Back to Events Friday Evening Lectures Overview 2023 Friday Evening Lectures 2022 Friday Evening Lectures 2021 Friday Evening Lectures 2020 Friday Evening Lectures 2019 Friday Evening Lectures 2018 Friday Evening Lectures 2017 Friday Evening Lectures 2016 Friday Evening Lectures 2015 Friday Evening Lectures Home What's Happening 2024 Friday Evening Lectures 2021 Friday Evening Lectures Whether you’re in Woods Hole or halfway around the world, join us for this venerable MBL event bringing our local and global communities together live from the newly named Cornelia Clapp Auditorium. Suggestions for future Friday Evening Lecturers are welcome and may be sent to FEL@mbl.edu. June 18 - “The Biological Revolution in Mental Health Care and its Aftermath: Why It Happened, Why it Stalled, and What Might Happen Next” E.B. Wilson History and Philosophy of Science LectureAnne Harrington, Harvard University watch the harrington lecture see Harrington event info June 25 - “How I Have Scientific Fun: Discoveries, Mechanisms, Therapeutics, and Learning” Glassman LectureTimothy Springer, Harvard Medical School watch the springer lecture see Springer event info July 2 - “Understanding Human Origins, From the Bottom of the Sea” Segal LecturePeter de Menocal, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution watch the de Menocal lecture see de menocal event info July 9 - “A Liquid Paradigm for Biological Organization” Porter LectureClifford Brangwynne, Princeton University; HHMI watch the Brangwynne lecture see brangwynne event info July 16 - “The Future of Brain Disorder Treatment: Breakthrough Technologies and Ethics” Forbes LectureGuoping Feng, McGovern Institute watch the feng lecture see feng event info July 23 - "How Do You Feel: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Itch, Touch and Pain" Diana Bautista, University of California, Berkeley watch the Bautista lecture see bautista event info July 30 - “Epigenetics—Not Genetics—Specifies Complex Behavior in Ant Societies” Shelley Berger, University of Pennsylvania watch the Berger lecture see berger event info August 6 - “Phage Therapy to Combat Infections by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria” Paul Turner, Yale University watch the turner lecture see turner event info August 13 - “Big, Diverse, and Standardized: The Use of NEON Data in Scientific Discovery” Paula Mabee, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Battelle watch the mabee lecture see mabee event info More MBL Events 2024-25 Falmouth Forum For more than 30 years, the Falmouth Forum, presented by the Friends of the MBL, has brought free cultural enrichment to our community. View the Falmouth Forum Archives MBL Video Center Our Video Center hosts videos from our courses, lectures and events. Click to view all MBL Video Center videos.
2024-25 Falmouth Forum For more than 30 years, the Falmouth Forum, presented by the Friends of the MBL, has brought free cultural enrichment to our community. View the Falmouth Forum Archives
MBL Video Center Our Video Center hosts videos from our courses, lectures and events. Click to view all MBL Video Center videos.