program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences Programs

Dr. Manjeet Rao was recently awarded a grant from National Cancer Institute ($2.1 million) to test the therapeutic efficacy of a novel drug that can inhibit the function of a protein that is highly expressed in cancers. Cancer cells use various mechanisms to manage their survival... Read More →

Clare Murray grew up in Houston, Texas where her parents both worked in the oil/gas industry. “Nobody in my family was in medicine or science so I chose chemical engineering as my major in school. I really enjoyed my major, but I did a one day externship at Exxonmobil and that’s... Read More →

Kevin Kanda made a promise to his family to try to fight cancer. “I’ve lost some family and friends to cancer….my uncle died from lymphoma and I’ve known people with pancreatic and breast cancer as well,” he said. Initially Kanda thought nursing would be a good option for him. He... Read More →

Adam Kosti published a first author paper in Molecular Cancer Research in the January issue. His paper is entitled “ELF4 Is a Target of miR-124 and Promotes Neuroblastoma Proliferation and Undifferentiated State.” What year are you? What program? I am a fifth year... Read More →

Anand Kornepati, a GS2 student in the South Texas Medical Scientist Training program, has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellowship (F30) from the National Cancer Institute. The F30... Read More →

Kristin A. Altwegg, a CPRIT Predoctoral Fellow and third year IBMS Cancer Biology program doctoral candidate, received an American Association for Cancer Research Associate Member Award for her poster at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Below is her description of the... Read More →

Catherine Cheng, Ph.D., was chosen to receive the Joe H. Ward Jr. and Bettie B. Ward Award for Excellence in the Study of the Biology of Aging as a Graduate Student. Selection for this award was based on the faculty committee’s review of research originality, creativity and its... Read More →

1. Your name, program, mentor name. Angela (Angie) Olson, IBMS- Biology of Aging, Dr. Veronica Galvan. 2. Tell me the story of when you realized you were passionate about science. While volunteering one summer at a sea turtle rescue in Costa Rica, I had a chance to rea... Read More →