Gulf Coast Consortia

Keck Seminar, Lauren Stadler, PhD
2022-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
Lauren Stadler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University.

Waste to Action: Wastewater disease surveillance for public health response in Houston, TX

#PAIN2022 WORKSHOP
2022-03-18 13:00 - 14:00 | TX
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.

1:15pm Peroxynitrite Contributes to Behavioral and Cellular Sensitization in a Preclinical Model of MigraineGregoery Dussor, Univ. of Texas, Dallas

1:30pm Contrasting Role of Mu and Delta Opioid Receptors in MigraineAmynah Pradhan, Univ. of Illinois

1:45pm A Central Role for Cerebellar CGRP in Migraine-like HypersensitivityLevi Sowers, Univ. of Iowa

Keck Seminar, Maria L. Marco, PhD
2022-03-11 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
Maria L. Marco, PhD, Professor, Chair, Food Science & Technology, University of California at Davis.

Electron Shuttles of Electroactive Lactobacilli

GCC 2nd Annual Future of Immunology Symposium
2022-03-08 14:00 - 2022-03-09 17:00 | TX

Keck Seminar, Pratip Bhattacharya, PhD
2022-03-04 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
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

Online Only: Keck Seminar, Christopher Kearney, PhD
2022-02-25 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
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 mouse stomach.

Keck Seminar, James Chappell, PhD
2022-02-18 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
James Chappell, PhDAssistant Professor, BioSciences, Rice University

Programming “Wild” Microbes and Microbiomes using RNA

Tropical Medicine Case Conference
2022-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 | TX

IDDD Round Table Workshop: Developing Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases
2022-02-10 15:30 - 17:00 | TX
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 Collaborative, 6500 Main St., Room 1003 from 3:30-5:00 pm CST. As always, you will have the opportunity on the registration site to submit questions in advance that may be addressed in the 30-minute round table discussion portion of the workshop. There is a virtual registration option if you prefer to join by zoom.

Keck Seminar, Ted Wensel, PhD
2022-02-04 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
Ted Wensel, PhDProfessor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

Emerging Molecular Imaging Approaches to Photoreceptor Cilia

19th Annual GCC Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Conference
2022-02-04 09:00 - 17:00 | TX

Online Only: Keck Seminar, Rafael Rosengarten, PhD
2022-01-28 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
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

Online Only: Keck Seminar, Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, DASM, PHCNS-BC
2022-01-21 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
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

January #Pain 2022 Workshop
2022-01-21 13:00 - 14:00 | TX
Neurobiology of Affective Disturbances in Chronic Pain

5th Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance & Stewardship Conference
2022-01-19 07:30 - 2022-01-21 17:00 | TX

Neurotheory Journal Club
2021-12-17 09:00 - 10:00 | TX
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 our discussion and post it here: http://xaqlab.com/neurotheory-blog. Take a look and you can see our past topics.

Email mailto:kresimir.josic@gmail.com for zoom link

Neurotheory Journal Club
2021-12-10 09:00 - 10:00 | TX
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 our discussion and post it here: http://xaqlab.com/neurotheory-blog. Take a look and you can see our past topics.

Email mailto:kresimir.josic@gmail.com for zoom link

Keck Seminar, Julian Hurdle, PhD
2021-12-03 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
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 discovery

Neurotheory Journal Club
2021-12-03 09:00 - 10:00 | TX
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 this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/150UlqytnPUi_NaR8xbM37rTEZlJ5-uI0JLTOvBuB6W8/edit#gid=926874423

After the meetings we summarize our discussion and post it here: http://xaqlab.com/neurotheory-blog. Take a look and you can see our past topics.

Email mailto:kresimir.josic@gmail.com for zoom link

3rd Annual GCC Cellular and Molecular Biophysics Conference
2021-11-30 09:00 - 17:00 | BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium, 6500 Main St, Houston, Texas, 77030, 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 Houston.

Keck Seminar, Dima Suki, PhD
2021-11-19 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
Dima Suki, PhDProfessor, Neurosurgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Ethical Considerations in Research

Neurotheory Journal Club
2021-11-19 09:00 - 10:00 | TX
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 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 our discussion and post it here: http://xaqlab.com/neurotheory-blog. Take a look and you can see our past topics.

Email mailto:kresimir.josic@gmail.com for zoom link

Keck Seminar and the Innovation & Diversity in Biomedical Science Seminar Series present Ana María Cárdenas, PhD
2021-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
Ana María Cárdenas, PhDR&D Associate Director, Solution Analysis, Becton Dickinson (BD)

From Local to Global Impact With a Non-Linear Career

Keck Seminar, Andrew Routh, PhD
2021-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
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

GCC Translational Imaging Conference:Future Trends in Quantitative and Theranostic Imaging
2021-11-02 09:00 - 17:00 | TX

Keck Seminar, Kathryn Patras, PhD
2021-10-29 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
Kathryn Patras, PhDAssistant Professor, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine

Group B Streptococcus and the Vaginal Microenvironment

Neurotheory Journal Club
2021-10-22 09:00 - 10:00 | TX
Presenter TBA

Keck Center Annual Research Conference
2021-10-22 08:00 - 17:00 | TX
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, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth

Sam Shelburne, MD, PhD, Professor, Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Keynote speakers:– Ellen Hallem, PhDProfessor of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles– Deborah Hogan, PhDProfessor of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine– Peter Kasson, MD, PhDAssociate Professor, Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia– Gerald Keusch, MDProfessor of Medicine, Associate Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University– Jonathan Livny, PhDSenior Research Scientist, Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Keck Seminar, Carmen Dessauer, PhD
2021-10-15 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
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

October #Pain2021 Workshop
2021-10-15 13:00 - 14:00 | TX
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 Children Chelsea Kaplan, Univ. of Michigan

1:15pm Neuroimmune Signatures in Human Chronic Pain Marco Loggia, Harvard Univ.

1:30pm Passive Transfer of Fibromyalgia David Andersson, King’s College London

1:45pm Insights Into a Role for IL-5 in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Widespread Pain: A Back- Translational Approach Ericka Merriwether, New York Univ.
