BioScience Research Collaborative
Auditorium & Event/Exhibition Hall
November 18, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
SynthX, the Duncan Cancer Center, and Rice ENRICH organized a faculty retreat to foster collaborations between researchers at Rice University and the Texas Medical Center. 13 faculty from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine volunteered to speak at the retreat.
The SynthX/DLDCCC Seed Grant was announced at the retreat, and three awards were given in spring 2024. For more information on the SynthX/DLDCCC Seed Grant, visit https://synthx.rice.edu/synthx-dldccc-seed-grant.
Retreat Speakers
| Pan-Cancer Proteogenomics Expands the Landscape of Therapeutic Targets | Prof. Bing Zhang, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Light-Activated Molecular Machines Kill Cancer Cells In Vitro and In Vivo | Prof. James Tour, Rice University |
| Targeting Novel Metabolic Vulnerabilities of Leukemia | Prof. Daisuke Nakada, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Combining Synthetic Chemistry and Biology for Streamlining Access to Bioactive Molecules | Prof. Hans Renata, Rice University |
| Mitochondrial Vulnerabilities in Residual TNBCs Refractory to Conventional Chemotherapy | Prof. Gloria Echeverria, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Tissue-Engineered Bone Tumor Microenvironments | Prof. Antonios Mikos, Rice University |
| Comprehensive Structural Variant Detection: From Mosaic to Population-Level | Prof. Fritz Sedlazeck, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Self-Assembling Peptides for Drug Delivery and Cell Targeting | Prof. Jeff Hartgerink, Rice University |
| Orthopaedic Surgical Considerations of Bone Metastases | Prof. Lorenzo de Rama Deveza, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Mapping Cellular Function Using 3D Single-Molecule Tracking and Super-Resolution Microscopy | Prof. Anna-Karin Gustavsson, Rice University |
| Quantitative Profiling of DNA N6-methyl-deoxyadenosine at Single-Base Resolution Using NAME-seq | Prof. Tao Wu, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Panoramic Photoacoustic Computed Tomography (PACT): From Small-Animal Wholebody Imaging to Human Breast Cancer Diagnosis | Prof. Lei Li, Rice University |
| Breast Surgery Using Real-Time Visualization and Localizing Techniques | Prof. Pabel Ali Miah, Baylor College of Medicine |