The semester flew by! TOMORROW @ 4:00PM, please join us for our final #GIresearch seminar 😥 before we break for winter holidays ❄️ Closing us out is Dr. Tong Qiang from Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center. He will share his lab's findings of #SIRT2 and #SIRT3 regulation in #metabolism and #aging. See you there! #gastroenterology #hepatology #pediatrics #senescence #NIDDK
Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center
Research Services
Houston, Tx 86 followers
The DDC is a Silvio O Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (NIH P30DK056338).
About us
About the Center The Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center facilitates cutting-edge digestive diseases research, promotes translational collaborative research between basic and clinical areas, develops new projects, nurtures new investigators, and provides GI educational activities. The DDC is a federally funded Silvio O Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (NIH P30DK056338) designed to serve basic and clinical scientists at institutions within the Texas Medical Center, including Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the MD Anderson Cancer Center. DDC Basic Science & Clinical Cores The DDC supports three basic science cores: Tissue Analysis and Molecular Imaging, Functional Genomics and Microbiome, Gastrointestinal Experimental Module Systems; and one clinical core: Study Design and Clinical Research. Our Programs Our Enrichment programs include a weekly seminar series, an annual symposium, and research opportunities for young investigators to work with some of the most well-known scientists and clinicians in digestive diseases. The DDC Pilot/Feasibility Program is offered annually and supports innovative ideas and new investigators in digestive diseases research and fosters collaboration among members. Serving Basic and Clinical Scientists The DDC serves scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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- Research Services
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- 51-200 employees
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- Houston, Tx
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Still interested in our #GIresearch #gastroenterology #hepatology pilot feasibility award? Be sure to submit your NOTICE OF INTENT before the END OF THE DAY TODAY! Please visit our website for any information regarding the application process: https://lnkd.in/gJBUkeyZ Contact DJ Briscoe (email below) for a link/password to our recorded Q&A session if you've got any questions! #NIDDK #funding #gastro #DDRCC #DDC #TMC
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This Thursday, we've got a special double feature for y'all! Join us at 4:00PM CST to hear from two #WomenInSTEM presenting their research: - Dr. Sarah Elefson from Dr. Doug Burrin's lab at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center - Margarita Divenko from Dr. Jason Mills' lab at Baylor College of Medicine Twice the science, twice the fun 🎉 #gastroenterology #hepatology #nutrition #pediatrics #tmc #DDC #NIDDK
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TOMORROW @ 4:00PM Take a break from it all ❤️ Come listen to Dr. Lagor William from Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Integrative #Physiology share his latest discoveries! His lab uncovered a surprising link between #intestinal #stemcells and #cholesterol. Join us in person or on Zoom! #gastroenterology #hepatology #nutrition #genetics #biochemistry #NIDDK
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Do you like money? Good, because WE WANT TO FUND YOUR DIGESTIVE DISEASES RESEARCH! 💸 Certainly you'll have questions about how you can attain #TMC #DDC #NIDDK funding for your pilot project! Please join us this Thursday, November 7 @ 2:00PM for our virtual Q&A on our pilot feasibility awards! Contact Dionysia Briscoe via email (see below) to get the Zoom link! #gastroenterology #GIresearch #DDRCC #hepatology #funding
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This Thursday, at our weekly #TMC #DDC #GIresearch seminar, we welcome Dr. Cynthia Hsu all the way from from UC San Diego Health's Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology! Her presentation will cover the human #gut #microbome's #ethanol production and it's effects regarding #liver #disease in tandem with alcohol consumption. We also invite students and fellows to sit down with Dr. Hsu for lunch; a great opportunity to pick her brain about her career and more! 🤠 Contact DJ Briscoe to secure your spot. #hepatology #gastroenterology #microbiology #MASLD #AALD #NIDDK #AASLD
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This week's Thursday #TMC #DDC #GIresearch forum comes from the perspective of clinical #hepatology! Dr. Sanjiv Harpavat joins us from Texas Children's Hospital to share his research and clinical experience regarding #biliary #atresia - the leading indication for liver transplant in #pediatrics. Join us in person, or contact Sara Tristan via e-mail for the Zoom invite! #gastroenterology #NIDDK #liver #transplant #hepatitis #MASLD
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THIS THURSDAY @ 4:00PM 📣 The #TMC #DDC #GIresearch forum hosts Dr. J. Christian Perez from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)! 🤠 An associate professor in the Department of #Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, he will discuss his research surrounding Candida albicans, the most prominent #yeast in the gut, and its link to GI diseases. See you in person OR contact Sara Tristan for the Zoom link! #gastroenterology #fungi #microbiome #IBD #IBS #Crohns
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The DDC is accepting applications for our Annual Pilot Feasibility Program. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), and MD Anderson Cancer Center can apply for up to $50,000 to support digestive diseases research. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/g9KJNJ3J #NIDDK #pilotprojects #digestivediseases #GIresearch #GIinfection #GIinjury #metabolism #gutbrainaxis #digestion #fundingopportunity #researchgrants
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📅 SAVE-THE-DATE: February 22, 2025 📅 “Immune Dysregulation and Digestive Diseases” Our 16th Annual Frontiers in Digestive Diseases will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2025 at the Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center at 7200 Cambridge, Houston, Texas. More details to come. #digestivediseases #NIDDK #DDRCC #symposium #scientificsymposium #medicalscience #research #researchsymposium #immunedysregulation
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