CMB Weekly Seminar
Nirakar Sahoo, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Nirakar Sahoo, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
The application of neural stimulation technologies and computer interfaces for paralysis, neuroregenerationand psychiatric disorders has risen steadily. However, the field will be accelerated by a deeper molecular and physiological understanding […]
Matthieu G. Gagnon, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Cryo-EM structures of ribosome complexes reveal new insights into bacterial translation initiation […]
Emily Caporello, PhDDirector, NINDS Small Business ProgramNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeNational Institutes of HealthNINDS Small Business Grants
The workshop will feature Dr. Emily Caporello, Director, NINDS Small Business Program. Dr. Caporello will be available for a roundtable discussion during the second hour for those interested in discussing […]
Katherine Paige Lemon, MD, PhDAssociate Professor, Pediatric-Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine Picking sides: competition and cooperation in human nasal microbiota Link to register for this […]
Featuring Rita Allen Scholars Sarah Linnstaedt, Univ. of North Carolina; Geoffroy Laumet, Michigan State Univ.; Andrew Shepherd, MD Anderson; and Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Univ. of Pennsylvania.
From Academia to the Deep End of Industrial Drug Discovery Research Junghae Suh, PhDVice President, Gene Therapy Accelerator Unit, Biogen Inc. Link to register for this talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlcuqvrzsuEtEyxRL90DF9QmPYQdn574ym Click here […]
Confirmed speaker, Walter Koroshetz, Director, NINDS. Stay tuned for more information.
Robert Tillman, PhDFaculty Development Specialist National Research Mentoring Network Master Facilitator LinkedIn: Where Your Network Works Link to register for this talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sfu2trzMtGdHAgDYyvSVKobyfrrUEfo7I Click here to download flyer
Designing RIPK2 kinase inhibitors for blocking NOD cell signaling Greg Cuny, PhDAssociate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston Link to register for this talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtcuCvrD8qG9OqRHW72vI-CyYx1XYuF6PU Click here […]
Seeing is believing: Unraveling the mysteries of embryonic development one experiment at a time Rosa Uribe, PhDAssistant Professor, Biosciences, Rice University The Innovation and Diversity in Biomedical Science Seminar Series […]
Confirmed speakers include Dario Vignali, Univ. of Pittsburgh; Linda Saif, The Ohio State Univ.; Bali Pulendran, Stanford Univ.
Margie Moczygemba, PhDAssociate Professor, Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, IBT, Texas A&M University Automated high-throughput flow cytometry-based assays for cancer drug discovery Link to register for the talk: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApdeuurzsvE9HLe-oMaBtM2PV7arUYtGKg
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.
Genetics of Pain Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator: Kyle Baumbauer, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center 1:00pm Genomic Instability and Host-microbiome Interactions in the Bowel: Implications […]
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 […]
This workshop will be the 1 year follow up with Drs. Alan Barrett and Roger Nosal to discuss what has transpired over the course of the last year and what we can expect in the […]
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 […]
Genetic Interrogation of Spinal Cord Circuits Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer CenterModerator: Helen Lai, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern 1:00pm Wired for Touch: The Role of Social Touch in […]
Panelists: Jin Wang, Houston Methodist Research Institute; Linghua Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Navin Varadarajan, Univ. of Houston
1:00pm Using Functional MRI to Study Brain Mechanisms Underlying Sex and Age Differences in an Animal Model of Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain Joyce Da Silva, University of Maryland Baltimore 1:15 pm […]
Jane Grande-Allen, PhDProfessor, Bioengineering, Rice University Biophysically Faithful Biomaterial Platforms for Cardiovascular and Intestinal Mechanobiology
Pain in Clinical Populations Moderator: Stacey Gorniak, PhD, Univ. of Houston Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center 1:00pm Cognition, Expectations, and Risk for Chronic Pain Simon Haroutounian, Washington […]
Damian Young, PhDAssistant Professor, Pharmacology and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine Connecting a Passion for Chemistry and a Desire to Develop New Medicines
Sponsored by the GCC Mental Health Research Consortium, this event will take place virtually, September 21, 2021. We are delighted to feature Keynote, Dr. Joshua Gordon, Director, National Institute for Mental […]
Neal Waxham, PhDProfessor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at Houston Cryo-EM As A Tool to Investigate Membrane Architecture At the Nanoscale
Training Clinicians to Use Artificial Intelligence Panelists: Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH: Senior Vice President, Research & Policy, American Board of Family Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Professionalism & Value in Health […]
Bibb Allen, MD FACRChief Medical Officer ACR Data Science InstituteDiagnostic Radiologist Dr. Allen is a diagnostic radiologist with the Birmingham Radiological Group and is in community practice at Grandview Medical […]
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 […]
Bradley McConnell, PhD, FAHA, FCVSProfessor, Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston Toward Understanding Heart Disease: Cardiac Signaling Mechanisms, Reprogrammed Cardiac Conduction Cells, and the UH-HEART Training Program
nvestigating the Role of GFRAL in Cancer-related Fatigue Brandon Chelette, PhD MD Anderson Cancer Center Intersecting Alterations of GSK3 Inhibition and Neuronal Cytoskeleton Proteins in Neurons from Patients with Schizophrenia […]
This panel will discuss Single Cell Multiomics, from Experiment to Analysis. Panelists: Spence Fast, 10xGenomics Rui Chen, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Jared Burks, University of Texas MD […]
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=926874423 After […]
Musculoskeletal Pain Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator: Jun-Ho La, PhD, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 1:00pm Risk Factors for the Development of Pain in […]
Carmen Dessauer, PhDProfessor and Vice-Chair, Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, UT Health Science Center at Houston Nanometric Targeting and Function of Adenylyl Cyclase in Heart
Keck Center Annual Research ConferenceSee website for talk titles and agenda Theme: Infectious Diseases: Emerging Threats and Emerging Technologies Chairs: Theresa Koehler, PhD, Professor and Chair, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, […]
Presenter TBA
Kathryn Patras, PhDAssistant Professor, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine Group B Streptococcus and the Vaginal Microenvironment
Andrew L. Routh, PhDAssistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics, UT Medical Branch at Galveston RNA Recombination in SARS-CoV-2
Ana María Cárdenas, PhDR&D Associate Director, Solution Analysis, Becton Dickinson (BD) From Local to Global Impact With a Non-Linear Career
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 […]
Dima Suki, PhDProfessor, Neurosurgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Ethical Considerations in Research
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 […]
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 […]
Julian Hurdle, PhDAssociate Professor, Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute for Biosciences and Technology (IBT), Texas A&M Health Science Center Evolution of antibiotic resistance in C. difficile drives new drug […]
Yizhou Chen 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=926874423 After the meetings we summarize […]
Stelios Papadopoulos 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=926874423 After the meetings we summarize […]
Neurobiology of Affective Disturbances in Chronic Pain
Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, DASM, PHCNS-BCAssistant Professor, School of Biomedical Informatics, UT Health Science Center at Houston Implementation Science: Research to Practice; Operationalized
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 […]
Ted Wensel, PhDProfessor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine Emerging Molecular Imaging Approaches to Photoreceptor Cilia
This workshop will feature presentations from Jim Ray, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Zachary Sweeney, PhD, CEO, Interline Therapeutics. The workshop will take place in-person (pending pandemic) at the BioScience Research […]
James Chappell, PhDAssistant Professor, BioSciences, Rice University Programming “Wild” Microbes and Microbiomes using RNA
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 […]
Pratip Bhattacharya, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer by Real-time Metabolic Imaging
Maria L. Marco, PhD, Professor, Chair, Food Science & Technology, University of California at Davis. Electron Shuttles of Electroactive Lactobacilli
Hot Topics in the Basic Science of Migraine Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator: Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, Washington Univ. 1:00pm Peripheral CCL2-CCR2 Signaling in Migraine Yu-Qing Cao, Washington Univ. […]
Lauren Stadler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University. Waste to Action: Wastewater disease surveillance for public health response in Houston, TX
PhD Students: Alyssa Emig, BCM, and Shelby Simar, UTHealth Postdocs: Leo Elworth, Rice, and Eva Preisner, BCM
Kay Choi, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UT Medical Branch at Galveston
Confirmed speakers: Diana Bautista, UC Berkely; Gregory F. Corder, Univ. of Pennsylvania and Will Renthal, Harvard Univ.
Panelists Nicholas Navin, MDA; Rui Chen, BCM; Hassan Samee, BCM
Lori Banks, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology, Bates College The Pursuit of Global Domination
GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Conference Accelerating Drug Development – Learning from Success and Failure Confirmed Speakers: Regina Barzilay, MIT; Andrea Carfi, Moderna; Rima Chakrabarti, KdT Ventures; Klaus Hoeflich, Nested Therapeutics; Donna Huryn, U. […]
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 […]
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, […]
University of Houston Guest Speakers Professor Richmond SarpongUniversity of California, BerkeleyDr. Jennifer Albaneze-WalkerLeader, Separations and Technologies Group, Bristol-Myers SquibbProfessor Greg CunyUniversity of HoustonProfessor Kami HullUniversity of Texas, Austin Professor Junha […]
Please join us for the Mental Health Research Consortium Neurotherapeutics Workgroup Summer Seminar on June 20, 2022 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm on Zoom. “Newer approaches to drug targeting the Central Nervous […]
This workshop will feature presentations from Alan Berrett, PhD, UT Medical Branch at Galveston and Roger Nosal, PhD, Pfizer, Inc.
Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator: Patrick Dougherty, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Presenters: Ken Hargreaves, DDS, PhDProfessor and ChairEndodonticsUT Health San Antonio Jin Mo Chung, PhDProfessor […]
For contest information, please check the contest website.
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 […]
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” […]
Welcome: Peter Grace, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Featuring Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Moderator: Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD, Stanford Univ. 1:00pm CGRP Signaling in Neuroimmune Communication and Tumor Immunosurveillance Nicole […]
Anthony Flores, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center at Houston Title: Tales From The Bench And Bedside: A Career In The Study Of Pathogenic Streptococci
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 […]
Nasos Dousis, PhDDirector of Protein and RNA Engineering, Tessera Therapeutics Title: There and Back Again: Curing Disease Via the Central Dogma
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 […]
Jason Eriksen, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Studies, UH College of Pharmacy Title: Fit Body, Fit Brain: The Surprising Science of Exercise and Alzheimer’s Disease
Felicia Skelton, MD Assistant Professor, H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine Title: Advocating for People with Disabilities through Health Services Research
Please join us for the Mental Health Research Consortium Connecting Circuits Workgroup Roundtable on October 6, 2022, from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at the BioScience Research Collaborative, 6500 Main St., Houston, […]
Holly Beale, PhDLead Computational Biologist, Genomics Institute, Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative, UC Santa Cruz Title: Genomics of Charismatic Megafauna
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 […]
Houston Methodist Research Institute, the Gulf Coast Consortia and the ASM –TMC Chapter presents the Monthly Seminar Series on Antibiotic Resistance: “Predicting Antibiotic Resistance Without Phenotypic Testing: Perils and Possibility” […]
This year’s conference focuses on major advancements in structural biology with a specific emphasis on innovations in cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). It brings together experts in the field under one […]
The October workshop will focus on Drosophila Models of Pain. Featuring: Olga Baron, King’s College London; Michael J. Galko, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Greg Neeley, Univ. of Sydney; and Dan Tracey, Indiana Univ. Bloomington.
A Breast Cancer event featuring an interactive educational seminar, outreach, panel discussion, and a Walk Against Cancer on TSU's Historic Tiger Walk. Happening during TSU's 95th Homecoming Celebration. Join In-Person […]