Niels Ringstad, Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at NYU School of Medicine, will give a talk titled 'Modulation of behavior by host-microbe interactions'. Gira Bhabha will co-host with Cristina Santarossa.

Jessica Garb, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Science at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, will give a talk titled 'Genomic explorations of silk production across the spider tree of life'. Andrew Gordus will host.

Bin Wu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biophysics & Biophysial Chemistry at JH SoM, will give a talk. Tatjana Trcek will host.

Michelle Kim, Managing Director at the RNA Innovation Center at JHU, will give a talk. Tatjana Trcek will host.

Paul Magwene, Professor in the Department of Biology at Duke University, will give a talk. Erik Andersen will host.