Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative

Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative Leading Research. Infinite Possibilities.

Those leading research and turning dreams into infinite possibilities at the BRC include:
Rice University-
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Gulf Coast Consortia
Rice 360°: Institute for G

lobal Health Technologies
Beyond Traditional Borders Initiative
Texas Children's Hospital
National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Baylor College of Medicine Center for Space Medicine
Statewide Clinical Trials Network of Texas (CTNeT)
The Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP)

Houston Area Translation Research Consortium (HATRC)-
BioHouston
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
MediTech
Santé Ventures
Rice Alliance

Research shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatment and autoimmune diseasesLink:
08/20/2026

Research shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatment and autoimmune diseases
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Rice researchers engineered a living factory.

Rice launches SCOPE, a new science communication centerLink:
08/19/2026

Rice launches SCOPE, a new science communication center
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The Center for Science Communication and Public Engagement (SCOPE) is now open at Rice.

Rice Brain Institute collaboration to test patient-driven robotic therapy for stroke recoveryLink:
08/18/2026

Rice Brain Institute collaboration to test patient-driven robotic therapy for stroke recovery
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A new Rice Brain Institute collaboration is bringing together robotics, neuroscience and clinical expertise to explore a more active approach to stroke rehabilitation.

Undergraduate researchers showcase a summer of discoveryLink:
08/17/2026

Undergraduate researchers showcase a summer of discovery
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Rice’s 2026 class of summer undergraduate researchers gathered at the BioScience Research Collaborative last week for the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry.

Rice professor advises computational chemistry researchers to prepare for new AI toolsLink:
08/15/2026

Rice professor advises computational chemistry researchers to prepare for new AI tools
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David Sholl, Rice’s executive vice president for research and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently published an opinion piece in ACS Central Science, where he and co-author Andrew Medford, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Georgia Institute of ...

Students tackle real-world engineering challenges through SEED summer internshipLink:
08/05/2026

Students tackle real-world engineering challenges through SEED summer internship
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Undergraduate students from Rice and Kenyatta University in Kenya gathered at Rice’s Bioscience Research Collaborative to showcase the results of seven weeks spent designing solutions to real-world engineering challenges.

Humans to Mars and Moon Summit held at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC)Link:
07/31/2026

Humans to Mars and Moon Summit held at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC)
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The 2026 Humans to Mars and the Moon Summit (H2M2), hosted by the nonprofit Explore Mars, was recently held at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative.

Rice professor develops inexpensive process for thiophosphate synthesisLink:
07/23/2026

Rice professor develops inexpensive process for thiophosphate synthesis
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Hans Renata’s team recently developed a method that significantly reduces the cost of adding thiophosphate to chemical structures, opening up new pathways for drug design.

Rice research team develops cancer cell lines resistant to shear forceLink:
07/23/2026

Rice research team develops cancer cell lines resistant to shear force
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Rice bioengineer Michael King and his team recently published a paper demonstrating that this ability to survive high-stress environments, or mechanoresistance, can be induced in prostate cancer cells.

Rice and Houston Methodist award seed grants for translational cancer researchLink:
07/17/2026

Rice and Houston Methodist award seed grants for translational cancer research
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Rice’s Synthesis X Center and Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center have awarded $90,000 in seed grants as part of a new strategic collaboration.

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