Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative

05/30/2026

New model shows how packaged DNA changes shape during replication
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Rice professor Peter Wolynes recently published a paper describing how chromosome shape changes during mitosis could rely on a specific type of two-motor system.

05/29/2026

Living bandage accelerates healing across multiple wound types
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Researchers developed a living bandage that accelerated healing across several wound types in animal models by continuously releasing therapeutic proteins at injury sites.

05/05/2026

Breaking the silence: At Rice, Black men gather for real conversations on mental health
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Hundreds of men gather at Rice for an open conversation about mental health.

05/01/2026

Rice Biotech Launch Pad receives award for research to advance cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes
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The Rice Biotech Launch Pad will advance the development of a cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes supported by an award from Breakthrough T1D.

05/01/2026

Motif Neurotech’s device to be tested in patients with treatment-resistant depression; company also selected for ARPA-H behavioral health program
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Motif Neurotech, a company commercializing technology based on research at Rice, has received approval from the FDA to begin the first clinical trial of its therapeutic brain-computer interface for treatment of treatment-resistant depression.

04/30/2026

Students from around world showcase lifesaving innovations at Rice360 Global Health Technologies Design Competition
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Student innovators from across the globe gathered at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative to tackle some of the world’s most urgent health challenges.

04/08/2026

Rice spring school brings together emerging and established leaders in quantum materials
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More than 80 scientists and students from around the world gathered at Rice for the third annual Spring School on Electron Correlations and Topology.

04/02/2026

Link: https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/scalable-platform-sheds-light-how-cancer-spreads

04/01/2026

Localized oxygen generation supports dense clusters of drug-producing cells in a compact implant
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Rice researchers and collaborators have now successfully integrated solutions to several persistent challenges to implantable drug factories into a single device.

02/19/2026

At Rice, ‘The World at Play’ turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care
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a spirit of conversation defined the two-day conference organized by Rice’s School of Humanities and Arts faculty Jacqueline Couti and Caroline Fache ahead of the 2026 World Cup.