News
11/15/2009
BRC open house celebrates leading research, infinite possibilities
Rice community members, family and friends can see where leading research becomes infinite possibilities at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) open house from noon to 3 p.m. Nov. 13.
10/29/2009
BRC-bound lab leads hunt for new zeolites
Thanks to computations by BioScience Research Collaborative-bound Rice University professor Michael Deem and his colleagues, it appears there are -- or could be -- more types of zeolites, compounds of silicon, aluminum and oxygen that gives civilization such things as laundry detergent, kitty litter and gasoline.
10/27/2009
Rice-TMC collaboration wins funds for cancer research
A consortium that includes Rice University and partners in the Texas Medical Center has been awarded a major grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish a center to conduct innovative cancer research that draws upon the physical sciences.
More >>
The BioScience Research Collaborative
The BioScience Research Collaborative is an innovative space where scientists and educators from Rice University and other Texas Medical Center institutions work together to perform leading research that benefits human medicine and health. Thoughtfully designed to facilitate and encourage interdisciplinary interactions among interinstitutional researchers, the BRC is equipped for cutting-edge laboratory, theoretical and computational investigations. Research encompasses a wide range of disciplines from chemistry to bioengineering and focuses largely on improving human wellness through science. More than just a building, the BRC is a catalyst for new and better ways for researchers to collaborate, explore, learn and lead.
Gates Foundation backs BRC researchThe Richards-Kortum lab at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative has won a $100,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant to develop reagent-free, needle-free microscopy for malaria diagnosis.
Building CollaborationConceptualized and built with collaborative research in mind, the BRC is designed to eventually accommodate eight floors of research labs, a visualization center, classrooms, auditoriums and an entire floor dedicated to biomedical informatics.
BRC-bound lab leads hunt for new zeolites
Thanks to computations by BioScience Research Collaborative-bound Rice University professor Michael Deem and his colleagues, it appears there are -- or could be -- more types of zeolites, compounds of silicon, aluminum and oxygen that gives civilization such things as laundry detergent, kitty litter and gasoline.