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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>For agenda, abstract/poster submission, see attached. For registration, please contact Melissa Thompson, <a href="mailto:mst3@rice.edu">mst3@rice.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Center for NeuroEngineering Annual Symposium, September 14<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keynote speakers include Florian Solzbacher, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Utah, and Director, Microsystems Laboratory, and Tim Denison, Technical Fellow, Director of NeuroEngineering, Medtronic. This one-day symposium, Friday, September 14, will feature keynote addresses, neuroengineering short talks by Houston faculty, a poster session, reception and opportunities for networking. Held at BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC), Room 280. Registration now open. Abstract submissions should be submitted no later than September 12. Supported by a Dunn Foundation - BRC Collaborative Activity Grant. For more information contact Melissa Thompson, PhD, Program Director, GCC Research Consortia<span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span><a href="mailto:mst3@rice.edu">mst3@rice.edu</a>.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Distinguished Speaker Sean J. Morrison, September 27<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The GCC is sponsoring a lecture by <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/morrisonlab/">Dr. Sean J. Morrison</a></span>, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Director of Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern. Dr. Morrison will present The Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal, Thursday, September 27, 12:00 noon, Onstead Auditorium, 3rd Floor, BSRB (Basic Science Research Building), 6767 Bertner (map). This lecture is free and open to the Texas Medical Center community. For more information, contact Melissa Glueck at <a href="mailto:glueck@rice.edu">glueck@rice.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>FDA Special Seminar, September 13<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Li Zhang, PhD, MD, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translation Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will present Life Among the Feds: Opportunities at the FDA, on Thursday, September 13<span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span> 11:00am—12:00pm. Lowry & Peggy Mays Clinic, 1220 Holcombe Blvd, Room: ACB1.2325. For more information, please contact Janet Slocum, 713-792-6676, <a href="mailto:jslocum@mdanderson.org">jslocum@mdanderson.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Karen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Karen S. Ethun, Executive Director<br>Gulf Coast Consortia for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office Location:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BioScience Research Collaborative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6500 Main St. at University Blvd.,Suite 160<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Houston, Texas 77005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>713-348-4753<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>713-348-4659 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GCC Member Institutions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, University of Houston,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UTHealth, UTMB Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.gulfcoastconsortia.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.gulfcoastconsortia.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>