# Bios: The Sciences of Life ## Bios: The Sciences of Life Talk Series *Bios* will host conversations with scholars across the life sciences and social sciences. It is envisaged as a bridge to help connect us to the most exciting research in biology (and its permutations in bioengineering, biopharma, biotech, and biosecurity). We seek to host speakers from a range of contexts and viewpoints—including academia, industry, regulatory, and research perspectives. ![stylized flowers, plants, double helix, and pills](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2026-09/Bios%20Fall2026Speakers%20poster%5B13%5D.jpg?itok=RvbgzF4g) ### Upcoming Talks The talk series will meet on virtually on select Fridays from 1:00 to 3:30pm. [### Bios Talk: Brandon Ogbunu - The Rules of Genome Engineering: Lessons from History and Speculative Fiction ](/event/bios-talk-brandon-ogbunu-rules-genome-engineering-lessons-history-and-speculative-fiction)September 18, 2026 | 1:30PM - 3:00PM EDT | Virtual Virtual C. Brandon Ogbunu is an Associate Professor (Tenure) in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is a computational biologist whose research investigates complex problems in... ![Brandon Ogbunu smiling in front of a brick and concrete wall](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-09/Bios%20Banners%202026-2027-1-Bios%20Sep%2018%20-%20C.%20Brandon%20Ogbunu_1.png?h=1a928ba5&itok=wLGHNCqq) [### Bios Talk: Angela Creager - Forms of Life or Chemicals? Microbes and the US Regulation of Biotechnology ](/event/bios-talk-angela-creager-forms-life-or-chemicals-microbes-and-us-regulation-biotechnology)October 2, 2026 | 1:30PM - 3:00PM EDT | Virtual Virtual Angela N. H. Creager is the Thomas M. Siebel Professor in the History of Science and chair of the Department of History at Princeton University. Author of Life Atomic: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine (University of Chicago Press, 2013)... ![Angela Creager smiling](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-09/Bios%20Banners%202026-2027-2-Bios%20Oct%202%20-%20Angela%20Creager_1.png?h=ccd059cb&itok=AXzzA9qu) [### Bios Talk: Hallam Stevens - Experiments with Life in China's Experimental City: BGI, DNA, and Shenzhen ](/event/bios-talk-hallam-stevens-experiments-life-chinas-experimental-city-bgi-dna-and-shenzhen)October 16, 2026 | 1:30PM - 3:00PM EDT | Virtual Virtual Hallam Stevens is an historian of science and technology whose work examines the intersections between the life sciences and information technologies. He is the author of Life Out of Sequence: A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics (2013), Biotechnology... ![Hallam Stevens smiling with leaves in background](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-09/Bios%20Banners%202026-2027-3-Bios%20Oct%2016%20-%20Hallam%20Stevens_2.png?h=50b8edf6&itok=FtX63gNn) [### Bios Talk: Paul Turner - Leveraging Evolution: Thinking in the Development of Phage Therapy ](/event/bios-talk-paul-turner-leveraging-evolution-thinking-development-phage-therapy)October 30, 2026 | 1:30PM - 3:00PM EDT | Virtual Virtual Dr. Paul Turner is the Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at Yale University, and faculty member in the Microbiology Graduate Program and in the School of Public Health at Yale School of Medicine. He obtained a BA in Biology... ![Paul Turner with glasses smiling in front of lab equipment](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-09/Bios%20Banners%202026-2027-4-Bios%20Oct%2030%20-%20Paul%20Turner.png?h=d8e30a5c&itok=i7at5Po5) [### Bios Talk: Hans-Jörg Rheinberger - My Itinerary Toward a Historical Epistemology of the Life Sciences ](/event/bios-talk-hans-jorg-rheinberger-my-itinerary-toward-historical-epistemology-life-sciences)November 13, 2026 | 1:30PM - 3:00PM EST | Virtual Virtual Hans-Jörg Rheinberger is Director emeritus at the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. He studied philosophy, linguistics, and biology in Tübingen and Berlin. His academic stations include Berlin, Stanford, Lübeck, and Salzburg. From... ![Hans-Jörg Rheinberger in front of bookcase full of books](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-09/Bios%20Banners%202026-2027-5-Bios%20Nov%2013%20-%20Hans-Jo%CC%88rg%20Rheinberger.png?h=6c4f42d1&itok=3YJAvRCG) Attend the Talks ### All Are Welcome Members of the Harvard community from all schools are invited to attend. Please feel free to join us [via Zoom](https://harvard.zoom.us/j/99866066270). ### Series Organizers [### Rijul Kochhar ](/people/rijul-kochhar)Assistant Professor of the History of Science ON LEAVE AY2026-2027 ![Rijul Kochhar life science image](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/Picture1RK_0.jpg?itok=WMPVBkGg) [### Alexandra Halberstam ](/people/alexandra-halberstam) ![Halberstam headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Halbertstam%20Headshot.jpg?itok=pBqa6FQz) [### Elizabeth Karron ](/people/elizabeth-karron-0) ![Karron](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hos/files/karron_-_headshot.jpg?itok=Hg33yIzv) ### Series Sponsors This talk series is co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Department of the History of Science. ![Harvard University Asia Center Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-09/HUAC_shield_HORIZ_2C.png?itok=VmOiZhVI) [### Harvard University Asia Center ](https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/) ![History of Science Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/History%20of%20Science%20pink.png?itok=ZtpEG9kV) [### Department of the History of Science ](/) ## Fall 2026 Schedule ![Fall 2026 Bios Schedule](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/2026-09/Bios%20Fall2026Speakers%20poster.jpeg?itok=cazhd5ME)