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Let’s Welcome Dr. Jacqueline Mok, Our New Vice President of Academic Affairs!

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jacqueline Mok, a San Antonio native, to the UT Health Science Center community. She has worked in various capacities at The University of Arizona as well as The John's Hopkins University. We are hopeful that through Dr. Mok's leadership we will be...
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Congrats Dr. Michael Walsh: Newest Graduate of The Biology of Aging Track

Dr. Michael Walsh successfully defended his dissertation on September 3rd. The title of his thesis was "The Effect of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Butyrate on Age-Related Muscle Atrophy". In addition to asking Dr. Walsh a few questions, we asked his mentor, Dr. Holly Van...
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Congrats Dr. Izhar Batth: Newest Graduate of the Cancer Biology Track

Dr. Izhar Batth successfully defended his dissertation on August 27th. The title of this thesis was "New Role for RON in Prostate Cancer". In addition to asking Dr. Batth a few questions, we asked his mentor, Dr. Addanki Pratap Kumar, to comment on Dr. Batth and his accomplishments.
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Congrats Dr. Xiang “Vicky” Bai: Newest Graduate of the Pharmacology Program

Dr. Xiang "Vicky" Bai successfully defended her dissertation on August 28th. The title of her thesis was "Mechanisms Underlying Therapeutic Effects of Rapamycin in a Mouse Model of Synucleinopathy". We asked Dr. Bai to reflect on her experiences by asking her a few questions.
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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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Getting started with a BANGO is it a BINGO?

Friday ended a very busy week for the new GSBS students with a Meet and Greet of the GSBS staff, Convocation with faculty, and ending with a party "Under The Big Top!"
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Catching Up With Our GSBS Alumni: Xiaoban Xin

As we kick off the new academic year, we hear from GSBS Cellular and Structural Biology (CSB) Alumni Xiaoban Xin who shares his thoughts on graduate school and life.
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F-Troop: A Proven Method for Trainee Grantsmanship Success

Dr. Linda McManus and her innovative fellowship grant writing workshop, F-Troop, continue to provide our trainees with a launching pad to NIH grantsmanship success. After googling the word F-Troop, I was surprised to find that a link to our institutions F-Troop webpage has risen...
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