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.
Spring 2024 Keck Seminars will begin on January 19, and the final seminar will be on April 19. 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 - Spring 2024
January 19, 2024 Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH
Professor of English, Director of Medical Humanities Research Institute
Rice University
Seminar Title: Medical Humanities and Computational Health
Host: Ivan Coronado
January 26, 2024 Career Panel, Academia
Dr. Risa B. Myers (Rice), Dr. Carly S. Filgueira (HMRI), Dr. Kendra Carmon (UTH),
Seminar Title: Career Advice for Entering Academic Faculty Positions
Host: Vicki Alger
February 2, 2024 Julianne Pollard-Larkin, PhD
Associate Professor, Radiation Physics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Seminar Title: The Future of Physics Is You! From AI to FLASH-RT!
Host: Christina van Hal
February 16, 2024 Tatiana Schnur, PhD
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UTHealth
Seminar Title: Brain-Behavior Organization of Connected Speech Production: Insights from Acute Stroke
Host: William Shropshire
Feb 23, 2024 Gracie Vargas, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, & Anatomy
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Seminar Title: My Academic Journey in Light: Biomedical Optics in Noninvasive Diagnostics and Intravital Study of Neuroinfection
Host: Kevin Wilhelm
March 1, 2024 Omid Veiseh, PhD
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Rice University
Seminar Title: Bioengineering Cell-Based Therapeutics
Host: Sara Abouelniaj
March 8, 2024 Richard Willson, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysical Sciences
University of Houston
Seminar Topic: Discovery and What Comes Next: Patents, Licensing, and Startups
Host: Jacob McPherson
March 22, 2024 33rd Keck Annual Research Conference Poster Winners
Lois Armendariz (Rice), Jacob McPherson (UH), and Elise Zimmerman (Rice)
Host: Melissa Glueck
April 5, 2024 Seth Walk, PhD
via Zoom
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Montana State University
Seminar Title: Therapeutic Manipulation of the Human Gut Microbiome
Host: Thanh Phuong Le
April 12, 2024 Calla Olson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Baylor College of Medicine
Seminar Title: From One RNA Helicase to Another and My Journey in Between
Host: Justin Van Riper
April 19, 2024 Robert Britton, PhD
Professor, Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Seminar Title: Engineered Microbes for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease
Host: Justin Van Riper