Broad Institute Seminars

@BroadInstitute has been sharing these recordings for a while.

Highlights: Population Genetics; the Models, Inference, and Algorithms (MIA) meetings; and the Genome Engineering 5.0 series.

broadinstitute.org/videos
Biotech Talks #5

The Front Row

@ScrippsResearch features innovators in numerous scientific areas, emphasizing scientific solutions to societal issues.

youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Biotech Talks #6

Genome Engineering Seminar Series

@HarvardMed hosts speakers pushing the frontiers of gene editing techniques and applications. (Recordings online!)

Follow @GenomeSeminars to stay up to date on their latest seminars.

gess.hms.harvard.edu/home
Biotech Talks #7

EUSynBioSeminars

@EUSynBioS hosts speakers on some of the cutting-edge methods in synthetic biology.

As far as I can tell, they don't post recordings, so you'll need to register ahead of time.

eusynbios.org/upcoming-events
Biotech Talks #8

Allen Institute Hindsight 2020 Virtual Series

This virtual series, hosted by @AllenInstitute, features leading researchers on analyzing changes in cell lineage during development. Organized by @JShendure and @ElowitzLab.

allen-lineage.org/portfolio-item…
Biotech Talks #9

Dana-Farber Targeted Protein Degradation Webinars

Talks @DanaFarber on protein degrading approaches for undruggable targets. Hosted and recorded every other week on Thursdays by @DFCI_ChemBio.

…afarbertargetedproteindegradation.org
Biotech Talks #10

DF/HCC Connect:Science

Another series of talks from @DanaFarber @df_hcc, inviting global leaders in cancer biology, immune oncology and other fields.

dfhcc.harvard.edu/events/dfhcc-c…
Biotech Talks #11

Human Cell Atlas Seminars

The Human Cell Atlas hosts world-class speakers in single cell assays and analysis, applied to Developmental and Systems Biology.

humancellatlas.org/biological-net…

youtube.com/playlist?list=…
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