Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative

New model shows how packaged DNA changes shape during replication
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New model shows how packaged DNA changes shape during replication Rice professor Peter Wolynes recently published a paper describing how chromosome shape changes during mitosis could rely on a specific type of two-motor system.

Living bandage accelerates healing across multiple wound types
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Living bandage accelerates healing across multiple wound types Researchers developed a living bandage that accelerated healing across several wound types in animal models by continuously releasing therapeutic proteins at injury sites.

Breaking the silence: At Rice, Black men gather for real conversations on mental health
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Breaking the silence: At Rice, Black men gather for real conversations on mental health Hundreds of men gather at Rice for an open conversation about mental health.

Rice Biotech Launch Pad receives award for research to advance cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes
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Rice Biotech Launch Pad receives award for research to advance cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes The Rice Biotech Launch Pad will advance the development of a cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes supported by an award from Breakthrough T1D.

Motif Neurotech’s device to be tested in patients with treatment-resistant depression; company also selected for ARPA-H behavioral health program
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Brain-computer interface based on Rice research wins FDA approval for first clinical trial Motif Neurotech, a company commercializing technology based on research at Rice, has received approval from the FDA to begin the first clinical trial of its therapeutic brain-computer interface for treatment of treatment-resistant depression.

Students from around world showcase lifesaving innovations at Rice360 Global Health Technologies Design Competition
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Students from around world showcase lifesaving innovations at Rice360 Global Health Technologies Design Competition Student innovators from across the globe gathered at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative to tackle some of the world’s most urgent health challenges.

Rice spring school brings together emerging and established leaders in quantum materials
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Rice spring school brings together emerging and established leaders in quantum materials More than 80 scientists and students from around the world gathered at Rice for the third annual Spring School on Electron Correlations and Topology.

Link: https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/scalable-platform-sheds-light-how-cancer-spreads

Localized oxygen generation supports dense clusters of drug-producing cells in a compact implant
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Solving the oxygen problem in cell-based drug delivery Rice researchers and collaborators have now successfully integrated solutions to several persistent challenges to implantable drug factories into a single device.

At Rice, ‘The World at Play’ turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care
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At Rice, ‘The World at Play’ turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care a spirit of conversation defined the two-day conference organized by Rice’s School of Humanities and Arts faculty Jacqueline Couti and Caroline Fache ahead of the 2026 World Cup.