Advanced Technology and Analytics Seminars

ATC Seminar Series

The Advanced Technology Cores host a monthly seminar series where cores present new and emerging technologies available to researchers at BCM. The goal of the series is to introduce the core's technologies to new users, who may be unfamiliar with core capabilities, so the presentations target being accessible to non-specialists. It takes roughly three years to rotate through all 27 ATCs, so the presentations are also archived. While we encourage you to attend each month and learn something new, if you are interested in a particular core's services, you can get a quick rundown of their latest technologies from their most recent presentation linked below.

2025 - 2026 Seminar Series Schedule

DateCoreSpeakerTitle
May 12, 2026Genomic and RNA ProfilingDaniel Kraushaar, Ph.D. 
April 14, 2026Advanced Cell Engineering and 3D ModelsHugo Villanueva, Ph.D. 
March 10, 2026Mouse Metabolism and PhenotypingChris Ward, Ph.D.MMPC
Feb. 10, 2026Cytometry and Cell SortingChristine Beeton, Ph.D.Cytometry and Cell Sorting
Jan. 13, 2026GERM (Genetically Engineered Rodent Model)Jason Heaney, Ph.D.GERM
Dec. 9, 2025Zebrafish Genetic and Phenotyping CoreDaniel Gorelick, Ph.D.CRISPR screens in zebrafish embryos
Nov. 11, 2025CryoEM/ETSteve Ludtke, Ph.D.CryoEM
Sept. 9, 2025RNA in-situ HybridizationCecilia Ljungberg, Ph.D.RNA in-stu Hybridization
Aug. 12, 2025MODACCristian Coarfa, Ph.D.MODAC

Previous Seminars

DateSpeaker(s)CoreSeminar Title / Link
May 13, 2025Mass Spectrometry ProteomicsAnna Malovannaya, Ph.D.
Academic Director		Mass Spectrometry Proteomics 
April 8, 2025MetabolomicsNagireddy Putluri, Ph.D.
Academic Director		Metabolomics
March 11, 2025Integrated Microscopy Core (IMC)Michael Bolt, Ph.D.
Technical Director		Integrated Microscopy Core
Feb. 11, 2025Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy (OIVM)Chih-Wei Logan Hsu, PhD
Academic Director		Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy
Jan. 14, 2025Recombinant Protein Production and Characterization Core (RPPCC)

Josephine Ferreon, Ph.D.
Academic Core Director

Patrick Suess, Ph.D.
Technical Core Director

Recombinant Protein Production and Characterization Core
Dec. 10, 2024Population Sciences Biorepository (PSB)Michael Scheurer, Ph.D.
Academic Director		Population Sciences Biorepository
Oct. 8, 2024Core for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CAMRI)Chadi Abdallah, M.D.
Academic Director		CAMRI - Core for Advanced MRI
Sept. 10, 2024Patient-Derived Xenograft Core (PDX)Lacey Dobrolecki, M.S.
Technical Director		PDX Core Seminar
Aug. 13, 2024Human Tissue Acquisition & Pathology (HTAP)Patricia D. Castro, Ph.D.
Director, Human Tissue Acquisition & Pathology (HTAP)		Histologic Applications for Spatial Biology

DateCoreSpeakerTitle
Sept. 19, 2023CryoEM/ET CoreZhao Wang, Ph.D.
Core Director		3D Structures: From Macromolecular Assemblies
to Whole Cells
 
Oct. 10, 2023Genomic and RNA Profiling Core (GARP)Daniel Kraushaar, Ph.D.
Core Director		Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Profiling by Next-
Gen Sequencing
Jan. 9, 2024Macromolecular X-Ray Crystallography Core (X-RAY)Francis T.F. Tsai, Ph.D. and Sukyeong Lee, Ph.D.
Core Directors		X-ray Core for Protein Structure
Determination, AlphaFold Structure Prediction, and Virtual Drug Screening
Feb. 13, 2024Antibody Based Proteomics Core (ABP)Shixia Huang, Ph.D.
Core Director		Antibody-based Proteomics for Posttranslational Modifications and Protein & Immuno Profiling
March 12, 2024MHC Tetramer Core (MHC)Xiaochi Lily Wang, M.S.
Core Director		Broadening the Scope of MHC- peptide Tetramer’s Applications 
April 16, 2022Bioengineering CoreFabrizio Gabbiani, Ph.D. and I-Chih Tan, Ph.D.
Core Directors		Fostering Biomedical Innovation in Research and Medicine Through Custom Instrumentation
May 14, 2024Gene Vector Core (GVC)Corinne Sonnet, Ph.D.
Core Director		Viral Vector Production and Challenges in Quality Assurance
*Seminars are held from 1-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, via Zoom