Introduction to Manuscript Writing
2023-11-10 14:30 - 15:45 (America/Chicago)
Introduction to Biomedical Manuscript Writing

Join us for “Introduction to Manuscript Writing”. This in-person workshop is intended for PhD students and Postdocs affiliated with Institutions in biomedical science and will provide tips to enhance your writing skills for publication in scientific journals.

Hosted by the Gulf Coast Consortia at the BRC 6500 Main Street 280, Houston, TX 77030. This event will take place on Fri, Nov 10 2023 at 2:30. Come for the biomedical writing seminar and stay for the GCC Keck Seminar at 4:00 pm.

Mark your calendars for this informative event!

Keck Seminar, Danielle Garsin, PhD
2023-11-10 16:00 - 17:00
Danielle Garsin, PhDProfessor, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UTHealth Science Center at Houston

Title: Deciphering the Antifungal Activity of Enterococcus faecalis Antimicrobial Peptide EntV

GCC Consortia Cellular and Molecular Biophysics Conference
2023-11-15 09:00 - 17:00 | BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium, 6500 Main St, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Confirmed keynote presenters: Jane Dyson, Scripps Research Institute; and Jane Shelby Richardson, Duke Univ.

2023-11-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Levit Green, 2505 Greensboro Dr., Houston, Texas, 77021
The next edition of the Bayou City Bio Pulse will be taking place at Levit Green on Wednesday, November 15 from 4 – 6 p.m. This event will give us an overview of the development, their long-term plan and the impact of state-of-the-art facilities on the Houston life sciences ecosystem. This event is a collaboration between BioHouston, Hines and the Life Sciences Committee at the Greater Houston Partnership.

Stan Watowich, PhD, from Ridgeline Therapeutics and Dr. Yingmin Zhu from Sino Biological will be kicking off the event.

AlphaFold and Machine Learning in Structural Biology Workshop
2023-11-16 08:30 - 12:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
We invite you to register for the AlphaFold and Machine Learning in Structural Biology Workshop, sponsored by the GCC Cellular and Molecular Biophysics Consortia. This workshop will feature:

Matthew Baker, UT Health Science Center HoustonKelly Churion, TAMUTasos Kyrillidis, Rice Univ.Mitch Miller, Rice Univ.George Phillips, Rice Univ.

At the end of the workshop, the AlphaFold Challenge Contest will be explained. Contestants will have two weeks to solve a problem of their choosing using only AlphaFold technologies (no experiments). Prizes will be Amazon gift cards and bragging rights.

Keck Seminar, Clifford Stephan, PhD
2023-11-17 16:00 - 17:00
Clifford Stephan, PhDResearch Associate Professor, Director, High Throughput Research and Screening Center, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University

Title: The Texas A&M Therapeutics Technology Center

Keck Seminar, Margaret Goodell, PhD
2023-12-01 16:00 - 17:00
Margaret Goodell, PhDProfessor and Chair, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

Title: TBD

Childhood Cancer: What the Community Needs to Know
2023-12-02 08:00 - 17:00
Guest Speaker: Dr. Rayne Rouce

Date: Dec. 12, 2023Time: 10 AM – 12 PMWhere: Fallbrook Church, 12512 Walters Rd., Houston, TX 77014 or Virtual via Zoom

Register Here

BioConnect, Dec. 5, 4-6 pm
2023-12-05 16:00 - 18:00
Hosted by JLABS@ TMC, we invite all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and biotech stakeholders to join us for the December BioConnect networking series. BioConnect aims to promote 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 by 11:59 pm, Dec. 3 to attend. Location: JLABS@TMC, 2450 Holcombe Blvd.

GCC US Visa and Immigration Seminar for International Postdocs and Researchers Seminar
2023-12-07 16:00 - 17:30
Sponsored by the GCC Cancer Therapeutics Training Program. Presented by Brendan Delaney, Frank & Delaney Immigration Law, LLC, and Qiang Hao, Hao Law, PC. During this seminar, you will learn how to successfully pursue your US Visa and Immigration during your postdoc training. It will include but not be limited to self-sponsored J-1 visas (including J1 waivers), F1(OPT), H-1B/O-1/TN, and green card. It will also cover what to do before or after your postdoc as you move through your career transition. Speakers will discuss the type of issues that the postdocs face in terms of visa transition and how you can build a CV/Resume for purposes of a self-sponsored application to continue your career development and/or transition to an employment position. They will also review the recent guidance that was published relating to STEM, how this affects certain visa applications, and introduce their cases on how to work with visa and immigration lawyers. The webinar will leave you with some practical information and allow some time for general questions. Register below to receive the Zoom webinar link.

SWPDC - 9th Annual Evening of Pediatric Device Innovation
2023-12-07 16:00 - 19:30
Please join us for the SouthWest – Midwest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (SWPDC)’s Evening of Pediatric Device Innovation and Annual Business Meeting at the Texas A&M EnMED Tower. This serves as the annual gathering of members, colleagues, and guests for our FDA-supported pediatric device consortium that supports pediatric device innovators throughout the pediatric device life cycle to bring novel pediatric devices to pediatric patients.

Date: Thursday, December 7th, 2023Time: 4:00 PM – 7:30 PMLocation (In-Person, Free Event): Texas A&M EnMed Tower1st floor Auditorium1020 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030(Southeast corner of Holcombe and Main in the Texas Medical Center)

Public parking is available nearby in the EnMed Horizon Tower Parking Garage, local hotels, and other TMC parking lots.

Click Here to Register

GCC IDDD Roundtable: How to Rapidly Implement AI/ML in Your Research: From 10K Feet to the Trenches
2023-12-14 15:30 - 18:00
Presented by the GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Consortia, we invite you to register for the GCC IDDD Round Table Workshop: How to Rapidly Implement AI/ML in Your Research: From 10K Feet to the Trenches, presented by Reid Powell, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M. The workshop will occur on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 3:30 to 6:00 at TMC3 Collaborative Building, 7255 Helix Park Ave., Braeswood Conference Room Level 4, Houston, TX, 77030. Reception from 5-6 pm. There is free parking in the parking lot across from the building, or you can pay to park in the building’s garage.

Only 30 seats are available, so register now!

This interactive workshop will convey a basic understanding of the role of machine learning in the drug discovery pipeline. We will cover machine learning methods and best practices that can be flexibly used to address a wide array of drug discovery and biomedical applications. We will additionally cover the computational resources, including physical infrastructure and software, that can enable drug discovery researchers with limited coding expertise to implement machine learning analysis. This workshop will conclude with live demonstrations and discussion between computational drug discovery experts and the audience. We encourage attendees to bring a laptop and follow along.

Mentoring Up for Current (and almost) Postdocs
2023-12-15 09:30 - 15:30 | BRC
This active learning workshop develops skills and facilitates discussions for solving dilemmas and managing mentoring relationships. Intended for current (and almost) postdocs. If you early in your postdoc or are soon to graduate and have accepted a postdoc position, this is for you! A future workshop in Spring 2024 will focus on Mentoring Up for predocs. In-person only.

Duncan Cancer Center Tumor Biology Retreat
2024-01-09 10:00 - 17:00
Keynote Speakers:

Andreas Wieland, PhD, will present “More Than Just T Cells: Adaptive Immune Reponses in HPV+ Head and Neck Cancer.“

Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, PhD, will present “Wild Type and Mutant p53 Functions.“

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by Jan. 7, 2024 here or email Ms. Shenese Colwell, shenesed@bcm.edu.

GCC Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Workshop on Bacterial Genomics, Jan. 16, 2024
2024-01-16 00:00 - 12:00
This year, we are excited to offer a pre-meeting workshop for trainees on Bacterial Genomics on Jan. 16, 2024. The workshop will feature:Todd Treangen, Rice University, will present Strain-level Characterization of Metagenomic Sequencing Data.

Jennifer Spinler, Baylor College of Medicine, will present Methods for Pathogen Epidemiology Using Whole Genome Sequencing.You can register here!

7th Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Conference
2024-01-17 00:00 - 2024-01-19 23:59
Confirmed keynote speakers include Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, Duke Univ.; Kelly E. Dooley, Vanderbilt Univ.; Michael Otto, NIH/NIAID; Arjun Srinivasan, CDC.

Keck Seminar
2024-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Speaker: Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH

Professor of English, Director of Medical Humanities Research Institute

Rice University

GCC Immunology Monthly Seminar
2024-01-23 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Santiago Carrero Longlax, MD, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital

Subject: Unraveling the Mechanisms Linking Inflammation to Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Post-Pulmonary Tuberculosis

When: Tuesday, January 23, 2024, from 12 noon – 1:00 pm (CDT)

Where: Zoom; Passcode: [REDACTED]

Genscript ProBio LUNCH and LEARN
2024-01-23 13:00 - 14:00
“Manufacturing Roadmap: Considerations for Development and Manufacturing of Cell and Gene Therapy”

Speakers:Sarah Li, PhD, Associate Director of Process Development

Mark Thompson, PhD, Head of Business Development

Anu Omogbara, PhD, Business Development Manager

Where: TMC Innovation Factory, 2450 Holcombe Blvd, Suite X, Houston, TX 77021

Register Here

Save the Date: Maternal & Child Health
2024-01-26 08:00 - 17:00

Keck Seminar
2024-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Career Panel, Academia

Carly Filgueira, PhD (HMRI), Kendra Carmon, PhD (UTH), Risa Myers, PhD (Rice).

Faculty Mentor Training
2024-02-02 09:30 - 15:30
This interactive workshop will help develop skills and provide insights into mentoring.

Topics include:

•maintaining effective communication

•aligning expectations

•fostering independence

•addressing equity and inclusion

•cultivating self-efficacy

Facilitated by Bob Tillman, BCM, and Vicki Alger, GCC.

Keck Seminar
2024-02-02 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Julianne Pollard-Larkin, PhD

Assistant Professor, Radiation Physics

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Introduction to Schrödinger’s Platform for Drug Discovery
2024-02-06 08:30 - 16:30
We invite you to register for the Introduction to Schrödinger’s Platform for Drug Discovery Workshop. There are registration options to attend either in person and virtually via Zoom.The workshop will take place Feb. 6, 8:30-4:30 at the TMC3 Collaborative Building, 7255 Helix Park Ave., Hermann Hall, 2nd floor, Houston, TX, 77030. All career levels (e.g., students and postdocs) are welcome.

Topics that will be covered include:

Introduction to Schrödinger’s Platform for Small Molecule Drug Discovery

Hit to Development Candidate in Ten months: Rapid Discovery of a Novel, Potent MALT1 Inhibitor

Lead Optimization Design Challenge: Inhibitors for D-Amino Acid Oxidase

Workflows for Structure-based Antibody Optimization

Computational Drug Discovery Pitch Competition-more information about the competition can be found on the registration website.

If you are interested in giving a pitch during the Computational Drug Discovery Pitch Competition you need to fill out this form by January 26th to reserve your spot.

GCC IDDD and BioHouston BioConnect
2024-02-06 16:30 - 18:30
We invite all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and biotech stakeholders to join us for the February BioConnect networking series (1st Tuesday of each month) being hosted by Beacon Capital Partners. BioConnect aims to promote 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.

This month’s BioConnect will occur on Feb. 6, 2024, from 4:30-6:30 pm at Dynamic One, 1840 Dynamic Way, Houston, TX, 77030.

Becoming a Resilient Scientist
2024-02-09 09:30 - 16:00
Learn how to manage the challenges of the scientific research environment with Sharon Milgram, Director of the NIH OITE!

Being a scientist can be challenging! This workshop is designed to help develop resilience tools needed to study and work in research environments.

Come hear Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director of the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education present vital information on developing essential skills for well-being, assertiveness, and feedback to improve relationships in research & beyond.

Keck Seminar
2024-02-16 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Save the Date: Autoimmune Disease
2024-02-22 12:00 - 14:00

CCTS Bioethics Forum
2024-02-23 08:30 - 15:30 | Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa, 201 Tallapoosa St, Montgomery, Alabama, 36104
Ethical AI: Bridging Gaps in Healthcare and Research for Underserved Communities

Hosted by Stephen Sodeke, PhD; D. BioethicsResident Bioethicist, Center for Biomedical ResearchProfessor of Bioethics and Allied Health SciencesTuskegee University

Improving health outcomes in underserved communities means bridging gaps in healthcare and research. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers promise to support medical professionals in data analysis and facilitating informed decision-making. Leveraging AI may improve diagnostic accuracy and help to deliver personalized treatments, ultimately enhancing patient care, but there are ethical challenges that need to be overcome to realize the promise of AI-enhanced care for all people.

Learn More Here

Register Here

Keck Seminar
2024-02-23 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Room 280, 6500 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Gracie Vargas, PhD

Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, & Anatomy

UT Medical Branch at Galveston
