In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, we’re featuring Rice University Bioengineering professor Rebecca Richards-Kortum (Rebecca Kortum) who has been solving #WomensHealth challenges globally for two decades. Read about her efforts: go.nih.gov/b61QxNP #InspireInclusion #IWD2024 #GlobalHealth

Join us for a panel discussion empowering you to prevent and address incidents of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Learn about Title IX, SAFE, GPS, and your role as a Rice community member. Open to all students, staff, and faculty. Let’s create a safe environment

It has been such a joy to host Dr. Levine!

Congratulations to Dr. Antonios Mikos for being elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the nation’s foremost society of scholars. BIOE is tremendously proud!! bit.ly/3w5mclx

Rice BIOE is hosting it's Future Leaders in Bioengineering seminar series this fall! This opportunity is open to all postdoctoral fellows and senior PhD students. Deadline to apply is July 1, 2024. 🔗 Learn more and apply at bit.ly/31Pjth2

Check out our new preprint! A description of a novel risk gene for Parkinson's disease! I have learned so much from working with scientists from all backgrounds on this project.

Excited to finally share our findings on Atoh1 lineage development in the hindbrain! Thanks to the co-authors and the Zoghbi Lab for the team effort! Sih-Rong Wu Mark Durham Ryan Dhindsa and more! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨 Faculty position alert! 🚨 Rice University Bioengineering is now accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position: apply.interfolio.com/152536 Please direct questions to me or search co-chair Omid Veiseh Join a collegial faculty located in the biggest medical center in the world!

I couldn't be happier Rice University Bioengineering, come join us!

Another great study coming out of the UKB!

First ever Butts Lab goal setting meeting. Had to get our focus right for the semester!

Interested in applying functional genomics to uncover molecular mechanisms of brain disease? We are #recruiting a postdoc for an NIH-funded project focused on identifying convergent pathways in neurodevelopmental disease. Please RT! You can apply directly here:

Come say hi!

Come meet our special guest at the Rice booth #1022 he will be here from 1-4pm. #BMES2024 Biomedical Engineering Society

Excited to share our latest preprint where we describe how diverse ancestral representation in sequencing databases improves genetic intolerance estimates! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New preprint!

We are thrilled to share that our very own, Dr. Jessica Butts, is a part of the 2024 Next Generation Leaders cohort announced by the Allen Institute today! Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement! Jessica Butts Allen Institute bit.ly/3Bt9AYa Read more at

Excited and grateful for this opportunity!

Excited to host the talented Marian Hettiaratchi this week!

My lab is looking to hire several postdocs to lead translational research projects. Please reach out if you are a spring or summer PhD grad with expertise in immunology, genome editing, or chemistry. RTs appreciated!