program: Molecular Immunology & Microbiology

 1) Why should we care? COVID-19 is a pandemic with no current vaccines and drugs. 2) Why social distancing? Because one can be asymptomatic and still spread the disease. At least, one out of four patients have been reported to be asymptomatic (some studies suggest 50 percent).... Read More →

About Coronaviruses: Coronaviruses are enveloped +ve sense RNA viruses, with spike like projections on their surface giving them crown like appearance under the electron microscope; hence the name coronavirus, they range from 60 nm-140 nm in diameter. Four genera found: α, ... Read More →

As a typical second year Ph.D. student, I took my qualifying exam (QE) this year. However, it wasn’t a typical exam due to the coronavirus outbreak. The exam generally happens in a conference room in the physical presence of your committee members but students this year get to be... Read More →

GSBS Students, We understand that isolation during the COVID–19 outbreak has become a major concern as more and more people are staying in their homes. During these times, it is important that we all come together to support each other. To this end, the Graduate School of... Read More →

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has two winners for this spring’s travel awards. The GSBS travel awards support qualified doctoral and master’s students’ travel to national scientific meetings for the presentation of their research. The first award goes to Justin... Read More →

Congrats to two students in the dual degree (M.D./Ph.D.) South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program who received travel awards to present at the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI this May. MSTP student, Ryan Reyes (GS3, left), will... Read More →

UT Health San Antonio is committed to training tomorrow’s talent, who are relentlessly pursuing discoveries that translate into life-changing, life-saving technologies. Critical to these breakthroughs are our 8 state of the art core lab facilities that create the pathway for... Read More →

San Antonio, Texas, is attracting a millennial population thanks to its affordability. Watch the video by Fox Business below: https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6122571511001/ Read More →