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The use of non-human primates (NPH) for research has been a hot-topic button for several years. While the use of primates in research in the United States is tightly regulated and highly scrutinized by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to ensure that the... Read More →

Trevi Mancilla, a student in the South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program, has published a first-author publication in PLOS ONE. The title is “Doxorubicin-induced p53 interferes with mitophagy in cardiac fibroblasts.” Her mentor is Dr. Greg Aune. We interviewed... Read More →

The Terry M. Mikiten Graduate Research Symposium promotes excellence in research through mentorship, collaboration, and student interaction. The event is organized by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio and is generously supported by the Mikiten... Read More →

Over 300 people tuned in for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio’s first ever virtual candidacy ceremony on Aug. 21 which celebrated the achievements of graduate students who have passed their qualifying exam. The graduate scho... Read More →

The Bioinformatics Interest Group (BIG) club is now offering “Bioinformatics Bootcamp,” a workshop series in which participants will learn coding and computational biology skills from experienced UTHSA students and faculty. The Fall 2020 series, “Programming Fundamentals and... Read More →

This July, we partnered with Labroots.com to launch our first ever Science Writing Contest. The contest was open to all graduate students at UT Health San Antonio. Special congratulations to Erica Osta (1st place winner) and Ayon Bhattacharya (2nd place winner). Here are the... Read More →

All Fall 2020 Lecture courses will be held online. Through December, all lecture courses will be held virtually. Students should contact their course instructors regarding concerns around access or accommodations. Faculty who want to schedule in-person exams must submit requests... Read More →

We hear daily that what we eat affects our health and the importance of eating “healthy.” Eating healthy is different from person to person as diets are complex but what we eat may actually help in the management of a disease. Various diets have been trending recently such... Read More →