The Keck Seminar Series, begun in 1990, focuses on contemporary interdisciplinary science involving quantitative or computational, biomedical informatics and data science, bioinformatics, chemical, and/or physical approaches to biological and biomedical problems. The speakers, selected by a committee of GCC-supported trainees, are drawn from GCC institutions, and institutions nationwide. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Keck Seminar Series is also a 1-credit graduate course at Rice University, BIOS 592 Topics in Quantitative Biology & Biomedical Informatics. Seminars are also offered online via Zoom; however, trainees affiliated with GCC training programs are required to attend the seminars in person.
Fall 2023 Keck Seminars will begin on September 8, and the final seminar will be on December 1. Seminars take place from 4:00-5:15 pm Fridays in Rice University’s BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) room 280. Rice map.
Those not on the Keck Seminar listserv are to please contact Elizabeth Lawrence for the Zoom login information for a particular seminar; it is not the same every week.
If you would like to receive the Keck Seminar listserv weekly reminders, please email Elizabeth Lawrence.
For questions, speaker suggestions, or to join our trainee Keck Seminar planning committee, email Elizabeth Lawrence or Jim Briggs.
Keck Seminar Series - Fall 2023
September 8, 2023 Bradley Lambert, PhD
Manager, Center for Human Performance, Dept. of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital.
Seminar Title: Blood Flow Restriction Therapy: Rehabilitation, Injury Prevention, and Human Performance
Host: Kara Hood, PhD
September 15, 2023 Caroline Chung, MD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology,
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Seminar Title: Curiosity, Courage & Collaboration: Perspectives from my Cancer Career Journey
Host: Melissa Glueck
September 22, 2023 Pratip K. Bhattacharya, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Systems Imaging,
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Seminar Title: Interrogating therapeutic efficacy in cancer in real-time by metabolic imaging
Host: Melissa Glueck
September 29, 2023 Xue (Sherry) Gao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Rice University
Seminar Title: Engineered CRISPR Systems for Disease Treatment and Diagnostics
Host: Taryn Eubank, PharmD
October 6, 2023 Kevin Garey, PharmD
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research,
University of Houston
Seminar Title: The Evolving World of Microbiome Research
Host: Taryn Eubank, PharmD
October 20, 2023 33rd Annual Keck Research Conference
New Frontiers in RNA Biology and Therapeutics
RNA Biology is considered one of the most influential areas in modern biology and biomedicine. Don’t miss this exciting conference and poster session. The conference and poster session will also highlight the outstanding research being done by predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in the eight inter-institutional training programs administered by the GCC/Keck Center.
October 27, 2023 Lynn Zechiedrich, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Molecular Virology and Microbiology,
Baylor College of Medicine
Seminar Title: Cracking the Secondary DNA Codes That Control Access to the Primary Genetic Code
Host: Kara Hood, PhD
November 3, 2023 Peter Lwigale, PhD
via Zoom
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biosciences, Innovation and Diversity Speaker
Rice University
Seminar Title: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Ocular Development
Host: Ivan Coronado
November 10, 2023 Danielle A. Garsin, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics,
UTHealth Science Center at Houston
Seminar Title: Deciphering the Antifungal Activity of Enterococcus faecalis Antimicrobial Peptide EntV
Host: Sara Abouelniaj
November 17, 2023 Clifford Stephan, PhD
Via Zoom
Research Associate Professor, Director, High Throughput Research and Screening Center,
Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University
Seminar Title: The Texas A&M Therapeutics Technology Center
Host: Justin Van Riper
December 1, 2023 Margaret Goodell, PhD
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Baylor College of Medicine
Seminar Title: Stem Cell Competition in the Aging Blood System
Host: Sara Abouelniaj
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