Texas Single Cell Seminars
2023-05-24 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-31 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Texas Single Cell Seminar – Spring 2023 ScheduleWednesdays 4-5 PMMeeting ID: 828 6718 3777Password: [REDACTED]

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Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research Community Engagement Core Presents "Know Your Kidneys Like ABC's"
2023-06-17 10:00 - 12:00
Hello TSU CEC Partner,

June is almost here and we want to invite you to our June 2023 seminar on Chronic Kidney Disease happening Saturday, June 17th with Dr. Biruh Workeneh. We will be providing no cost blood pressure and blood glucose testing, door prizes and an expert panel session. We hope to see you there!

When: Saturday, June 17, 2023

Where:

In-Person: Ethiopian Christian Fellowship Church, 401 Present St, Missouri City, TX 77489

Zoom Webinar: https://linktr.ee/cectxsouthernu

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Mental Health Research Consortium Neurotherapeutics Workgroup Summer Series Seminar: Miniaturization and Scale-Up of Electrophysiology for Neurotherapeutics Development
2023-06-26 12:00 - 13:30
Speakers:

Alessandro Porro, ElementsIntroducing ePatch – The Only Low-Cost Patch-Clamp Amplifier, You Can Mount Directly on the Manipulator!

Tim Strassmaier, Nanion TechnologiesA High-Throughput Survey of Ion Channel Expression in iPSC-Derived Sensory Neurons on SyncroPatch 384

Where:

Zoom Meeting LinkZoom Meeting ID: 946 4427 4222

Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research Community Engagement Core Presents "Chronic Kidney Disease"
2023-07-01 10:00
CBMHR Focus Group

Focus groups are a great way for people to find out new information about a topic.

Focus groups enable individuals to talk with others about different aspects of the subject.

Your knowledge could make a difference.

You can talk about things that are important to you.

Meet people with similar experiences.

$50.00 for your participation.

For more information on how to participate, contact Assata Richards, (281) 667-4466.

When: Saturday, July 1, 2023

Where: Zoom

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#Pain2023 Workshop: Neuroimmune Mechanisms on Pain
2023-07-21 13:00 - 14:00
Presenters are Lauren Donovan, Stanford Univ. ; Nader Ghasemlou, Queen’s Univ.; Xintong Dong, Univ. of Texas Dallas.

Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research (CBMHR) Community Engagement Core - Asthma & COPD
2023-07-22 10:00 - 14:00 | Felix L. Baldree Community Center, 13828 Corpus Christi, Houston, Texas, 77015
Join us as we discuss valuable information and resources!

Presentation covering respiratory disease & expert panel session.

Also featuring 1.0 unaccredited Community Health Worker CE Credit.

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Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research (CBMHR) Community Engagement Core - Breast Cancer Awareness
2023-07-29 11:00 - 12:00
Join us this Saturday for our webinar, as we reflect and share pivotal information about Breast Cancer! Our webinar is free to join and will cover numerous topics, including an in-depth conversation about breast cancer with survivors and a Q&A. Registration is still open, the webinar is from 11am-12pm!

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Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research (CBMHR) Community Engagement Core - My Journey with Breast Cancer
2023-07-29 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for… A Breast Health Education Webinar: My Journey with Breast Cancer. Saturday, July 29, 2023, 11am-12pm via Zoom.

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Research Mentor Training for Postdocs and PhD Research Staff Workshop
2023-08-04 09:30 - 15:30
This 6-hour, in-person workshop covers various aspects of mentoring young scientists in the lab. Topics include: Maintaining Effective Communication, Aligning Expectations, Fostering Independence, Addressing Equity and Inclusion, Cultivating Self-Efficacy. Participants benefit from case study and group discussions. Location: Bioscience Research Collaborative. Lunch provided.

Registration now open!

Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research (CBMHR) Community Engagement Core - Immunization Awareness
2023-08-05 09:00 - 12:00
On August 5, our seminar covering Immunization Awareness will not only have information from healthcare professionals, but resources and free immunizations at no cost as well! We will have guest speakers answering any questions you may have. Register now, the event is from 9am-12pm!

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Rigor and Reproducibility Publication and Reporting Workshop
2023-08-08 10:00 - 14:00
This workshop will take place at the Bioscience Research Collaborative, room 1003, from 10 am – 2 pm and will focus on NIH guidelines for publication and reporting as well as interactive discussions on challenges and pitfalls to avoid regarding publishing your own research and determining whether a published article has provided enough information to convince you of its findings. Attendance will be limited to 50, so register early.

GCC IDDD Foundations of Cancer Therapeutics and IDDD Postdoc Scholars, Aug. 14-18, 2023
2023-08-14 09:00 - 2023-08-18 16:30
The GCC Innovative Drug Discovery and Development (IDDD) Consortium would like to invite you to REGISTER to virtually audit our 3rd Annual Foundations of Cancer Therapeutics Course that will take place from 10 am – 3 pm August 14-18. This year’s 1-week course will focus on therapeutic development from early discovery through clinical trials. Note that while cancer therapeutics will be highlighted, the majority of what we will cover is disease-agnostic, so all with research in drug development are invited to join. Confirmed speakers include Zhiqiang An, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center; Roderick Dashwood, Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences and Technology; Peter Davies, Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences and Technology; Ahsan Farooqi, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Sarah Hein, March Biosciences; Philip Jones, MDA; Qingyun (Jim) Liu, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center; Wenshe Liu, Texas A&M Univ.; Cliona Rooney, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital; Suzanne Tomlinson, Gulf Coast Consortia.

4th Annual Single Cell Omics Symposium, Oct. 18, 2023
2023-08-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
We invite you to submit an abstract for presentation at the 4th Annual GCC Single Cell Omics Symposium that will take place on Oct. 18, 2023, at the BioScience Research Collaborative. The submission deadline is 11:59 PM Sept. 18, 2023. The deadline will not be extended, and late submissions will not be accepted. Confirmed keynote speakers: Mario L. Suvà, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Angela Ruohao Wu, The Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology. Stay tuned to the symposium website for updates on additional speakers and agenda.

#Pain2023 Workshop: Contribution of the Extracellular Matrix to Pain
2023-08-25 13:00 - 14:00
Presenters are Temugin Berta, Univ. of Cincinnati; Rena Stair, Univ. of Kansas; Maral Tajerian, Queens College. Online via Zoom webinar

IDDD Roundtable: ACT 101 Accelerating Cancer Therapeutics
2023-09-07 15:30 - 16:30
We invite you to register for the GCC IDDD Roundtable Workshop: ACT 101: Accelerating Cancer Therapeutics. This workshop will feature presenters Shailabala Singh, Mongoose Bio, Inc., and Robert Kruse, HydroGene Therapeutics, Inc. The workshop will occur on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, from 3:30-4:30 pm, CDT. You can register to attend in person at TMC Innovation Factory – 2450 Holcombe, Houston, TX 77; or virtually via Zoom webinar. Note that there are a limited number of in-person seats available.

Keck Seminar, Bradley Lambert, PhD
2023-09-08 16:00 - 17:00
Bradley Lambert, PhDHuman Subjects Research Director, Orthopedic Biomechanics Research Laboratory, Dept. of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital

Title: TBD

Keck Seminar, Caroline Chung, MD
2023-09-15 16:00 - 17:00
Caroline Chung, MDAssociate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Title: Curiosity, Courage & Collaboration: Perspectives From My Cancer Career Journey

Let's Talk About Prostate Cancer, September 16, 2023
2023-09-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Texas Southern University
Held at Progressive New Hope Church at no-cost, this seminar will be focused on sharing vital information about prostate cancer, Biometric testing will be provided, as well as immunizations.

Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research (CBMHR) Community Engagement Core - Let's Talk Prostate Cancer
2023-09-16 09:00 - 12:00
Held at Progressive New Hope Church at no-cost, this seminar will be focused on sharing vital information about prostate cancer to men in the Houston area. Biometric testing will be provided, as well as immunizations.

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5th Annual GCC Mental Health Conference on Sept. 19, 2023
2023-09-19 00:00 - 23:59
Confirmed keynote speakers include Shelly Flagel, Univ. of Michigan and John Mantsch, Medical College of Wisconsin. Stay tuned to the symposium website for updates on additional speakers and agenda.

#Pain2023 Workshop: New Approaches in Understanding Neuropathic Pain
2023-09-22 13:00 - 14:00
Presenters this month are: Peter Grace, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Stephanie Shiers, Univ. of Texas, Dallas; and Mariacristina Mazzitelli, Texas Tech Health Science Center.

Keck Seminar, Pratip K. Bhattacharya, PhD
2023-09-22 16:00 - 17:00
Pratip K. Bhattacharya, PhDAssociate Professor, Cancer Systems Imaging,

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Title: Interrogating Therapeutic Efficacy in Cancer in Real-Time by Metabolic Imaging

Jr. Faculty Publishing and Peer Review in the Age of Preprints Seminar
2023-09-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Bioscience Research Collaborative 6500 Main Street Room 1003 Houston, TX 77030, 6500 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
The GCC Jr. Faculty group welcome Stéphane Larochelle from Nature Communications, who will present a talk on Publishing and Peer Review in the Age of Preprints. A Q&A session and reception will follow the presentation.

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Merck Discovery Biologics Virtual Career Day
2023-09-28 10:00 - 15:30
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Scientific Talks: What are biologics? What is biologics drug discovery?10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

Career Panel Discussion: What is Merck like? How do I prepare for an industry career?11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT / 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Please submit your questions in advance by emailing Discovery Biologics Info dbiologics.info@merck.com

For more information, email us at DBiologics.Info@merck.com

Keck Seminar, Xue Sherry Gao, PhD
2023-09-29 16:00 - 17:00
Xue Sherry Gao, PhDAssistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

Title: Engineered CRISPR Systems for Disease Treatment and Diagnostics

Center for Neuroregeneration Lecture Series: Mechanisms of Astrocyte-neuron Interactions During Synapse Development with Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker, PhD, Texas A&M University
2023-10-03 09:00 - 10:30 | Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Texas, 77030
Please join us for the Center for Neuroregeneration Lecture Series: Mechanisms of Astrocyte-neuron Interactions During Synapse Development with Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker, PhD, Texas A&M University.

Astrocytes, a major class of non-neuronal brain cells, play crucial roles in synapse development and function. An important aspect of normal glutamatergic synapse development is maintaining a balance between active (AMPA receptor containing) and silent (AMPA receptor lacking) synapses, whereupon silent synapses are converted to active, or eliminated. Aberrant silent synapse development has been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders and drug addiction, while decreased synapse number and activity is prevalent in aging and neurodegeneration. Astrocytes produce factors that modulate both active and silent synapse formation, yet how these different factors act together to generate the correct synapse number and type is not well understood. Our previous work identified neuronal LAR family receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases (LAR-RPTPs) as necessary for active and silent synapse formation mediated by astrocyte-secreted proteins glypican 4 (Gpc4) and thrombospondin 1 (TSP1) respectively. In this presentation, she will discuss research that has identified neuronal candidates that mediate these astrocytic signals downstream of LAR-RPTPs-Gpc4 and TSP1 interactions, and how changes in active and silent synapse balance impact the development of escape behaviors.

When: October 3, 2023, from 9-10:30 AM (CDT)Where: Walter Tower Colombia Room

Contact Dee Lofton, dloftin@houstonmethodist.org, for more information.

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GCC CMB Monthly Seminar
2023-10-03 14:00 - 15:00
We invite you to register for our GCC Cellular and Molecular Biophysics Seminar featuring Dr Albert Lin, Morphic Therapeutics, who will discuss How to Create Closure-Stabilizing Integrin Inhibitors. The event will occur online, on October 3, 2023, from 2-3 pm (CDT).

GCC IDDD and BioHouston BioConnect, Oct. 3, 2023
2023-10-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Levit Green, 3131 Holcombe Houston, TX, 3131 Holcombe, Houston, 77021
We invite all healthcare technology innovators, entrepreneurs and biotech stakeholders to join us for the launch of our new BioConnect networking series (1st Tuesday of each month). The goal of BioConnect is to promote collaboration among academic and industry innovators and key stakeholders within our growing biotech ecosystem. Each month, BioConnect will be hosted by one of our exceptional technology development resources and will feature local biotech companies. All career levels (e.g. students and postdocs) are welcome.

Community Engaged Healthcare Workshop, October 4, 2023
2023-10-04 08:30 - 14:30 | Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC), 6500 Main Street, Auditorium, Houston, TX, 77030, United States
We invite you to register for the Community Engaged Healthcare Workshop, a collaboration between GCC and Texas Southern University. This year’s workshop will feature: Veronica Ajewole, Texas Southern Univ.; Jorge Gomez, Texas A&M Univ.; Charlease Hatchett, Connected Through Cancer Foundation; Sharon Petronella Croisant, UTMB; Rayne Rouce, Texas Children’s Hospital; Stephen Sodeke, Tuskegee Univ.; Sujatha Sridhar, UTHealth. The workshop will be held from 8:45-2:30 at the BioScience Research Collaborative, Event Hall.
