Convening meetings, workshops, seminars, and public programs is a key part of the mission at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center promoting collaboration between campus-based faculty, ASRC faculty, theorists, and experimentalists across New York City.

Event and Space Rentals

The ASRC offers event and meeting spaces that can accommodate up to 100 guests for your next conference, reception, meeting, workshop, film shoot, or private event.

Joint Nanoscience & Structural Biology Seminar: Wilhelm Huck, Radboud University Nijmegen

Dissipative systems showing signs of life Speaker: Wilhelm Huck Radboud University Nijmegen Abstract Complex networks of chemical reactions together define how life works. We are familiar with the metabolic networks studied in biochemistry, and in recent decades many regularly recurring network motifs have been uncovered that are responsible for much of the functional behaviour in

2019 CUNY Biophysics Symposium

This symposium brings together CUNY theorists and experimentalists in the expansive field of biophysics, giving us a chance to share recent research findings and discuss plans for future joint endeavors. We are pleased to welcome the three following keynote speakers: Qiang Cui, Professor of Chemistry, Boston University – “Exploring Membrane Remodeling by Protein and Nanoparticles”

Structural Biology Special Seminar: Lina M. Gonzalez, MIT, Voight Lab

Resilient Living Materials Built By Printing Bacterial Spores Speaker Lina M. Gonzalez Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Voight Lab Abstract A route to advanced multifunctional materials is to embed them with living cells that can perform sensing, chemical production, energy scavenging, and actuation. A challenge in realizing this potential is that the conditions for keeping cells alive

LAMP: Liquid Art Media Project

Explore the art behind “Cell Biology’s New Phase” Join scientists, artists, and beyond for a free hands-on organic art experience using analog projection and fluid interactions, all inside the dome of the CCNY Planetarium! Registration Register online now » Hosted by: Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle, Ph.D. Structural Biology Initiative, The Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate

Social Media for Scientists Lunch & Learn Workshop

Want to Become a Science Influencer? Then please join Graduate Center Social Media Coordinator Coralie Carlson for an hour-long brown bag lunch & learn where she’ll cover how you can effectively use social media to promote science! This workshop is for ASRC faculty, students and staff who want to quickly bone up on best practices

Lab Safety Training

Lab safety training for ASRC researchers and core facility users. Contact: Aldo Orlando, aldo.orlando@asrc.cuny.edu

Anniversary Lecture: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK 

Anniversary Lecture: Termination of Translation in Bacteria and Eukaryotes Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Ph.D. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK Thursday, September 26, 2019 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm ASRC Auditorium In all domains of life, the termination of protein synthesis during translation is triggered by the entry of a stop codon on mRNA into the A

Lab Safety Training

Lab safety training for ASRC researchers and core facility users. Contact: Aldo Orlando, aldo.orlando@asrc.cuny.edu

Lab Safety Training

Lab safety training for ASRC researchers and core facility users. Contact: Aldo Orlando, aldo.orlando@asrc.cuny.edu

New York Cryo-EM Meeting

Structural biology meeting about the latest advances in cryo-EM from the New York area. Program details TBD.

The ASRC @ 5: Showcasing Interdisciplinary Excellence

The CUNY ASRC is designed to inspire and enable interdisciplinary research that brings together scientists from across CUNY’s 25 campuses and beyond to create solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. As we mark our fifth year of work, we invite fellow faculty, staff, and students from across CUNY and beyond to join

Lab Safety Training

Lab safety training for ASRC researchers and core facility users.

Cybersecurity for Small Business

The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, NY District Attorney's Office, and NYC & Company have partnered to offer "Cybersecurity for Small Business", to provide information and tools for NYC businesses. The expert panel will discuss threats, best practices, and tools available to mitigate risk.