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, BIOC 592 Topics in Quantitative Biology & Biomedical Informatics. Trainees supported by the GCC are required to attend the seminars in person.
Please note the remaining Keck Seminars will be moving to complete remote delivery for the remainder of the spring semester. Seminars will be held from 4-5pm CST Fridays, as usual. To watch the livestream seminar, go to Zoom link. Click “Join a Meeting”. Enter the meeting ID 481 691 1620. Meeting Password is now required to join, use “GCC”, all caps. IMPORTANT – Mute your microphone. There will be Q&A session at the end, and you can submit any questions using the ‘Chat’ feature.
For questions, speaker suggestions, or to join our Keck Seminar planning committee email Vanessa Herrera or Jim Briggs. If you would like to receive the Keck Seminar weekly reminder please email Dawn Koob. View a collection of past Keck Seminars here.
Keck Seminar Schedule
Speakers are subject to change.
Keck Seminar, Stephen S. Laurie, PhD
Stephen S. Laurie, PhDSenior Scientist, SANS Discipline Lead, KBR, NASA Johnson Space Center
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Caroline Ajo-Franklin, PhDProfessor, BioSciences Rice University
Find out more »Keck Seminar, Joan E. Nichols, PhD
Joan E. Nichols, PhD, Professor, Dept. Internal Medicine, UTMB
Find out more »Keck Seminar, Ricardo Azevedo, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
Find out more »Keck Seminar, Barbara Trautner, MD, PhD
Professor and Director, Clinical and Health Services Research
Find out more »Keck Seminar, M. Neal Waxham, PhD
William M. Wheless III, Professor In Biomedical SciencesProfessor, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Find out more »Keck Seminar, Nicholas Navin, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Department of Genetics, Division of Basic Science Research, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Keck Seminar, Anne Churchland
Anne Churchland, Associate Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in conjunction with GCC Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (TCN) Conference Movements Decisions and Wholistic Behavior
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Keck Seminar, Eric Wagner
Eric Wagner, UTMB Associate Eric Wagner, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston Regulated Destabilization of Paused RNA Polymerase II: The Value of a Pair […]
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Keck Seminar, Sheereen Majd
Sheereen Majd, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston Towards Nanomaterials Tailored for Delivery of Therapeutics
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Keck Seminar, Yubin Zhou
Yubin Zhou, Associate Professor, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Inst of Biosciences & Technology, Texas A&M University Optogenetic Engineering for Biomedical Applications
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Keck Seminar, Samuel Shelburne
Samuel Shelburne, MD, PhD, Deputy Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Impact of Large Scale DNA Sequencing […]
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CANCELLED: Keck Seminar, Carmen Dessauer
Carmen Dessauer, Professor, Integrated Biology & Pharmacology, UT Health Science Center Spatial Constraints of Adenylyl Cyclase Signaling
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Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Keck Seminar, Richard Baraniuk
Richard Baraniuk, Cameron Chair in Engineering, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Statistics, and Computer Science, Rice University Going Off the Deep End with Deep Learning To watch the livestream seminar, […]
Find out more »Keck Seminar, Lance Black
Lance Black, TMCx will present The Ampersand (&): Bridging the Communities of Research & Development through Innovation To watch the livestream seminar, go to Zoom link. Click “Join a Meeting”. Enter […]
Find out more »Keck Seminar, Marcie O’Malley
Dr. Marcie O’Malley, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University will present Enhancing Human Performance with Wearable Haptics.
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Keck Seminr, Vasanthi Jayaraman
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will present Allostery at the Single Molecule Level .
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Keck Seminar, Yubin Zhou
Associate Professor, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University will present OptogenetIc Engineering for Biomedical Applications.
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Keck Seminar, Dan Frigo & Leah DiMascio
Dr. Dan Frigo, Associate Professor, Dept. of Cancer Systems Imaging, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center will present Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable in Science . Dr. Leah DiMascio, Chief Operating […]
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Keck Seminar, Amy Franklin
Dr. Amy Franklin,Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will present Cognitive Informatics: Usability, Work-flow, and Decision Support .
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Keck Seminar, Timothy Palzkill
Dr. Timothy Palzkill, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Baylor College of Medicine will present Molecular Basis of β-Lactam Antibiotic Resistance.
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Keck Seminar, Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Professor of Bioengineering, Rice UniversityDesigning and Scaling New Technologies to Improve Newborn Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Keck Seminar, Hans S. Keirstead
Dr. Hans S. Keirstead, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AIVITA Biomedical will present Clinical and Commercial Application of Scaled Human Stem Cell Derivatives (Keynote Lecture, GCC Regenerative Medicine Conference).
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Keck Seminar, H. Courtney Hodges
Dr. H. Courtney Hodges,Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine will present Regulation of Chromatin State in 3D Tissue.
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Keck Seminar, Preethi Gunaratne
Dr. Preethi Gunaratne, Director, University of Houston-Sequencing & Gene Editing Core, Moores Professor, Biology & BiochemistryRemote Sensing Precancerous Lesions and Metastatic Progression through Early Detection using Single Cell Sequencing
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Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Linda Watkins, Professor Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder Joint speaker GCC Translational Pain Research Conference
“Listening” and “Talking” to Neurons: Non-neuronal Cells Amplify Pain and Drug Reward
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Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
GCC Regenerative Medicine Conference Speakers
John P. Cooke, M.D., PhDGeorge F. Muschler, M.D.
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Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Lucila Ohno-Machado, Professor of Medicine and Chair Department of Biomedical Informatics, UC San Diego
GCC Keck Center Annual Research Conference Responsible Biomedical Data Sharing: Individual Privacy and Societal Benefit Trade-offs
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Houston, Texas 77030 United States
B. Montgomery Pettitt, Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Also, featuring Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry in Pharmacology and Toxicology Director of the Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics Orderly Signaling from Disordered Proteins
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John Mendelson, Ria Health Can Tech Treat Alcoholism – The Ria Technologically Enabled AUD Treatment Solution
GCC Alcohol and Addiction Research Conference Speaker
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Messenger Metabolites in the Longevity Regulation / Cultivating Relationships: Genetic Landscapes that Shape Microbiome Form and Function
Meng WangProfessor Baylor College of Medicine Messenger Metabolites in the Longevity RegulationBuck SamuelAssistant Professor Baylor College of Medicine Cultivating Relationships: Genetic Landscapes that Shape Microbiome Form and Function
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Stuart Geman, Professor Applied Mathematics, Brown University
(GCC Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Conference)
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Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, TX 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
Houston, Texas 77030 United States
