2024 Texas Chemical Biology Conference

The BioScience Research Collaborative Auditorium in Rice University, May 24 ~ 25, 2024

Texas A&M and Rice University Logo

2024 Texas Chemical Biology Conference is organized as an event to bring together the community of researchers and scholars in chemical biology across Texas to foster a dynamic environment for the exchange of innovative research ideas, methodologies and emerging trends in the fields.

Host: Texas A&M University Drug Discovery Center; Co-Host: Rice University SynthesisX Center

Speakers

Cassandra Callmann

Cassandra Callmann

Department of Chemistry

University of Texas at Austin

Dodani Sheel

Dodani Sheel

Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Texas at Dallas

He Dong

He Dong

Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Texas at Arlington

Rudi Fasan

Rudi Fasan

Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Texas at Dallas

Kayla Green

Kayla Green

Department of Chemistry

Texas Christian University

Juan Guan

Juan Guan

College of Pharmacy

University of Texas at Austin

Ken Hsu

Ken Hsu

Department of Chemistry

University of Texas at Austin

Chad William Johnson

Chad William Johnson

College of Medicine

Baylor University

Alexander Lippert

Alexander Lippert

Department of Chemistry

Southern Methodist University

Glen Liszczak

Glen Liszczak

UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

Yi Lu

Yi Lu

Department of Chemistry

University of Texas at Austin

Sherri A. McFarland

Sherri A. McFarland

Department of Chemistry

University of Texas at Arlington

Steven Millward

Steven Millward

Dept. of Cancer Systems Imaging

Univ. of TX MD Anderson Cancer Ctr

Deepak Nijhawan

Deepak Nijhawan

UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

Michael J. Robertson

Michael J. Robertson

College of Medicine

Baylor University

Devleena Samanta

Devleena Samanta

Department of Chemistry

University of Texas at Austin

Johnathan Sczepanski

Johnathan Sczepanski

Department of Chemistry

Texas A&M University

Michael J. Soth

Michael J. Soth

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

 

Margie Nicole Sutton

Margie Nicole Sutton

Dept. of Cancer Systems Imaging

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Xin Yan

Xin Yan

Department of Chemistry

Texas A&M University

Han Xiao

Han Xiao

Department of Chemistry

Rice University

Damian W. Young

Damian W. Young

Pharmacology and Chemical Biology

Baylor College of Medicine

2024 Texas Chemical Biology Conference Program will be announced soon!

May 24, 2024 (Friday)

 

May 25, 2024 (Saturday)

 

 

 

 

for questions contact tcbc@tamu.edu           

History

Speakers
Zachary Ball Rice University Transition-metal approaches for selective protein modification
Michelle Bond NIH of General Medical Sciences Navigating the NIH Funding Process (Video Lecture)
Chengzhi Cai University of Houston The effect of immobilized mannosides on biofilm formation by E. coli with type 1 fimbriae
Michelle C. Chang
Keynote speaker
University of California at Berkeley Synthetic biology approaches to new chemistry
Kevin Dalby The University of Texas at Austin Inhibiting Multifunctional ERK-Protein Complexes for Cancer Therapy
Adrian T. Keatinge-Clay The University of Texas at Austin An in vitro platform for engineering, studying, and harnessing modular polyketide synthases
Jennifer Kohler University of TX SW Medical Center Capturing glycan-dependent interactions with photocrosslinking sugars
Thomas Meek Texas A&M University Rational Design of Inhibitors for Enzymes Essential to Infectious Diseases
Yongcheng Song Baylor College of Medicine Discovery, X-ray Crystallography and Antiviral Activity of Allosteric Inhibitors of Flavivirus Protease
Karen M. Vasquez The University of Texas at Austin Molecular probes to interrogate the roles of non-B DNA structures in DNA damage and genetic instability
Jin Wang Baylor College of Medicine Small molecule induced protein degradation with PROTACs
Blerta Xhemalce The University of Texas at Austin argeting RNA Interference in Cancer
Award Winners
Travel Award Winners Yuda Chen Rice University
Amit Gupta University of Houstin
Ju Hyeon Lee University of Texas at Austin
Alicia Mangubat-Medina Rice University
Samuel D. Offei University of Texas at San Antonio
Poster Award Winners Xinyu Ma Texas A&M University
Zane Taylor Texas A&M University
Nageswari Yarravarapu University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2019 TCBC Program
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2019 TCBC Photos
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