event speakers (IMAGE) Rice University Caption Carin Hagberg (photo on the left), senior vice president and chief academic officer at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, addressed event attendees. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, (center top photo) Rice executive vice president for research, also delivered remarks. Jeffrey Molldrem (center bottom photo, from left), chair of hematopoietic biology and malignancy at MD Anderson; Eyal Gottlieb, MD Anderson’s vice president for research; and Gang Bao, department chair and Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering, professor of chemistry, materials science and nanoengineering and mechanical engineering and CPRIT scholar pose together at the gathering. Rice President Reginald DesRoches (photo on the right) expressed his support for the collaboration in his remarks. Credit (Photos by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) Usage Restrictions Must credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.