5th Annual GCC Cellular and Molecular Biophysics Conference
2024-11-12 09:00 - 2024-11-13 14:00 (America/Chicago) | BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium, 6500 Main St, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Confirmed keynote presenters Steven McKnight, UT Southwestern; and Cecilia Tommos, Texas A&M Univ. More information can be found on the conference website. Register here.

Save the Date: Sexual Health and HIV/STD Prevention
2024-11-14 16:00 - 17:30 | Maryland
Save the Date for the Sexual Health and HIV/STD Prevention Seminar

#Pain2024 Workshop: A chat with Tony Yaksh, if we can get a word in edgewise
2024-11-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Maryland
We invite you to register for our Nov. 15 #Pain2024, workshop, Featuring a fireside chat with Tony L. Yaksh, Univ. of California, San Diego. Moderated by Patrick Dougherty, MD Anderson Cancer Center.

TSU-BCM P20 Collaborative Union for Cancer, Research, Education, and Disparities (CURED) Presents Webinar: Enrollment and Retention of Racial and Ethnic Minority in Clinical Research
2024-11-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Maryland
Join us on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 12 PM for an insightful webinar on Enrollment and Retention of Racial and Ethnic Minority in Clinical Research.

What to expect:– Thought-provoking discussion on Clinical Trial Research and Participation.– Expert speakers.– A live Q&A session.

Register Here: https://linktr.ee/tsubcmp20cured

GCC TPR Social and Work in Progress
2024-11-21 16:30 - 18:30 | Maryland
We invite you to register for the GCC TPR Works In Progress and networking event on Nov. 21, 2024, from 4:30-6:30 pm at the BioScience Research Collaborative Event Hall. Do not miss this opportunity to network and build new collaborations and to hear the latest updates in pain research. You will have the opportunity to sign up for a poster slot during registration.

GCC IDDD and BioHouston BioConnect Holiday Party with Portal Innovations
2024-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Maryland
We invite all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and biotech stakeholders to join us for the December 3 BioConnect, which will take place at Portal Innovations, 7255 Helix Park Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, TMC3 Building, from 4-6 pm.

BioConnect promotes collaboration among academic and industry innovators and key stakeholders within our growing biotech ecosystem. This monthly networking event is hosted by one of our exceptional technology development resources and will feature local biotech companies. All career levels (e.g., students and postdocs) are welcome.

IDDD Roundtable Workshop: Advanced Imaging in Drug Discovery
2024-12-12 15:30 - 17:00 | Maryland
Presented by the GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Consortia, the GCC Cancer Therapeutics Training Program (CTTP), and the GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Scholars Program, we invite you to join us for the December GCC IDDD Round Table Workshop: Advanced Imaging in Drug Discover, featuring Melody Di Bona, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Michael Bolt, Baylor College of Medicine. The workshop will be held online via Zoom webinar.

Agenda3:30-4:00 Phenotypic Screening Identifies Flavonoids Toxic to Bladder CancerMichael Bolt, Baylor College of Medicine4:00-4:30 Mitochondrial ROS Drive Cancer Progression Through Micronuclear RuptureMelody Di Bone, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

4:30-5:00 Q&A round table discussion

GCC AMR Bacterial Genomics Workshop, Strain-Level Characterization of Metagenomic Sequencing Data
2025-01-14 10:30 - 12:00 | BioScience Research Collaborative, Room 280, 6500 Main St., 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
In conjunction with the 8th Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Conference, we are offering a pre-meeting workshop for trainees on Bacterial Genomics. Todd Treangen, Rice Univ., will present Strain-Level Characterization of Metagenomic Sequencing Data. The workshop will take place from 10:30am-12:00pm on January 14, 2025, in Room 280 of the BRC, 6500 Main St.

8th Annual TMC Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Stewardship Conference
2025-01-15 08:00 - 2025-01-17 16:00 | BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium, 6500 Main St, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Confirmed keynote presenters: David Andes, Univ. of Wisconsin; Susan Huang, Univ. of California, Irvine; Joseph Kuti, Hartford Hospital; Preeti Malani, Univ. of Michigan; and Suzanne Walker, Harvard Univ. Other confirmed presenters include: Tomefa Asempa, Center for Anti-Infective Research and Development Hartford CT; Ritu Banerjee, Vanderbilt Univ.; Mariette Barbier, West Virginia Univ.; Taylor Blackburn, Emory Univ.; Jovan Borjan, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Christina Boucher, Univ. of Florida; Travis Carlson, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio; James Chappell, Rice Univ.; Nathalie Chen, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Shane Cristy, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston; Herbert DuPont, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston; Taryn Eubank, Univ. of Houston; Vance Fowler, Duke Univ.; Kevin Garey, Univ. of Houston; Danielle Garsin, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston; Kimberly Hanson, Univ. of Utah and ARUP Laboratories; Mina Henes, Emory Univ.; Jessica Howard-Anderson, Emory Univ.; Melissa DePaoli Johnson, Duke Univ.; Andre Kalil, Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center; Alex Kang, Houston Methodist Research Institute; Sanjat Kanjilal, Harvard Medical School; Natalie Mackow, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Flor Munoz, Baylor College of Medicine; Masayuki Nigo, Houston Methodist & Weill Cornell Medical College; Nathan Raabe, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Krishna Rao, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; David Roach, Harvard Univ.; Michael Statlin, Weill Cornell Medical College; Pranita Tamma, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Henok Tegene, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital; Victor Torres, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Michael Woodworth, Emory Univ.; Yan Xiong, The Lindquist Institute. More information can be found on the conference website.

Save the Date: Maternal & Child Health Education and Outreach
2025-01-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Maryland
Maternal & Child Health Education and Outreach

BioConnect @ JLabs
2025-02-04 16:00 - 18:00 | Maryland
Hosted by JLABS@ TMC, we invite all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and biotech stakeholders to join us for the December BioConnect networking series. BioConnect promotes collaboration among academic and industry innovators and key stakeholders within our growing biotech ecosystem. Each month, BioConnect is hosted by one of our exceptional technology development resources and features local biotech companies. All career levels (e.g., students and postdocs) are welcome. You must RSVP. Location: JLABS@TMC, 2450 Holcombe Blvd.

Chronic Kidney Disease: Understanding Causes, Stages, Risk Factors, and Strategies for Prevention and Management
2025-02-18 10:30 - 12:00 | Maryland
In-Person EventLocation: JD Walker Community Center, 7613 Wade Rd., Baytown, TX 77521

#Pain2025 Workshop 2024 Rita Allen Scholars
2025-02-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Maryland
We invite you to register for our Feb. 21 #Pain2025 workshop featuring Rita Allen Scholars, Kara Marshall, Baylor College of Medicine, and Katelyn Sadler, Univ. of Texas, Dallas. The workshop will take place online via Zoom webinar.

GCC IDDD and BioHouston BioConnect, March 4, 2025
2025-03-04 16:00 - 18:00 | Maryland
This event is open to all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and biotech stakeholders. BioConnect promotes collaboration among academic and industry innovators and key stakeholders within our growing biotech ecosystem. Each month, BioConnectis hosted by one of our exceptional technology development resources and features local biotech companies. All career levels (e.g., students and postdocs) are welcome. This month’s BioConnect will be at the TMC3 Collaborative Research Building, Levy Conference Room, 7255 Helix Park Ave.

GCC IDDD Round Table Workshop: Peptide Drug Development and Delivery
2025-03-13 15:30 - 17:00 | Maryland
Presented by the GCC Innovative Drug Discovery, the GCC Cancer Therapeutics Training Program (CTTP), and the GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Scholars Program, we invite you to register for the March GCC IDDD Round Table Workshop: Peptide Drug Development and Delivery featuring Filippos Kesisoglou, Merck & Co., Inc., and Michael Lorenz, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston. More information about the presenters can be found below.

14th Annual GCC Translational Pain Research Conference
2025-03-25 09:00 - 2025-03-26 13:00 | Maryland
Keynote presenters: Anne-Marie Malfait, PhD, Rush Univ.; Jeffrey Mogil, PhD, FCAHS, FRSC, McGill Univ.; and Sarah E. Ross, PhD, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

GCC IDDD and BioHouston BioConnect, April 1, 2025
2025-04-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Maryland
TMCi is hosting this event for all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and biotech stakeholders. BioConnect promotes collaboration among academic and industry innovators and key stakeholders within our growing biotech ecosystem. Each month, BioConnectis hosted by one of our exceptional technology development resources and features local biotech companies. All career levels (e.g., students and postdocs) are welcome. This month the BioConnect will be at TMCi, TMC Innovation Lobby, 2450 Holcombe, Houston, Texas, 77021, 4:00-6:00 pm.

5th Annual GCC Future of Immunology Symposium
2025-04-08 09:00 - 17:00 | BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium, 6500 Main St, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Confirmed Keynote presenters: Kenneth Murphy, Washington Univ., and Carla Rothlin, Yale Univ. Other confirmed speakers include Juli Bai, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston; Evelien Bunnik, Univ. of Texas San Antonio; Yusi Fu, Texas A&M Univ. Institute of Biosciences & Technology; Kenneth Hu, MD Anderson Cancer Center; and Chiou-Tsun “Ray” Tsai, Baylor College of Medicine. More speakers will be announced soon. The call for abstracts is now open; submit them here. The submission deadline is Mar. 10. More information can be found on the symposium website.

5th Annual Clinical Research and Engagement Conference
2025-04-12 09:00 - 15:00 | Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne St., Houston, Texas, 77004
Awareness:– Speaker sessions on Health Disparities among African-American, Latino/Hispanic and LGBTQ population– Update on Clinical Research site at TSU

Advocacy:– Clinical Research Ethics– Beyond Tuskegee: A Community Conversation about Clinical Research

Action:– Clinical Research Registry Sign-Up– Clinical Research Resources

6th Annual GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Conference
2025-05-06 09:00 - 2025-05-07 17:00 | Maryland
Confirmed Keynote presenters are Michelle Arkin, Univ. of California, San Francisco, and Miguel Hernán, Harvard Univ.

#Pain2025 Workshop: Pain Neuroimaging
2025-05-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Maryland
We invite you to register for our May 16 #Pain2025 workshop on Pain Neuroimaging. Presenters: Joyce Texeira Da Silva, Univ. of Maryland School of DentistryKatherine Martucci, Duke Univ. Mahak Virlley, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center The workshop will take place online via Zoom webinar.

Neuroinflammation: Therapeutics and Infrastructure Workshop
2025-05-20 09:00 - 16:00 | TMC3, Herman Hall, TMC3, 7255 Helix Park Avenue, Herman Hall, Houston, Texas, 77030
Sponsored by the GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Consortium, this workshop will feature presentations from key leaders in neuroinflammation research, along with interactive strategy sessions focused on identifying and leveraging the strengths that exist across all of our institutions to jointly develop shared infrastructure in Houston to support this important research. We invite all who are interested to join us for this highly interactive workshop.

The workshop will take place from 9 am – 4 pm at TMC3, 7255 Helix Park Avenue, Herman Hall, Houston, Texas, 77030.

Rigor and Reproducibility Workshop
2025-05-21 09:00 - 14:30 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Room 1003, 6500 Main Street, Room 1003, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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 in research topics including data analysis, experimental design, resource sharing, publication, and reporting, and more. With speakers and facilitators from all GCC institutions, this interactive workshop has proven to be very effective as well as a lot of fun. The workshop will take place from 9:15am-2:30pm at the Bioscience Research Collaborative. In person attendance only. The last day to register is May 16

SCSO Virtual Workshop: Advancing Cancer Treatment and Prevention: Vaccines Targeting Immunogenic Neoantigens Expressed from RNA Fusions and Immune Checkpoint Blockade for Neoadjuvant Therapies
2025-07-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Maryland
The GCC Single Cell & Spatial Omics Consortia invites you to register for our July 8 workshop on Advancing Cancer Treatment and Prevention: Vaccines Targeting Immunogenic Neoantigens Expressed from RNA Fusions and Immune Checkpoint Blockade for Neoadjuvant Therapies. Presenters are Anjana Bhardwaj, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Xianli Jiang, MD Anderson Cancer Center; and Sakuni Rankothgedera, MD Anderson Cancer Center. The workshop will take place online via Zoom webinar and is free. Registration is required.

UTMB VentureX Summit
2025-07-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Maryland
We are thrilled to announce our inaugural UTMB Innovation summit. This event will bring together a dynamic community of innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and investors. We plan to discuss the fast-growing Biotech economy in Texas, current investment themes and opportunities and market outlook. This event will also focus on the opportunities and trends in kidney disease therapeutics and how UTMB is leading this growth.

Date: July 17, 2025Time: 9:00AM to 2:30PM Location: Levin Hall Main Auditorium, Galveston Campus

Visit the Website: https://www.utmb.edu/innovations/venturexsummit

GCC #Pain2025 Workshop, Headache & Migraine
2025-07-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Maryland
The presenters this month are:Dr. Simon Akerman, Univ. of MarylandDr. Amynah Pradhan, Washington Univ.Dr. Adriana Della Pietra, Univ. of Iowa

Rigor and Reproducibility Publication and Reporting Workshop
2025-07-21 10:45 - 14:45 | Maryland
This workshop will take place at the Bioscience Research Collaborative, room 1003, from 10:45 am – 2:45 pm and will focus on NIH guidelines for publication and reporting as well as interactive discussions on challenges and pitfalls to avoid regarding publishing your own research and determining whether a published article has provided enough information to convince you of its findings. Attendance will be limited to 50, so register early. Boxed lunch and parking are included.

GCC IDDD Foundations of Cancer Therapeutics, Aug. 11-15, 2025
2025-08-11 08:00 - 2025-08-15 17:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Room 1003, 6500 Main Street, Room 1003, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
The GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development (IDDD) Consortium would like to invite you to register to audit our 5th Annual Foundations of Cancer Therapeutics Course that will take place from 10 am – 4 pm, August 11-15. This year’s 1-week course will focus on therapeutic development from early discovery through clinical trials. Note that while cancer therapeutics will be highlighted, the majority of what we will cover is disease-agnostic, so all with research in drug development are invited to join. You can view the agenda here.

Confirmed speakers include Zhiqiang An, Univ. of Texas Health Science Houston; Sarah Hein, March Biosciences; Yejin Kim, Univ. of Texas Health Science Houston; Wenshe Ray Liu, IBT; Barry Morgan, HitGen; Kyoji Tsuchikama, Univ. of Texas Health Science Houston; and Jin Wang, Baylor College of Medicine.

GCC #Pain2025 Workshop, Neurobiology of Affective Disturbances in Chronic Pain
2025-08-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Maryland
The presenters this month are:Yarimar Carrasquillo, NIHGregory Corder, Univ. of PennsylvaniaMonique Smith, Univ. of California, San Diego

Moderator: Niko Massaly, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

GCC IDDD and BioHouston BioConnect, Sept. 9, 2025
2025-09-09 16:30 - 18:00 | Maryland
We invite all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and biotech stakeholders to join us for the September 9 BioConnect. BioConnect aims to promote collaboration among academic and industry innovators and key stakeholders within our growing biotech ecosystem. Each month this networking event is hosted by one of our exceptional technology development resources and will feature local biotech companies. All career levels (e.g., students and postdocs) are welcome.

This month’s BioConnect will take place on Sept. 9, 2025, from 4:30-6:00 pm at Levit Green, 3131 Holcombe, Houston, TX.
