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Meet The Researcher: Sarah DiDomenico Expects That More Therapeutics Will Use Synthetic Lethality

Sarah DiDomenico always gravitated toward science in school, but she credits her eighth-grade science teacher for really igniting her passion. “She often taught off-textbook, engaging us in many hands-on projects, and showed me the joy in learning and discovery,” she said. Sarah...
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In Press: Nicole Hensch’s Co-first author Cancer Research Paper fully published/available online

Nicole Hensch, a graduate student in the Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences PhD program, recently published a co-first author paper in Cancer Research entitled “SNAI2-Mediated Repression of BIM Protects...
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Meet The Researcher: Stephanie Nordmeyer Explains How A Book Led Her To Change Her Career

They say a great book can change your life. This was the case with Stephanie Nordmeyer, a current student in the Molecular Immunology & Microbiology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences PhD program. “During my freshman year at Texas State University, I read...
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Karen Lindquist Publishes Article in eNeuro

Karen Lindquist, a student in the Neuroscience discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program, recently published an article in eNeuro titled, “Identification of Trigeminal Sensory Neuronal Types Innervating Masseter Muscle” under the guidance of Dr. Armen...
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Meet The Researcher: Aiola Stoja and her love for dogs, hiking and cancer research

While Aiola Stoja Payne was volunteering as an emergency medicine technician (EMT), she learned about new substance that was just being implemented in emergency medicine. She was taught that this substance was a powder that you put directly on the wound site and was more helpful...
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P&P Graduate Student, Samantha Yee, named the Pharmacology Department Graduate Student of the Year

Samantha Yee, 5th year PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. April Risinger, was awarded the Matthew P. Rowan Student of the Year Award on October 13th, 2021. The award is named after one of our students that was tragically taken from us a few years ago and presented yearly to a...
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Victoria Bry Shares Her Perspective On Her Twitter Takeover

Victoria Bry is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Radiological Sciences Program at UT Health San Antonio. She studies radiation oncology medical physics and researches a technique called Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) for use with Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and...
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Class of 2021 Incoming Student Spotlight: Nahin T. Radit, Master of Science in Cell Systems and Anatomy

Hello everyone, my name is Nahin T. Radit. I am an international student at UT Health San Antonio, and this is my story. Being a licensed doctor from Bangladesh, I aspire to be a neuroscientist someday. Music and traveling are two of my passions. You can find many of my recorded...
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