Theoretical Neuroscience Journal Club
2020-01-17 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Welcome back to the Theoretical Neuroscience Journal Club! This week we will meet on January 17th at 9am in room S553 at Baylor College of Medicine. You can also join remotely using this link: https://bcm.zoom.us/j/108762860

As NeuroNex Trainee presentations, Cody Baker and Alex Kunin will present their work.

Title for Cody: Nonlinear stimulus representations in neural circuits with approximate excitatory-inhibitory balance.

Title for Alex: Network architecture and computation.

We are also calling for volunteers to present in future journal clubs. If you are interested, please feel free to sign up in the following link directly or contact me (Yicheng Fei, yf17@rice.edu): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/150UlqytnPUi_NaR8xbM37rTEZlJ5-uI0JLTOvBuB6W8/edit?usp=sharing

Chemical, Physical, and Structural Biology Seminar Series
2020-01-17 15:00 - 17:00
Speakers: Dr. Nieng Yan , Dr. Yifan Cheng

3rd Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Stewardship
2020-01-22 07:00 - 2020-01-24 15:45 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
We invite you to REGISTER early for this exciting conference. Confirmed speakers include Helen Boucher, Tufts University; William Shafer, Emory University; David Greenberg, UT Southwestern; Ryan Shields, University of Pittsburgh; Brian Werth, University of Washington; David van Duin, University of N. Carolina; Vance Fowler, Duke; Sara Cosgrove, Johns Hopkins; Victor Nizet, University of California San Diego; Edgar Sherman, Emory;Ying Taur, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Andy Koh, UT Southwestern; Cindy Sears, Johns Hopkins; Marion Kainer, Tennessee Dept. of Health; Chanu Rhee, Harvard Medical School; Kim Blumenthal, Harvard Medical School; Lilian Abbo, University of Miami; Anna Konovalova, UTHealth; Anthony Flores, UTHealth; Natasha Kirienko, Rice University; Gerald Bills, UTHealth; Ashok Chopra, UTMB; Julian Hurdle, IBT; Lynn Zechiedrich, BCM; Adriana Rosato, HMRI; Eric Brown, UTHealth; Sheldon Kaplan, TCH; Sam Shelburne, MDA; Isaam Raad, MDA; Luis Ostrosky, UTHealth; Luis Vega, UTHealth; Jourdan Andersson, BCM; Kevin Garey, UH; Christy Su, Memorial Hermann; Ed Septimus, Harvard and TAMU; Chase Janak, HMRI; Mandelin Cooper, HCA Healthcare; Dan Musher, BCM; Carol Baker, UTHealth; Flor Munoz, TCH; and Robert Atmar, BCM. For more information and sponsorship opportunities, see CONFERENCE WEBSITE.

Pain and Brain Health Seminar Series Laboratories of Neuroimmunology
2020-01-28 11:00 - 13:00 | Zayed Building, Floor 2, room Z2.4040, United States
Using a mouse model to investigate cognitive deficits in leukemia survivors treated with chemotherapy

Teresa M. Reyes, Ph.DAssociate Professor Department of Psychiatry University of Cincinnati of Ohio

How to Get Started in AI
2020-01-29 13:00 - 15:00 | MD Anderson, Faculty Center Tower (FCT), Floor 3, Rooms 2 & 7, United States
Presented by the Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program. Interactive workshop to increase awareness of available Artificial Intelligence resources.

Speakers: Dr. Carlos Cardenas Department of Radiation Physics

Brian Anderson Department of Imaging Physics

To RSVP, email
igctr@mdanderson.org

NeuroNex Workshop
2020-01-30 09:00 - 17:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
Co-sponsored by the GCC Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Consortium, this workshop will take place in the BioScience Research Collaborative, Room 280. Stay tuned for more info.

Featuring:

Anne Churchland, Cold Spring Harbor

Ken Miller, Columbia University

Alex Huk, University of Texas at Austin

Ann Hermundstad, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI

Agenda:

9-10:25 Alex Huk (University of Texas at Austin)On Continuous Visually-guided Behavior

10:25 – 10:50 break

10:50 – 12:15 Ken Miller (Columbia University)

12:15 – 1:15 lunch

1:15 – 2:40 Ann Hermundstad (Janelia Research Campus, HHMI)Normative Approaches for Understanding Adaptive Neural Coding

2:40 – 3:05 break

3:05-4:30 Anne Churchland (Cold Spring Harbor)New Methods for Connecting Neural Activity to Behavior

4:30 – 5 panel discussion

17th Annual Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Conference
2020-01-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
Confirmed speakers include Anne Churchland, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Tahra Eissa, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ann Hermundstad, Janelia Research Campus; Alex Huk, UT Austin; Jeffery Magge, Baylor College of Medicine; Thomas McHugh, Riken Center for Brain Science and Ken Miller, Columbia University. Stay tuned for updates.

Behavioral Science Research News Hour
2020-01-31 10:00 - 11:00
Dr. Lisa M. McTeague, PhD from Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Topic: Impairments in Cognitive & Emotional Processing in Mental Illness: Evidence of Transdiagnostic Neurocircuit Substrates

Translating Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: From Neuroimaging in Depression to a Potential Treatment for Cannabis Use Disorder
2020-01-31 12:00 - 13:00
Dr. Gregory Sahlem, MD. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina

Keck Seminar, Anne Churchland
2020-01-31 16:00 - 17:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
Anne Churchland, Associate Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in conjunction with GCC Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (TCN) Conference

Movements Decisions and Wholistic Behavior

Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Consortium Round Table Workshop
2020-02-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Room 1003, 6500 Main Street, Room 1003, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Drs. Andy Phillips (C4 Therapeutics) and Michael “Mick” Soth (MD Anderson IACS) will speak on Targeted Protein Degradation and Targeting Glutaminase Addition in Cancer: Development of a GLS1 Inhibitor, respectively. Seating is limited to 70, so be sure and register early where you will also have the opportunity to include your questions for the interactive discussion session that will follow the presentations.

Keck Seminar, Eric Wagner
2020-02-07 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Eric
Wagner, UTMB
Associate

Eric Wagner, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Regulated Destabilization of Paused RNA Polymerase II:
The Value of a Pair of Scissors

Fannin Innovation Open House
2020-02-12 18:00 - 20:00
Fannin Innovation Studio is a life science and medical device development
group located in Houston’s Highland Village area. We manage and develop a
rapidly growing portfolio of therapeutic and medical device technologies.

Open House FlyerDownload

MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine 2020 Joint Symposium Cancer Therapeutics
2020-02-13 08:00 - 16:00
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: Click Here

Call for Abstracts MDA-BCM Joint Symp 2020Download

3rd Annual Heart of a Woman Conference
2020-02-15 08:50 - 17:00
In women, the greatest cause of death is heart disease. Yet many women are unaware of its risk factors and the warning signs which differ from those of men.

Increased awareness is key to preventing heart problems, so Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center and the National Federation of Business and Professional Women Clubs – Houston, affiliate of BPW International, are partnering to host “Heart of a Woman.”

This exciting conference is designed to educate women about the gender-specific symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and how women can proactively improve their own heart health. In addition, guest speakers representing science, medicine, and government will discuss their roles in addressing gender discrepancies in cardiovascular care for women.

For more information and registration: events.houstonmethodist.org/how

461 HOW Brochure Dec11Download

Heart of a Woman AgendaDownload

Keck Seminar, Sheereen Majd
2020-02-21 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Sheereen Majd, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston

Towards Nanomaterials
Tailored for Delivery of Therapeutics

Keck Seminar, Yubin Zhou
2020-02-28 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Yubin Zhou, Associate Professor, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Inst of Biosciences & Technology, Texas A&M University

Optogenetic Engineering for Biomedical Applications

IDDD Round Table Workshop on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) in Lead Optimization
2020-03-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Room 1003, 6500 Main Street, Room 1003, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
This Roundtable Workshop will focus on PK/PD in lead
optimization. You will learn about latest advances in the field as well
as the new GCC Center for PK/PD and Formulation (CCPF) at TSU. Confirmed speakers: Dong Liang, Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health Sciences and Director of CCPF and Diana Chow, John J. Lovoi Sr. Endowed Professor in Drug Discovery and Development Director,
Institute of Drug Education and Research will lead this workshop. When
you register, you will have the opportunity to submit questions for the
speakers to address during the interactive round-table discussion.

Keck Seminar, Samuel Shelburne
2020-03-06 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Samuel Shelburne, MD, PhD, Deputy Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Impact of Large Scale DNA Sequencing on Infectious Diseases in the 21st Century

CANCELLED: Keck Seminar, Carmen Dessauer
2020-03-13 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Carmen Dessauer, Professor, Integrated Biology & Pharmacology, UT Health Science Center

Spatial Constraints of Adenylyl Cyclase Signaling

Pre-ASCPT OSP-Suite Workshops
2020-03-16 08:00 - 2020-03-17 16:30 | Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy, University of Houston Health Building (HB) 2, Room 3001, 4849 Calhoun Rd, Houston, Texas, 77204, United States
esqLABS, in collaboration with the University of Houston, College of Pharmacy, is running two hands-on PK-Sim® & MoBi® workshops on PBPK and PBPK-based QSP on Monday and Tuesday 16th and 17th of March 2020 (pre ASCPT) at the University of Houston.

The workshops cover the basics of PBPK and concepts and application of combining PK-Sim, MoBi and R to build your very own digital platforms for the prediction of clinical trial outcomes by leveraging physiological and mechanistic knowledge to translate early in-vitro and preclinical outcomes to the clinic.

For more information and to register, Click Here

Keck Seminar, 2019 Keck Annual Research Conference – Poster Winners
2020-04-03 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Staying Sane and Being Safe: Self-care Strategies for Managing Mental Health during the COVID-19 Crisis
2020-04-15 12:00 - 13:00
*FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE FLYER*

Remote Access to Lectures ONLYAs operations evolve with the COVID-19 Outbreak, we will continue to stream the lectures live. No in-person attendance is allowed at this time. WebEx: https://uthealth.webex.com/uthealth/j.php?MTID=m706a3e09539218a86c21686592891225Meeting number (access code): 809 409 726

Use your cell phone to sign in for CME creditCall: 281.824.3734Event ID 106099

EVENT FLYER:Download

Keck Seminar, Richard Baraniuk
2020-04-17 16:00 - 17:00
Richard Baraniuk, Cameron Chair in Engineering, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Statistics, and Computer Science, Rice University

Going Off the Deep End with Deep Learning

To watch the livestream seminar, go to https://riceuniversity.zoom.us. Click “Join a Meeting”. Enter the meeting ID 481 691 1620. IMPORTANT – Mute your microphone. There will be Q&A session at the end, and you can submit any questions using the ‘Chat’ feature.

Keck Seminar, Lance Black
2020-04-24 16:00 - 17:00
Lance Black, TMCx will present The Ampersand (&): Bridging the Communities of Research & Development through Innovation

To watch the livestream seminar, go to Zoom link. Click “Join a Meeting”. Enter the meeting ID 481 691 1620. Meeting Password is now required to join. Please use: ‘GCC’ (all caps) IMPORTANT – Mute your microphone. There will be Q&A session at the end, and you can submit any questions using the ‘Chat’ feature.

This is How I Extended my Virtual Network Using Slack
2020-05-04 11:00 - 12:00
We invite you to REGISTER for the “This is how I extended my virtual network using Slack” webinar. Sponsored by the GCC Jr. Faculty Network, this webinar will take place on May 4th at 11 am. Registration is required although there is no charge to attend. Zoom link and password will be emailed to registrants.

Also, don’t forget to check the GCC Jr. Faculty Network website for Covid-19 resources updates on the new Idea Exchange Forum.

COVID-19: Immunity, Vaccines, Epidemiology
2020-05-15 05:00 - 07:00 | Webinar
WEBINARSponsored by the new GCC Cluster for Immunology, the focus of this event is to generate awareness among TMC investigators of emerging immunology-related COVID research projects. A primary intent of the meeting is to generate cross-institutional collaborations that will strengthen the research projects. The event will feature short talks from researchers within the area.

Research Mentor Training Workshop for Faculty; 1 workshop/3 morning sessions
2020-06-03 04:30 - 2020-06-05 06:30
This evidence-based and well-received workshop is designed for faculty to develop skills and insight in mentoring postdocs and graduate students and to provide the opportunity for interactions and discussion between mentors at different institutions and in different disciplines. You will gain insight into developing effective mentoring relationships and practical tools and strategies that you can apply immediately.

The 5-hour workshop has been revamped into 3 sessions to be delivered online while maintaining the break-out discussions and interaction at the heart of the training:

Wednesday, June 3, 9:30 – 11:00: Introductions; Topic: Maintaining effective communication with menteesThursday, June 4, 9:30 – 11:30: Topics: Aligning expectations, Fostering independenceFriday, June 5, 9:30 – 11:30: Topics: Cultivating self-efficacy, Addressing equity & inclusion; Close

We ask that you commit to all three sessions. There will be about 15 minutes of pre-work/reading prior to each session. We will use your input and feedback to design future online mentor training workshops.

Participants will receive certificates after completion, and the training counts for evidence-based mentoring training under NIH guidelines.

Lead Facilitator: Bob Tillman, PhD, Director of Education and Training at MD Anderson, and a master trainer with the NIH’s National Research Mentoring Network. Click here for a short video about the workshop from Bob.

For questions or more information: kethun@rice.edu.

IDDD Roundtable Workshop “Starting a Biotech Company”
2020-06-04 10:00 - 12:00
WEBINARSponsored by the GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development (IDDD) Consortium, this workshop will first focus on considerations for academics who are thinking about starting companies. During the first session, attendees will hear from academics and local entrepreneurs who started companies from various career stages. Confirmed speakers include Shautong Song, Icell Kealex Therapeutics; Donna Chang, Hope Biosciences; Bala Raja, Luminostics; and Brittany Barreto, Pheramor; The second session will highlight area resources available to support those who choose to move forward with starting a company and will include short presentations from Magnus Hook, IBT on the “How to Start a Company” course that will launch this Fall; Stan Watowich, Ridgeline Therapeutics and UTMB and Tom Luby, TMCx on the new CPRIT-funded Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics, and Atul Varadhachary, Fannin Innovation.

Ask Me Anything! About NIBIB’s Funding Opportunities for Junior Investigators
2020-06-18 13:00 - 14:30
Note: *This event is from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm*

The Division of Interdisciplinary Training invites you to a session on NIBIB’s funding mechanisms to support investigators from pre-doctoral to early career stages.

Agenda: 1:00-1:20 Welcoming Remarks Dr. Bruce Tromberg, PhD Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging andBioengineering 1:20 – 1:45 Overview of Training Grant MechanismsOffered by NIBIB Dr. Joan Greve, PhD Scientific Program Manager, Division of InterdisciplinaryTraining 1:45 – 2:30 Questions & Answers

Information on training grant mechanisms offered by NIBIB can be found here.
