Mark your calendars! You are invited to our next GENE Career Club seminar on Friday, October 28th at 12 pm in REYN 407.

We will have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Connie Bormans from Gene by Gene!

Don’t miss her presentation about: “Beyond the degree: Opportunities in private industry and biotech”

Connie Bormans, Ph.D., is the Chief Laboratory Officer at Gene by Gene, a privately owned laboratory in Houston, TX. Dr. Bormans completed her undergraduate studies at Lafayette College and received her Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M University, where she developed STR marker panels for plant breeding. As a Research Fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, she managed three large-scale projects to identify genes related to cardiovascular disease before moving to Gene by Gene.
Over the last 16 years, she created numerous policies and procedures that enabled the Gene by Gene laboratory to acquire AABB, NYSDOH, and CLIA/CAP accreditations.
Her expertise involves assay design, regulatory requirements, high throughput DNA analysis including STR, SNPs, and DNA sequencing, relationship testing, clinical diagnostic testing, and, most recently, investigative genetic genealogy use in law enforcement cold cases.
Dr. Bormans grew up in New Jersey and now lives in the Houston area with her husband, Arjan Bormans, TAMU class of ’95.

** Lunch will be provided – Please RSVP via email to genesec@tamu.edu**

You’re invited to the October session of our GENE Career Club Seminar Series on Friday, October 7th at 12 pm in  REYN 407

We have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Garcia from AstraZeneca!

Don’t miss his presentation: “Reaching for Success: The Alignment of Personal Talent, Personal Mission and Personal and Professional Passion”

Carlos A. Rodriguez-Garcia, Ph.D., ASQ CSSGB, is Director of Operations Support at Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals (Coppell, TX) and President of BioMed Pharma Consulting, LLC, an independent consulting firm providing services in Quality Management Systems to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia has over 20 years of experience in the regulated industry. Specifically in Quality Management, Facilities, Engineering, and Product Design encompassing a broad scope of products and processes: Parenterals, solid oral dose, disposable medical devices, and durable medical devices. He completed his undergraduate studies at Marquette University and graduate studies at Texas A&M University, focusing on analyzing electrical signals from the human body.
Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia grew up in Puerto Rico and now lives in Plano, Texas, with his wife, Laura Cruz y Celis, a speech-language pathologist. They have two adult children. He enjoys bicycle riding, hiking, gardening, and sailing to remain physically active. He also enjoys volunteering and is a member of his neighborhood homeowners’ association and the Plano Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors. Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia is a lifelong learner who appreciates the opportunity to share his knowledge with others. 

** Lunch will be provided – Please RSVP via email to Tamara **

Exciting news! Please mark your calendars, you are invited to the thesis defense of Madison Williamson

Date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2022

Time: 10:30 AM

Thesis Title: “Singleminded-2 Impacts on Mitochondrial Networks and Mitophagy in C2C12 Myoblasts“

Host: Dr. Weston Porter

Location: Zoom (Please request information via genesec@tamu.edu)