#PAIN2022 WORKSHOP
2022-03-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
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, Lauren Stadler, PhD
2022-03-25 16:00 - 17:00
Lauren Stadler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University.

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

Keck Seminar, 2021 Annual Research Conference Poster Winners
2022-04-01 16:00 - 17:00
PhD Students:

Alyssa Emig, BCM, and Shelby Simar, UTHealth

Postdocs:

Leo Elworth, Rice, and Eva Preisner, BCM

Online only: Keck Seminar, Kay Choi, PhD
2022-04-08 16:00 - 17:00
Kay Choi, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UT Medical Branch at Galveston

11th Annual GCC Translational Pain Research Conference
2022-04-13 13:00 - 2022-04-14 13:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
Confirmed speakers: Diana Bautista, UC Berkely; Gregory F. Corder, Univ. of Pennsylvania and Will Renthal, Harvard Univ.

Single Cell Omics Panel Discussion: Single Cell Spatial Transcriptomics
2022-04-19 13:30 - 15:00
Panelists Nicholas Navin, MDA; Rui Chen, BCM; Hassan Samee, BCM

Jr. Faculty Extravaganza
2022-04-22 11:45 - 14:00

Online Only: Keck Seminar, Lori Banks, PhD
2022-04-22 16:00 - 17:00
Lori Banks, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology, Bates College

The Pursuit of Global Domination

GCC IDDD Conference
2022-05-03 08:00 - 2022-05-04 17:00
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. Penn; Nicola La Monica, Johnson & Johnson Innovation; Barry Morgan, Hitgen; Jay Parrish, Arch Venture Partners; Shamina Rangwala, Pfizer; Lior Zangi, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Saini; Bissan Al-Lazikani, MD Anderson; Yongying Jiang, MD Anderson; Jin Wang, BCM.

GCC AI in Healthcare Symposium
2022-05-18 08:30 - 16:30
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 Health Science Center Houston; Han Liang, MD Anderson Cancer Centerk Ezemenari Obasi, Univ. of Houston; Craig Rusin, Baylor College of Medicine; Ila Singh, BCM/TCH; Jack Smith, Texas A&M Univ.; Caesar Uribe, Rice Univ.; LeChauncy Woodard, Univ. of Houston; Hua Xu; UT Health Science Center Houston; Jiajie Zhang, UT Health Science Center Houston; Andrew Zimolzak, BCM.

Jr. Faculty Branding Workshop
2022-05-19 14:00 - 18:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Room 1003, 6500 Main Street, Room 1003, Houston, Texas, 77030, 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, and so much more (see below)! Note that we are limiting participation to 40, and the workshop will be followed by a networking reception. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity.

Personal branding expert, Sahar Paz, will present a workshop dedicated to your LinkedIn profile. After working with Sahar, her personal branding clients have:

A clear understanding of what personal branding is and how to leverage LinkedIn.A 133% increase in income after working with Sahar to revamp their LinkedIn profile and CV.Successfully positioned to be appointed Director or CEO roles within life science innovation.Invited to speak at conferences, provide published quotes for articles, or appear on television or podcasts within their industry, elevating their visibility and opportunities for career advancement.

Bring your laptop or tablet, and be prepared to leave with an optimized LinkedIn profile. You will walk away from this workshop with new headshots and much more:

New headshots! A professional photographer will be on-site, you will receive 2 JPG images! Optimize your LinkedIn profile! Take a guided audit of your existing profile to understand all the features on LinkedIn, and with 3 simple steps update your profile sections during the workshop!Reputation Management:Get clear on how you want to be perceived, and whose attention you’re trying to get, walk away with 5-10 LinkedIn posts that will position your profile for success! Relationship Building: Spend time on LinkedIn intentionally, learn how to use and leverage LinkedIn for professional development, including, network building and using groups.

Sahar’s clients include TMC Innovation, FemTech Focus, XN Health, Rice University Ken Kennedy Institute.

TexSyn V Synthetic Chemistry in Texas
2022-05-20 08:00 - 2022-05-21 17:00
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 JeonUniversity of Texas, ArlingtonProfessor Tian QinUniversity of Texas, Southwestern Medical CenterProfessor Julian WestRice UniversityProfessor Damian YoungBaylor College of Medicine

Registration is open. Please register by April 30. All registrants will receive a name badge and will be eligible for free boxed lunches on both Friday and Saturday. If you would like to stay at the UH Hilton, please see Lodging & Food for more details.

When you complete the registration form, please let us know if you are interested in participating in any of the following:

Industry Recruiting Event, Friday, May 20Poster Presentation, Saturday, May 21Saturday Evening Banquet (first 200 to register), Saturday, May 21

Mental Health Research Consortium: Summer Neurotherapeutics Summer Seminar
2022-06-20 12:00 - 13:30
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 System” Dr. Thomas Kent Robert A. Welch Chair Professor Institute for Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M Health and “Finding Combinatorial Drug Repositioning Therapy” Dr. Xiaoqian Jiang Professor and Director, UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics, Center for Secure Artificial intelligence For hEalthcare (SAFE).

IDDD Round Table Workshop: 3rd Annual COVID/Vaccine Update
2022-06-29 15:30 - 17:00
This workshop will feature presentations from Alan Berrett, PhD, UT Medical Branch at Galveston and Roger Nosal, PhD, Pfizer, Inc.

#Pain2022 Workshop: Perspectives and Recollections of Pain Research: Spotlight on Texas
2022-07-15 13:00 - 14:00
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 and ChairNeuroscience, Cell Biology, & AnatomyUT Medical Branch at Galveston

Behavioral Science Research News Hour
2022-07-18 12:00 - 13:00

DEADLINE - 32rd Keck ARC Logo Contest
2022-08-04 17:00
For contest information, please check the contest website.

Foundations of Cancer Therapeutics: Commercialization
2022-08-15 10:00 - 2022-08-19 15:00
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 this space. Though cancer will be highlighted, the various aspects of therapeutics commercialization and careers will be largely disease-agnostic, so all are welcome. Topics to be covered include 1) understanding disease, need, target population, market, and competitive landscape; 2) end game development goals and target produce profile; 3) strategies for when to file invention disclosures and patents and when to license; 4) commercialization strategies; 5) Funding; 6) preclinical/IND-enabling studies; 7) clinical trials; 8) NDA and post approval; and 9) the final day highlighting the Houston therapeutics landscape and small biotech companies. Career panel discussions will take place in the afternoon of each day. Confirmed speakers include Sarah Hein (TMCi), Phil Jones (MDA), Wei Wan (TAMU), Larry Hope (MDA), John Shultz (HMRI), Suzanne Tomlinson (GCC), Enrique Gomez (TMCi), and Andrew Strong (Hogan Lovells). Those who register to audit the course will participate via Zoom. The course will start at 10 am each day and end by 3 pm.

Monthly Seminar Series on Antibiotic Resistance
2022-08-15 12:00 - 14:00
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

Laura Rojas, PhD, Antimicrobial Resistance Researcher Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

When: Monday, August 15th, 12:00 p.m.

Where: https://bit.ly/ASM08_15_2022

#Pain2022 Workshop
2022-08-19 13:00 - 14:00
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 Scheff, PhD, Univ. of Pittsburgh

1:15pm Calibrating Nociceptive Dynamics in Midbrain Opioidergic Circuits

Gregory Corder, PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania

1:30pm Urothelial Cells and Bladder Pain

Aaron Mickle, PhD, Univ. of Florida

1:45pm Treating and Preventing Amputation Related Pain with Targeted Muscle Reinnervation

Gwendolyn Hoben, MD, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Keck Seminar, Anthony R. Flores, MD, PhD
2022-09-09 16:00 - 17:00
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

Diversity, Disparities and Community Engagement in Healthcare Research Workshop
2022-09-13 08:30 - 16:30 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, 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 place on Sept. 13, 2022, from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (CDT) and will be held in the BioScience Research Collaborative, Room 1003, 6500 Main St., Houston Texas. Confirmed speakers include: Veronica Ajewole, TSU; Carla Brailey, TSU; David Buck, UH; Sterling Carter, 100 Black Men Metropolitan Houston; Kathy Flanagan-Payton, Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation; Jorge Gomez, TAMU; Cassandra Harris, MDA; Rodney Hunter, TSU; Tiffany Israel, Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center; Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Latter Day Deliverance Revival Church & TSU; Omonike Olaleye, TSU; Sharon Petronella Croisant, UTMB; Rayne Rouce, Texas Children’s Hospital; Stephen Sodeke, Tuskegee Univ.; Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Rice Univ.; Nkechi Uche-Ogboh, Dominion International Center. Please click here for the full workshop agenda.

Keck Seminar, Nasos Dousis, PhD
2022-09-16 16:00 - 17:00
Nasos Dousis, PhDDirector of Protein and RNA Engineering, Tessera Therapeutics

Title: There and Back Again: Curing Disease Via the Central Dogma

Monthly Seminar Series on Antibiotic Resistance
2022-09-19 12:00 - 14:00
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” with Jinhee Jo, Assistant Professor, University of Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX

When: Monday, September 19th, 12:00 p.m.

Where: https://bit.ly/AMR_Sep19_2022

4th Annual Mental Health Research Conference
2022-09-21 13:00 - 2022-09-22 13:30 | BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium, 6500 Main St, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

GCC Mental Health Conference
2022-09-21 13:00 - 2022-09-22 14:30 | Bioscience Research Collaborative, 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States

Keck Seminar, Jason Eriksen, PhD
2022-09-23 16:00 - 17:00
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

Keck Seminar, Felicia Skelton, MD
2022-09-30 16:00 - 17:00
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

MHR Connecting Circuits Workgroup Roundtable
2022-10-06 13:00 - 15:00
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, TX 77030, Room 1003. Discussion includes Dr. Benjamin Deneen. PhD, Professor and Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Chair, “The Neuroscience of Brain Tumors” and Dr. Thomas Kosten, MD, Professor and Jay H. Waggoner Chair, ” Psychiatric Disorders: Epigenetics in Suicide and Addictions”.

Keck Seminar, Holly Beale, PhD
2022-10-07 16:00 - 17:00
Holly Beale, PhDLead Computational Biologist, Genomics Institute, Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative, UC Santa Cruz

Title: Genomics of Charismatic Megafauna
