ATC Seminar Series
The Advanced Technology Cores host a monthly seminar series where cores present new and emerging technologies available to researchers at BCM. The goal of the series is to introduce the core's technologies to new users, who may be unfamiliar with core capabilities, so the presentations target being accessible to non-specialists. It takes roughly three years to rotate through all 27 ATCs, so the presentations are also archived. While we encourage you to attend each month and learn something new, if you are interested in a particular core's services, you can get a quick rundown of their latest technologies from their most recent presentation linked below.
- Series Contact: Steven Ludtke, Ph.D. 713-798-9020, sludtke@bcm.edu.
- Seminar Time: 1-2 p.m.
2025 - 2026 Seminar Series Schedule
| Date | Core | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Genomic and RNA Profiling | Daniel Kraushaar, Ph.D. | |
| April 14, 2026 | Advanced Cell Engineering and 3D Models | Hugo Villanueva, Ph.D. | |
| March 10, 2026 | Mouse Metabolism and Phenotyping | Chris Ward, Ph.D. | |
| Feb. 10, 2026 | Cytometry and Cell Sorting | Christine Beeton, Ph.D. | |
| Jan. 13, 2026 | GERM (Genetically Engineered Rodent Model) | Jason Heaney, Ph.D. | |
| Dec. 9, 2025 | Zebrafish Genetic and Phenotyping Core | Daniel Gorelick, Ph.D. | |
| Nov. 11, 2025 | CryoEM/ET | Steve Ludtke, Ph.D. | |
| Sept. 9, 2025 | RNA in-situ Hybridization | Cecilia Ljungberg, Ph.D. | |
| Aug. 12, 2025 | MODAC | Cristian Coarfa, Ph.D. |
Previous Seminars
| Date | Speaker(s) | Core | Seminar Title / Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2025 | Mass Spectrometry Proteomics | Anna Malovannaya, Ph.D. Academic Director | |
| April 8, 2025 | Metabolomics | Nagireddy Putluri, Ph.D. Academic Director | |
| March 11, 2025 | Integrated Microscopy Core (IMC) | Michael Bolt, Ph.D. Technical Director | |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy (OIVM) | Chih-Wei Logan Hsu, PhD Academic Director | |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | Recombinant Protein Production and Characterization Core (RPPCC) | Josephine Ferreon, Ph.D. Patrick Suess, Ph.D. | |
| Dec. 10, 2024 | Population Sciences Biorepository (PSB) | Michael Scheurer, Ph.D. Academic Director | |
| Oct. 8, 2024 | Core for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CAMRI) | Chadi Abdallah, M.D. Academic Director | |
| Sept. 10, 2024 | Patient-Derived Xenograft Core (PDX) | Lacey Dobrolecki, M.S. Technical Director | |
| Aug. 13, 2024 | Human Tissue Acquisition & Pathology (HTAP) | Patricia D. Castro, Ph.D. Director, Human Tissue Acquisition & Pathology (HTAP) |
| Date | Core | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 19, 2023 | CryoEM/ET Core | Zhao Wang, Ph.D. Core Director | 3D Structures: From Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells |
| Oct. 10, 2023 | Genomic and RNA Profiling Core (GARP) | Daniel Kraushaar, Ph.D. Core Director | |
| Jan. 9, 2024 | Macromolecular X-Ray Crystallography Core (X-RAY) | Francis T.F. Tsai, Ph.D. and Sukyeong Lee, Ph.D. Core Directors | |
| Feb. 13, 2024 | Antibody Based Proteomics Core (ABP) | Shixia Huang, Ph.D. Core Director | |
| March 12, 2024 | MHC Tetramer Core (MHC) | Xiaochi Lily Wang, M.S. Core Director | |
| April 16, 2022 | Bioengineering Core | Fabrizio Gabbiani, Ph.D. and I-Chih Tan, Ph.D. Core Directors | Fostering Biomedical Innovation in Research and Medicine Through Custom Instrumentation |
| May 14, 2024 | Gene Vector Core (GVC) | Corinne Sonnet, Ph.D. Core Director | Viral Vector Production and Challenges in Quality Assurance |
| *Seminars are held from 1-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, via Zoom | |||