UT Health San Antonio | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Grad Student Peter LoCoco Organizes the Inaugural CIPN Symposium

After learning that there were no symposiums in his area, Peter LoCoco decided to organize his own symposium for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in Santa Barbara.
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Nobel Laureate Dr. Peter Agre: Young Scientists Shape the Future

Nobel Laureate and Director of the John Hopkins Malaria Research Institute Dr. Peter Agre spoke to a jam-packed room on Thursday at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio about the important role that young scientists have in shaping our future.
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Shh! Don’t Tell My Advisor I Want A Non-Academic Job

The Chronicle of Higher Education just published, "Pushing for Culture Change, Ph.D.'s Explore Careers Beyond Academe" which highlighted the growing presence of graduate students looking of jobs beyond academia.
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Career Advisory Council Workshop Focuses on Careers at Teaching Institutions

Career Advisory Council members Dr. Jessica Ibarra, Dr. Lila LaGrange, Dr. Tim Raabe, Dr. James Roberts, and Dr. Brian Stout spoke about careers at teaching institutions.
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Pathways to Careers in Science Workshop Highlights Changing Academic Workforce

Dr. Andrea Giuffrida spoke about the changing academic workforce at the Pathways to Careers in Science workshop alongside panelists Dr. Robert Balster, Dr. Amy Hauck Newman, Dr. Timothy Raabe, and Maj. Stuart Tyner.
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Biomedical Product Development Course Connects Students to Entrepreneurs

Students in the Biomedical Product Development Course meet representatives from different biotech companies in San Antonio.
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High School Students Win at Alamo Regional Science Fair

Several high school students mentored by Dr. Sunil Ahuja's laboratory won at the Alamo Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
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How Big Is Your Lab? Adding More Members Can Be Counterproductive

A recent article in Science Magazine that for the average-sized laboratory adding one lab member was correlated with an extra quarter publication. However, as lab size increased, productivity continued to go up but at a slower and slower rate.
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