Program

2026 SDB Northeast Regional Meeting

Friday, May 1, 1:00 PM - Sunday, May 3, 12:00 PM

Keynote Speakers

headshot of Scott Edwards

Harvard University
headshot of Jennifer Zallen

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Invited Speakers

Kenneth Birnbaum

New York University
Johanna Kowalko

Lehigh University
Romain Madelaine

Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Ricardo Mallarino

Princeton University
Jennifer Mitchel

Wesleyan University
Nandan Nerurkar

Columbia University
Spencer Nyholm

University of Connecticut
Margherita Perillo

Marine Biological Laboratory
Jil Preston

University of Vermont
Andrew Swafford

Middlebury College
Boris Tezak

Wesleyan University
Jessica Whited

Harvard University

Education Session -


Let’s talk science: The how and why of sharing your science with everyone

Soophie Crane

Transom Story Lab
Executive Director
James Dao

Boston Globe 
Editorial Page Editor

 

 
Carole LaBonne

Northwestern University
SDB Past-President
Thomas Moakley

Massachusetts State Representative