為加強學術交流，本所定期舉辦學術演講，邀請國內外學者專家來訪，並藉此與院內其他各所及院外學校機構互相交換研究經驗及心得。尤其值得一提的是近年來舉辦的"Frontiers in Biology"演講系列，邀請有特殊貢獻並有影響力的國際知名學者來台，就其最新研究成果與國內學者分享。此外，本所亦推動或與國內學術單位合辦國際性研討會，邀請國內外頂尖分子生物學者專家參與，以充分達到學術交流之目的。
| Date and Time | Type | Speaker | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 20, 1:45 pm | Frontier | Dr. Grant McFadden | Oncolytic Virotherapy with Myxoma Virus (Hosted by Dr. Yu-Chan Chao) | IMB B1 Auditorium |
| Tue, Nov 20, 2:35 pm | Frontier | Dr. Charles M. Rice | New Insights into Intrinsic Antiviral Immunity (Hosted by Dr. Wen Chang) | IMB B1 Auditorium |
| Tue, Nov 20, 3:40 pm | Frontier | Dr. Ethan M. Shevach | Mechanisms of T Regulatory Cell-Mediated Suppression (Hosted by Dr. Nan-Shih Liao) | IMB B1 Auditorium |
| Tue, Nov 20, 4:30 pm | Frontier | Dr. Jae U. Jung | Immunopathogenesis of Emerging Arboviruses: Zika Virus and SFTS Virus (Hosted by Dr. Ming-Zong Lai) | IMB B1 Auditorium |
| Fri, Nov 30, 11:00am | Special | Dr. Robert Blelloch | MicroRNA Regulation of Early Mammalian Development (Hosted by Dr. Jun-An Chen) | IMB 1F Auditorium |
| Tue, Dec 11, 11:00am | Seminar | Dr. Matthias Heinemann | A CDK-Independent Metabolic Oscillator Orchestrates the Budding Yeast Cell Cycle (Hosted by Dr. Sheng-hong Chen) | IMB 1F Auditorium |
| Thu, Dec 13, 11:00am | Seminar | Dr. Michael McDonald | Tracking Adaptation in Recombining Experimental Populations of Microbes, and the Predictability of Evolution (Hosted by Dr. Jun-Yi Leu) | IMB 1F Auditorium |