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GCC Mental Health Monthly Seminar

Matters of the Heart: Contributions of Psychoneuroimmunology to Spousal BereavementChris Fagundes, Rice University

Keck Seminar, Wenyi Wang, PhD

Tumor cell total mRNA expression shapes the molecular and clinical phenotype of cancerWenyi Wang, PhDProfessor, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterLink to register for […]

CANCELLED: Hot Topics in Imaging Seminar Series

Due to power outages, the GCC Hot Topics in Imaging Seminar originally scheduled for February 17, has been postponed.This series is sponsored by the GCC Translational Imaging Cluster. Check back each month for […]

POSTPONED: Keck Seminar, M. Neal Waxham, PhD

*Due to blackouts, Dr. Waxham's talk will be rescheduled*M. Neal Waxham, PhDWilliam M. Wheless III, Professor In Biomedical Sciences, Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at HoustonCryo-EM as […]

Keck Seminar, George Golovko, PhD

George Golovko, PhDAssistant professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, The Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics (SCSMB), University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonLink to register for this […]

CMB Weekly Seminar

Nirakar Sahoo, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Keck Seminar, Matthieu G. Gagnon, PhD

Matthieu G. Gagnon, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonCryo-EM structures of ribosome complexes reveal new insights into bacterial translation initiationLink to […]

Keck Seminar, Katherine Paige Lemon, MD, PhD

Katherine Paige Lemon, MD, PhDAssociate Professor, Pediatric-Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of MedicinePicking sides: competition and cooperation in human nasal microbiotaLink to register for this talk:https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIuf-murDspHt0HxPyToXmNGbrBWheVipMd

Keck Seminar, Junghae Suh, PhD

From Academia to the Deep End of Industrial Drug Discovery ResearchJunghae Suh, PhDVice President, Gene Therapy Accelerator Unit, Biogen Inc.Link to register for this talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlcuqvrzsuEtEyxRL90DF9QmPYQdn574ymClick here to download flyer

Keck Seminar, Robert Tillman, PhD

Robert Tillman, PhDFaculty Development Specialist National Research Mentoring Network Master FacilitatorLinkedIn: Where Your Network WorksLink to register for this talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sfu2trzMtGdHAgDYyvSVKobyfrrUEfo7I  Click here to download flyer

Keck Seminar, Greg Cuny, PhD

Designing RIPK2 kinase inhibitors for blocking NOD cell signalingGreg Cuny, PhDAssociate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of HoustonLink to register for this talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtcuCvrD8qG9OqRHW72vI-CyYx1XYuF6PUClick here to download flyer

Future of Immunology Conference

Confirmed speakers include Dario Vignali, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Linda Saif, The Ohio State Univ.; Bali Pulendran, Stanford Univ.

Keck Seminar, Margie Moczygemba, PhD

Margie Moczygemba, PhDAssociate Professor, Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, IBT, Texas A&M UniversityAutomated high-throughput flow cytometry-based assays for cancer drug discoveryLink to register for the talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApdeuurzsvE9HLe-oMaBtM2PV7arUYtGKg 

2nd Annual Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Conference

Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, United States

Please save the date for this exciting conference and stay tuned for speaker updates.  James Inglese, NIH/NCATS is confirmed.More information can be found on the conference website.

May #Pain2021 Workshop

Genetics of PainWelcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer CenterModerator: Kyle Baumbauer, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center 1:00pm Genomic Instability and Host-microbiome Interactions in the Bowel: Implications for Pain and […]

Rigor and Reproducibility Workshop

1st place winner of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017 Innovations in Research and Research Education Award, this exciting workshop brings together highly acclaimed experts in rigor and reproducibility […]

GCC Mental Health Research Junior Faculty Seminar

Bryan Denny, Rice Univ., will present Examining the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation Training: Behavioral, Linguistic, and Neural Evidence and Douglas Engelke, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston, will present A Hypothalamic-thalamostriatal […]

June #Pain 2021 Workshop

Genetic Interrogation of Spinal Cord CircuitsWelcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer CenterModerator: Helen Lai, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern1:00pm Wired for Touch: The Role of Social Touch in Pain ModulationVictoria […]

#Pain2021 July Seminar- Pain Neuroimaging

1:00pm Using Functional MRI to Study Brain Mechanisms Underlying Sex and Age Differences in an Animal Model of Chronic Osteoarthritis PainJoyce Da Silva, University of Maryland Baltimore1:15 pm Brain Reward […]

Keck Seminar, Jane Grande-Allen, PhD

Jane Grande-Allen, PhDProfessor, Bioengineering, Rice UniversityBiophysically Faithful Biomaterial Platforms for Cardiovascular and Intestinal Mechanobiology

September #Pain2021 Workshop

 Pain in Clinical PopulationsModerator: Stacey Gorniak, PhD, Univ. of HoustonWelcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center1:00pm Cognition, Expectations, and Risk for Chronic PainSimon Haroutounian, Washington Univ.1:15pm Approaches for Classification […]

Keck Seminar, Neal Waxham, PhD

Neal Waxham, PhDProfessor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at HoustonCryo-EM As A Tool to Investigate Membrane Architecture At the Nanoscale

AI in Healthcare Panel Discussion

Training Clinicians to Use Artificial IntelligencePanelists:Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH: Senior Vice President, Research & Policy, American Board of Family Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Professionalism & Value in Health CareSteven Lin, […]

AI in Healthcare Seminar

Bibb Allen, MD FACRChief Medical Officer ACR Data Science InstituteDiagnostic RadiologistDr. Allen is a diagnostic radiologist with the Birmingham Radiological Group and is in community practice at Grandview Medical Center […]

2nd Annual GCC Single Cell Omics Symposium

Featuring keynote speakers: Nir Yosef, Univ. of California Berkeley and Matt Spitzer, Univ. of California San Francisco/Teiko Bio. Other confirmed speakers: Rui Chen, Baylor College of Medicine; Andrew Futreal, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Shaoheng Liang, MD […]

Keck Seminar, Bradley McConnell, PhD, FAHA, FCVS

Bradley McConnell, PhD, FAHA, FCVSProfessor, Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of HoustonToward Understanding Heart Disease: Cardiac Signaling Mechanisms, Reprogrammed Cardiac Conduction Cells, and the UH-HEART Training Program

Mental Health Postdoc Seminar

nvestigating the Role of GFRAL in Cancer-related FatigueBrandon Chelette, PhDMD Anderson Cancer CenterIntersecting Alterations of GSK3 Inhibition and Neuronal Cytoskeleton Proteins in Neurons from Patients with SchizophreniaJessica Di Re, PhDUT […]

Neurotheory Journal Club

Lili Zheng will present on topic: “Statistical Connectomics”We are also calling for volunteers to present in future journal clubs. If you are interested, please feel free to sign up with this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/150UlqytnPUi_NaR8xbM37rTEZlJ5-uI0JLTOvBuB6W8/edit#gid=926874423After the meetings […]

October #Pain2021 Workshop

Musculoskeletal PainWelcome:  Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer CenterModerator: Jun-Ho La, PhD, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston1:00pm  Risk Factors for the Development of Pain in Children   Chelsea Kaplan, […]

Keck Seminar, Carmen Dessauer, PhD

Carmen Dessauer, PhDProfessor and Vice-Chair, Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, UT Health Science Center at HoustonNanometric Targeting and Function of Adenylyl Cyclase in Heart

Keck Center Annual Research Conference

Keck Center Annual Research ConferenceSee website for talk titles and agendaTheme: Infectious Diseases: Emerging Threats and Emerging TechnologiesChairs: Theresa Koehler, PhD, Professor and Chair, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical […]

Keck Seminar, Kathryn Patras, PhD

Kathryn Patras, PhDAssistant Professor, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of MedicineGroup B Streptococcus and the Vaginal Microenvironment

Keck Seminar, Andrew Routh, PhD

Andrew L. Routh, PhDAssistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics, UT Medical Branch at GalvestonRNA Recombination in SARS-CoV-2

Neurotheory Journal Club

Krešo Josić and Mst Afroja Akter will present on "The interplay between randomness and structure during learning in RNNs"We are also calling for volunteers to present in future journal clubs. If you are […]

Keck Seminar, Dima Suki, PhD

Dima Suki, PhDProfessor, Neurosurgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterEthical Considerations in Research

3rd Annual GCC Cellular and Molecular Biophysics Conference

BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium 6500 Main St, Houston, Texas, United States

Confirmed speakers include: Werner Braun, UTMB; Josephine Chu Ferreon, BCM; Sherry Gao, Rice Univ.; Yang Gao, Rice Univ.; Joshua Mendell, UT Southwestern; Monte Pettit, UTMB; Robert Raphael, Rice Univ.; Michael Sheetz, UTMB; Marvin Tanenbaum, Hubrecht Institute; Yuhong Wang, Univ. of […]

Neurotheory Journal Club

Akash Umakantha (CMU) will present on "Bridging correlations and dimensionality reduction"We are also calling for volunteers to present in future journal clubs. If you are interested, please feel free to sign up with […]

Keck Seminar, Julian Hurdle, PhD

Julian Hurdle, PhDAssociate Professor, Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute for Biosciences and Technology (IBT), Texas A&M Health Science CenterEvolution of antibiotic resistance in C. difficile drives new drug discovery

Neurotheory Journal Club

Yizhou ChenWe are also calling for volunteers to present in future journal clubs. If you are interested, please feel free to sign up with this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/150UlqytnPUi_NaR8xbM37rTEZlJ5-uI0JLTOvBuB6W8/edit#gid=926874423After the meetings we summarize our discussion […]

Neurotheory Journal Club

Stelios PapadopoulosWe are also calling for volunteers to present in future journal clubs. If you are interested, please feel free to sign up with this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/150UlqytnPUi_NaR8xbM37rTEZlJ5-uI0JLTOvBuB6W8/edit#gid=926874423After the meetings we summarize our discussion […]

Online Only: Keck Seminar, Rafael Rosengarten, PhD

Rafael Rosengarten, PhDCEO and co-founder of Genialis, and co-founder of the Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH)A Million to One: Bridging the Biomarker Chasm from Discovery to the Clinic

Keck Seminar, Ted Wensel, PhD

Ted Wensel, PhDProfessor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of MedicineEmerging Molecular Imaging Approaches to Photoreceptor Cilia

Keck Seminar, James Chappell, PhD

James Chappell, PhDAssistant Professor, BioSciences, Rice UniversityProgramming “Wild” Microbes and Microbiomes using RNA

Online Only: Keck Seminar, Christopher Kearney, PhD

Christopher Kearney, PhD, Associate Professor, Biology, Baylor University. Guided peptides for control of specific target species in a complex population: application to mosquitoes in the field and Helicobacter pylori in […]

Keck Seminar, Pratip Bhattacharya, PhD

Pratip Bhattacharya, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterEarly Detection of Pancreatic Cancer by Real-time Metabolic Imaging

Keck Seminar, Maria L. Marco, PhD

Maria L. Marco, PhD, Professor, Chair, Food Science & Technology, University of California at Davis. Electron Shuttles of Electroactive Lactobacilli

#PAIN2022 WORKSHOP

Hot Topics in the Basic Science of MigraineWelcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer CenterModerator: Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, Washington Univ.1:00pm  Peripheral CCL2-CCR2 Signaling in Migraine Yu-Qing Cao, Washington Univ.1:15pm  Peroxynitrite Contributes to […]

Keck Seminar, Lauren Stadler, PhD

Lauren Stadler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University. Waste to Action: Wastewater disease surveillance for public health response in Houston, TX

11th Annual GCC Translational Pain Research Conference

Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, United States

Confirmed speakers: Diana Bautista, UC Berkely; Gregory F. Corder, Univ. of Pennsylvania and Will Renthal, Harvard Univ.

GCC IDDD Conference

GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development ConferenceAccelerating Drug Development – Learning from Success and FailureConfirmed Speakers: Regina Barzilay, MIT; Andrea Carfi, Moderna; Rima Chakrabarti, KdT Ventures; Klaus Hoeflich, Nested Therapeutics; Donna Huryn, U. Penn; Nicola La […]

GCC AI in Healthcare Symposium

Confirmed speakers: Ananth Annapragada, BCM/TCH; Souptik Barua, Rice Univ.; Bettina Beech, Univ. of Houston; Marino Bruce, Univ. of Houston; David Buck, Univ. of Houston; Matthias Heinkenschloss, Rice Univ.; Xiaoqian Jiang, UT Health Science Center Houston; Samden Lhatoo, UT […]

Jr. Faculty Branding Workshop

Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Room 1003 6500 Main Street, Room 1003, Houston, Texas, United States

Presented by the GCC Jr. Faculty steering committee, the Personal Branding Workshop is now open to all GCC Members. Registrants will leave with 2 professional head shots, optimized LinkedIn profile ideas, […]

TexSyn V Synthetic Chemistry in Texas

University of HoustonGuest SpeakersProfessor Richmond SarpongUniversity of California, BerkeleyDr. Jennifer Albaneze-WalkerLeader, Separations and Technologies Group, Bristol-Myers SquibbProfessor Greg CunyUniversity of HoustonProfessor Kami HullUniversity of Texas, AustinProfessor Junha JeonUniversity of Texas, […]

Foundations of Cancer Therapeutics: Commercialization

The GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development (IDDD) Consortium invites you to register to audit this short “crash” course that will cover various aspects of therapeutics commercialization career opportunities within […]

Monthly Seminar Series on Antibiotic Resistance

Houston Methodist Research Institute, the Gulf Coast Consortia and the ASM –TMC Chapter presents the Monthly Seminar Series on Antibiotic Resistance:“Dissecting The Population Structure of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Complex” with […]

#Pain2022 Workshop

Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer CenterFeaturing Rita Allen Foundation ScholarsModerator: Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD, Stanford Univ.1:00pm CGRP Signaling in Neuroimmune Communication and Tumor ImmunosurveillanceNicole Scheff, PhD, Univ. of […]

Keck Seminar, Anthony R. Flores, MD, PhD

Anthony Flores, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center at HoustonTitle: Tales From The Bench And Bedside: A Career In The Study Of Pathogenic Streptococci

Diversity, Disparities and Community Engagement in Healthcare Research Workshop

Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, United States

We invite you to register for the launch of our new Diversity, Disparities, and Community Engagement in Healthcare Research Workshop, a collaboration between GCC and TSU.  The workshop will take […]

Keck Seminar, Nasos Dousis, PhD

Nasos Dousis, PhDDirector of Protein and RNA Engineering, Tessera TherapeuticsTitle: There and Back Again: Curing Disease Via the Central Dogma

Monthly Seminar Series on Antibiotic Resistance

Houston Methodist Research Institute, the Gulf Coast Consortia and the ASM –TMC Chapter presents the Monthly Seminar Series on Antibiotic Resistance:“Standing at the Crossroads between Colonization Resistance and Antibiotic Use” […]