Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative

Rice University’s Julian West has been developing new methods to allows for adding carbon to carbon-carbon double bonds.
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Researchers develop inexpensive, fast and environmentally friendly method for organic synthesis Rice’s Julian West has been developing a less expensive, faster and more environmentally friendly way to catalyze carbon bonding to carbon-carbon double bonds with a breakthrough recently published in the journal Nature Catalysis.

Rice celebrates Kavraki, Richards-Kortum for rare ‘triple crown’ achievement
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Rice celebrates Kavraki, Richards-Kortum for rare ‘triple crown’ achievement Lydia Kavraki and Rebecca Richards-Kortum are the first two faculty members in Rice history to be elected to all three U.S. national academies — the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine.

Rice researchers build 3D platform to study how nerves form protective coating
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Rice researchers build 3D platform to study how nerves form protective coating Rice has developed a new platform to grow human-derived nerve cells with Schwann cells.

Research shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatment and autoimmune diseases
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Rice bioengineers develop biochemical halo to cloak insulin-producing cells from body defenses Rice researchers engineered a living factory.

Rice launches SCOPE, a new science communication center
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Rice launches SCOPE, a new science communication center The Center for Science Communication and Public Engagement (SCOPE) is now open at Rice.

Rice Brain Institute collaboration to test patient-driven robotic therapy for stroke recovery
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Rice Brain Institute collaboration to test patient-driven robotic therapy for stroke recovery A new Rice Brain Institute collaboration is bringing together robotics, neuroscience and clinical expertise to explore a more active approach to stroke rehabilitation.

Undergraduate researchers showcase a summer of discovery
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Undergraduate researchers showcase a summer of discovery Rice’s 2026 class of summer undergraduate researchers gathered at the BioScience Research Collaborative last week for the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry.

Rice professor advises computational chemistry researchers to prepare for new AI tools
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Rice professor advises computational chemistry researchers to prepare for new AI tools David Sholl, Rice’s executive vice president for research and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently published an opinion piece in ACS Central Science, where he and co-author Andrew Medford, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Georgia Institute of ...

Students tackle real-world engineering challenges through SEED summer internship
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Students tackle real-world engineering challenges through SEED summer internship Undergraduate students from Rice and Kenyatta University in Kenya gathered at Rice’s Bioscience Research Collaborative to showcase the results of seven weeks spent designing solutions to real-world engineering challenges.

Humans to Mars and Moon Summit held at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC)
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Humans to Mars and Moon Summit held at Rice The 2026 Humans to Mars and the Moon Summit (H2M2), hosted by the nonprofit Explore Mars, was recently held at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative.