Bioinformatics Seminar

The Bioinformatics Seminar is co-sponsored by the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Theory of Computation group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). The seminar series focuses on highlighting areas of research in the field of computational biology. This year, we are hoping to highlight three topics: (1) deep learning approaches for biology/biomedicine, (2) algorithms for genomics, and (3) computational methods for understanding and modeling evolution.

Fall 2026

Lectures are on Wednesdays, 11:30am - 1:00pm ET
Location: 32G-575 (Stata Center at MIT; Gates Tower; 5th Floor)
Zoom link for virtual attendants: https://mit.zoom.us/j/95319499071

Date Speaker Title/Abstract

*Indicates the speaker will be presenting over Zoom. Otherwise, they will be presenting in person.

Past Terms

A listing of the Bioinformatics Seminar series home pages from prior terms.

Organizers and Information

The Bioinformatics Seminar is hosted by MIT Simons Professor of Mathematics and head of the Computation and Biology group at CSAIL Bonnie Berger. Professor Berger is also Faculty of Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology, Associate Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Faculty of MIT CSB, and Affiliated Faculty of Harvard Medical School.

The seminar is announced weekly via email to members of the seminar's mailing list and to those on CSAIL's event calendar list. It is also posted in the BioWeek calendar.

Bonnie Berger: bab@mit.edu

Megan Le (TA): meganle@mit.edu

To be added to the seminar's email announcement list or for any questions you have about the seminar, please mail bioinfo@csail.mit.edu and cc TA Megan Le (meganle@mit.edu).

If you plan to enroll in the associated course, 18.418/HST.504: Topics in Computational Molecular Biology, please contact Professor Berger (bab@mit.edu) and cc TA Megan Le (meganle@mit.edu) for more information.