The ENRICH Office organizes and supports research, collaboration and networking events to engage Rice Faculty with key partners in the Texas Medical Center.
If you would like to request the support of our office for your upcoming event, please click here.
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Thursday, December 4th
Biotech Innovation Symposium
Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: TMC Helix Park - Dynamic One | 7th Floor Conference Room
Friday, October 10, 2025
The Bookout Center at Valhalla
Friday, October 10, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Valhalla Pub at Rice University
This event brought together clinicians, faculty, and students for an evening of meaningful conversations and strong collaborative energy around possibilities for shared innovation to advance discoveries in imaging and digital surgery.
Friday, September 26, 2025
LLMs and the Brain Conference
Friday, September 26, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Auditorium | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University)
Thursday, September 25, 2025
The Future of AI and Behavioral Health
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 12:30 – 4:00 p.m.Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Event Hall | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University)
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Rice-TMC Neuro Networking Social Hour | For New and Junior Faculty
Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Event Hall | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University)
June 4, 2025
Center for Human Performance Research and Networking Event
Wednesday, June 4rd, 2025 | 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Event Hall | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University)
June 3, 2025
Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative Seminar Series
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Auditorium | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University)
Presentation: Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Immunotherapy: Mechanistic insights provide new therapeutic opportunities.
Keynote Speaker: James P. Allison, PhD, Regental Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology. Vice President for Immunobiology. Founding Director, James P. Allison Institute. MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Learn more about the inaugural seminar here.
May 29, 2025
Advancements in Brain Cancer Research
Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Event Hall | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University
This offering of the Meeting of the Minds NeuroNetworking Series brough together Dr. Vinay Puduvalli (MD Anderson Cancer Center), Dr. Nitin Tandon (McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston), and Rice’s Christina Tringides, PhD for a compelling discussion on the latest breakthroughs in brain tumor research.
May 20, 2025
Community Health Symposium: AI. Digital Health. Built Environment
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Auditorium | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University)
Read the recap
April 24-25, 2025Health Innovations in the Rice-TMC Ecosystem: Impacting Houston, Texas, and the World
Thursday, April 24, 2025 and Friday, April 25, 2025Location: TMC3 Collaborative Building - Helix Hall. Address | 7255 Helix Park Ave, Houston, TX.
Themes for this symposium included: multidisciplinary neural and cancer research, AI in healthcare, technology to address health disparities
Day 1 Pictures | Day 2 Pictures
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Ethics and Policy in Brain Science Today
Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 04:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Location: Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) – Event Hall | 6500 Main Street, Houston, 77030 (Corner of Main and University)
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2024
Meeting of the Minds Networking Series | Focus on: Wearable Technologies
Hosted by: Rice Neuroengineering Initiative and the Rice ENRICH Office
4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.
BRC Building | Event Hall, Rice University, 6500 Main Street
MONDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2024
Pumps & Pipes Annual Event 2024
Hosted by: Houston Methodist's Pumps & Pipes8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
TMC3 Collaborative Building, 7255 Helix Park Ave, Houston, TX 77030.
NOVEMBER 14-16, 2024
Nanoscale Imaging Sciences Workshop Fall 2024 | Read More
Hosted by: Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences
Day 1: Electron Microscopy of Materials and Biomolecules
Day 2: Optical Imaging at the Nanoscale
Day 3: Next-Generation Computational Bio-Imaging
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Rice BRC Building | Auditorium & Event/Exhibition Hall
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THURSDAY, OCT 17 2024
Meeting of the Minds: Spotlight on NINDS Funding Opportunities and a Texas BRAIN Institute | Read More
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Rice Neuroengineering Initiative. 4:00 p.m - 6:00 pm
Rice BRC Building | Event Hall
MONDAY, OCT 14 2024
Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative Launch Event* | Read More
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and MDA Anderson.
*Closed event.
FRIDAY, OCT 11 2024
Bookout Center @ Valhalla* | Read More
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Houston Methodist Bookout Center.
*Closed event.
TUESDAY, OCT 08 2024
Synthetic Innovations Towards a Cure for Cancer (SICC) Conference
Hosted by: SynthX Center & Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Check in & Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. | Conclusion Remarks: 5:30 p.m.
Rice BRC Building | Auditorium
July 29, 2024
Baker Institute Brain and Society Planning Workshop
BRC Event Hall
June 24, 2024
Meeting of the Minds: Spotllight on Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
4:00 p.m - 6:00 pm
Rice BRC Building | Event Hall
May 14, 2024
REEN and Friends of ENRICH Summer Social
Cohen House
May 8-9, 2024
Rice-BCM Human Factors in Human Performance
BRC Conference Room 1003
May 2, 2024
Engineering Solutions in Surgery
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and BCM Surgery INSTINCT
BRC Event Hall
March 12, 2024
Rice Biotech Launch Pad EAB Dinner Meeting
O’Conner Building 5th Floor Terrace
February 9, 2024
Rice-Houston Methodist Digital Health Faculty Retreat
BRC Conference Room 1003
February 1, 2024
Meeting of the Minds Inaugural Networking Event and Happy Hour
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
BRC Event Hall
January 23, 2024
Open House Event for Rice-Houston Methodist Joint Center for Neural Systems Restoration
Houston Methodist
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VISIT
ENRICH is housed in the TMC3 Collaborative Building at Helix Park.
CONTACT
TMC3 – Rice University, Suite 1A
7255 Helix Park Ave
Houston, TX
77030
