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.

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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.

Neuroscience Special Seminar – Antonio Aubry

Join us for a special talk featuring Dr. Antonio Aubry, Instructor, Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Attend in person or join us on Zoom! Please refer

Fall ’25 Biochem Seminar: Professor Michael Sattler

Dynamic RNA-protein interactions in A-to-I editing and biomolecular condensates in non- coding RNA pathways We employ integrative structural biology, combining solution NMR with complementary techniques and molecular dynamics to study

Neuroscience Special Seminar – J. Wren Kim

Join us for a special talk featuring Dr. J. Wren Kim, Assistant Project Scientist, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley. Attend in person or join us on Zoom! Please refer to

Photonics Initiative Seminar: Maria Antonietta Loi

Dr. Maria Antonietta Loi, University of Groningen COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOT SUPERLATTICES: TOWARDS OPTOELETRONIC METAMATERIALS Abstract – 3D superlattices made of colloidal quantum dots are a promising candidate for the next

Family Science Night

Don't be afraid of science; join us for Family Science Night at the CUNY ASRC. We will have fun science activities for all ages, braaiiinns, crystals, lasers, and more! Plus,

Fall ’25 Biochem Seminar: Professor Lillian Chong

Catching Rare Events in Action with Weighted Ensemble MD Rare biological and chemical events often lie beyond the reach of conventional simulations. The weighted ensemble (WE) path sampling strategy overcomes

Photonics Initiative Seminar: Francesco Valenti

Correlation length of radiation-induced errors in superconducting devices Abstract - Superconducting quantum electronics are a promising avenue towards fully fledged quantum computation. They are currently limited by their short coherence

Fall ’25 Biochem Seminar: Professor Peter B. Moore

Structural Biology: Past, Present and Future Between ~1950 and ~2010, X-ray crystallography was the experimental technique of choice for determining the structures of biological macromolecules at atomic resolution. It is

2nd Nanofabrication Research Showcase Day

We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming Research Showcase Day at the City University of New York’s Advanced Science Research Center Nanofabrication Facility. We invite all members of our state-of-the-art, shared-user cleanroom

Free

The Brain and The Environment Family Night

Join us for The Brain and The Environment Family Night at the CUNY ASRC on November 18th from 4:30 to 6:30 PM! This fun and educational evening will explore how

Photonics Initiative Seminar: Siddhartha Ghosh

Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh, Northeastern University Acoustic wave microsystems for chip-scale RF and optical signal processing Abstract:  Acoustic waves are well-suited for a variety of signal processing applications including RF filtering

Neuroscience Fall 2025 Seminar Series – Michelle Monje

Michelle Monje, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist, neuroscientist, and neurooncologist at Stanford University, where she has developed new treatments for brain cancer since 2011. Her interests are neurodevelopment, pediatric gliogenesis, chemobrain,