Texas Life Science Forum 2026
A Houston forum bringing together life science ventures, investors, and leaders to discuss therapeutic and medtech innovation and commercialization.
Texas Medical Center Innovation, Houston
- Date
- November 10, 2026
- Venue
- Texas Medical Center Innovation, Houston
About
The program connects life science ventures with investors and leaders from industry and academia, with company presentations and discussion of financing and commercialization. The 2026 agenda lists speakers from research institutions, healthcare organizations, investment firms, and biotechnology companies.
Who you'll find in the room
Emerging life science ventures
The organizer identifies emerging life science ventures as part of the forum audience.
Investors
Investors are included in the organizer’s stated audience.
Industry and academic leaders
The organizer names industry and academic leaders among attendees.
Featured speakers
72 listedBrad Burke
Associate Vice President, Industry & New Ventures, Rice Innovation, Ion
Executive Director, Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
William McKeon
President and CEO, Texas Medical Center
Patrick Clayton
Vice President, Life Sciences and Healthcare Startup Banking, J.P. Morgan
Annie Sendejo
Vice President, Life Sciences Banking, J.P. Morgan
Barbara Alcaraz Silva
Executive Director, Life Sciences and Healthcare Startup Banking, J.P. Morgan
Sean MacGregor
Executive Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan
Sarah Hein
Cofounder & CEO, March Biosciences
Suma Gopinathan
Senior Vice President, Discovery, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: LXRX)
Michael Torosian
Partner, Baker Botts
SingleCell Biotechnology
Company Presentation
Train Genomics
Company Presentation
Acuamark Diagnostics
Company Presentation
Alwayslab
Company Presentation
Emily Reiser
Strategy and New Ventures, Texas Medical Center
Bryson Saéz
Life Science - Investor Lead, HAN and Venture Partner, Novellus Ventures
Fred Shane
CEO, Axil Capital Advisors
Drew Yashar
Senior Associate, Life Sciences, Capital Factory
Pothik Chatterjee
Executive Director, Digital Health Institute, Rice University and Methodist Hospital
Khurram Nasir
Chief, Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Houston Methodist Hospital, Co-Director, Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Kristen Doyle
CEO, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Ken Smith
Chief Product Development Officer, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Victoria Ford
CEO, Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute
PHIOGEN
Company Presentation
Miracle Regeneratives
Company Presentation
NKILT Therapeutics
Company Presentation
InterAct Therapeutics
Company Presentation
Velvet Therapeutics
Company Presentation
Tomahawk Oncology
Company Presentation
Oncotherics
Company Presentation
IonTX
Company Presentation
PaxImmune Therapeutics
Company Presentation
OmniNano Pharmaceuticals
Company Presentation
Raymond Miller
Partner, U.S. Chair, Life Sciences Patent Development and Strategy, DLA Piper
Michael Dilling
Executive Director of Commercialization, BCM Innovation Institute
SageSpectra
Company Presentation
Cardiost
Company Presentation
Modulate Technologies
Company Presentation
Previze.AI
Company Presentation
OptiLung
Company Presentation
Freyya
Company Presentation
Joe Petrosino
Chief Scientific Innovation Officer, Baylor College of Medicine
Bruce Butler
Vice President, Research and Technology Director, Office of Technology Management, UT Health
Vineet Gupta
Vice President for Innovation & Tech Development & Transfer, UTMB
Emily Barnhill
Vice President, Strategic Industry Ventures, MD Anderson
Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis
Director, Research Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Gulf Coast Consortia for Quantitative Biomedical Science
Verena Kallhoff
Sr. Director, Global Life Sciences, Greater Houston Partnership
Shawn Cloonan
Co-Life Science Lead and General Counsel, McCord Development
Chris Wild
Assistant Vice Chancellor/Vice President, San Jacinto College
Danielle Scheiner
Vice President, Regional Economic Development, Greater Houston Partnership
Bectas Therapeutics
Company Presentation
4M Therapeutics
Company Presentation
HydroGene Therapeutics
Company Presentation
ENB Therapeutics
Company Presentation
Ypsilon Tx
Company Presentation
Oticara
Company Presentation
CrossBridge Bio
Company Presentation
Circurna
Company Presentation
Scott Nudelman
Co-founder and Managing Principal, Vitrian
Donna Chang
CEO, Hope Biosciences
Federica Giordano
Director of Clinical Operations, March Biosciences
Ricardo Jimenez
SVP, Technical Operations, Neurogene
Laine Linden
Head of Technical Operations, CTMC
Allterum Therapeutics
Company Presentation
7 Hills Pharma
Company Presentation
Persevere Therapeutics
Company Presentation
PINOVA Therapeutics
Company Presentation
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals
Company Presentation
Iterion Therapeutics
Company Presentation
Indapta Therapeutics
Company Presentation
Medley Therapeutics
Company Presentation
Bob Radinsky
Vice President, Global Head, Oncology External Innovation, Johnson & Johnson
Partners on record
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Venue
Texas Medical Center InnovationQuestions people ask
5 answeredTexas Life Science Forum 2026 starts on November 10, 2026.
The 2026 forum is held at Texas Medical Center Innovation in Houston.
The organizer identifies emerging life science ventures, investors, and industry and academic leaders as attendees.
It is most useful for early-stage therapeutic and medtech founders looking for investors, since the program includes company pitches from SingleCell Biotechnology, Train Genomics, Acuamark Diagnostics and Alwayslab, alongside bankers from J.P. Morgan and Michael Torosian, a Partner at Baker Botts. Scientists wanting deep technical content and established companies will get less from it, because the conversations center on commercializing, financing and scaling new ventures.
Attendees at biotech investor and startup forums usually wear business casual, such as slacks and a button-down or blazer, with founders pitching often a notch sharper.
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