Of Pens and Pipettes

This week we introduce Dr. Ivana Gadjanski, a Serbian bioengineer at the Fab initiative in Belgrade with interests in regenerative medicine and a well "versed" poet. We also hear from Dr. Michael Lichtenstein, Professor in the Department of Medicine, our own "poet-in-residence",...
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Congrats Dr. Kelly Reveles: New Translational Science PhD Graduate

Dr. Kelly Reveles successfully, and convincingly, defended her dissertation on July 30th. The title of her thesis was "Pharmacoepidemiology and health outcomes in Clostridium difficile infections". What makes this even more exciting, is that she is the inaugural graduate of our...
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A journey into science that spans continents and generations

We are very excited to bring you a spotlight on one of our outstanding Biomedical Engineering students, Milos Marinkovic. Milos speaks passionately about his journey into science stating, "My path into the field of science spans across three generations, two continents and the...
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Sex in Science

OK, I got your attention. But it is not what you think. It appears that NIH will soon be implementing policies to ensure that preclinical research, even in cells, includes plans to specifically examine differences between males and females. We asked one of our investigators with...
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Three questions for Dr. Kimberly Ray

Dr. Kimberly Ray just defended her dissertation in Radiological Sciences where she studied network activity in the brain when at rest. We asked Dr. Ray three questions, one about her science, one about the next step in her career, and one about advice for fellow students.
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It’s All About The Pubs!

Are you interested in becoming a Principal Investigator? Do you want to know your chances of success? A recent study has developed a model that can predict the likelihood you will become a PI. Dare to give it a try?
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An exciting new method to induce pluripotent stem cells..NOT!

Fierce competition can sometimes promote sloppy, and even fabricated results. Such is the case in the field of stem cells, which has just been associated with the retraction of two "hot" papers in Nature.
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Who Is Training Our Future Biomedical Scientists?

Walking the grounds at the UT Health Science Center this summer are 63 high school students from school districts across San Antonio and the surrounding area from the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy. The three year Voelcker Academy, now in its' 6th year and funded by the Max...
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