Summer 2007

B. Montgomery Pettitt ('75, Ph.D. '80), the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and professor of computer science, biochemistry and physics, hopes to help create a technology using biological molecules with high-tech chips. Led by Pettitt, the Institute for Molecular Design (IMD) is leading the national effort to harness the power of advanced super computers for the discovery of medicines, agrochemicals, and other useful materials in bionanotechnology.

Texas Bioproducts Industry Council to be Housed at University of Houston

The newly created Texas Bioproducts Industry Council will be housed in the University of Houston’s Center for Industrial Partnerships, it was announced today. The announcement came in conjunction with Gov. Rick Perry’s press conference at the Greater Houston Partnership laying out his plans for a statewide bioenergy initiative.

August 10, 2006

Calling the current advances in biomedical science a "molecular metamorphosis," the acting chief of the Food and Drug Administration says Houston could play a key role in the future of biotechnology.

November 2005

The Montgomery College biotechnology program has been awarded exemplary status by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). This is the first time in its 12 years of evaluating technical/vocational education programs that the THECB has recognized a biotechnology program.