program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences Programs

Returning to the campus after the brief shutdown, has been different. I won’t say it has been scary or awkward but different and intimidating to some extent. The entire team of UT Health San Antonio has been working very hard to make new policies, implementing safety and hygienic... Read More →

The Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund is awarding $650,000 to UT Health San Antonio to support innovative cancer research projects conducted by rising star faculty members. The Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Award provides each recipient $150,000 per year over three years,... Read More →

Study shows great specificity of action by enzymes to correct double-strand breaks Our cells are constantly dividing, and as they do, the DNA molecule – our genetic code – sometimes gets broken. DNA has twin strands, and a break in both is considered especially dangerous. This... Read More →

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio has launched a student directory which has profiles of our current students in our 18 academic programs in the biomedical sciences. To see the directory, click here.   If you are a current student and you... Read More →

The STEM Scholars Program is a interprofessional community outreach program at UT Health San Antonio that provides a platform for dental, graduate, health professions, medical and nursing students to interact and collaboratively design and present health-related topics at local... Read More →

As a UT Health San Antonio Ph.D. candidate, under the mentorship of Dr. Madesh Muniswamy, I am studying mitochondrial biology and the many pathways involved in physiologic (healthy) and pathophysiologic (unhealthy) states. Mitochondria are double-membraned organelles that have a... Read More →

Scientists in Texas and Pennsylvania have identified a protein sensor that restricts how much sugar and fat our cells convert into energy during periods of starvation. It is possible, the scientists say, that the sensor could be fine-tuned to prompt more sugar and fat conversion... Read More →

Briscoe Library’s 3rd Annual Image of Research Photography Competition is an opportunity for UT Health San Antonio students, faculty, and staff from all five schools to capture, share, and present the essence of their research in a single visual image. This competition and its... Read More →