CSA News

Noboru Hiroi – New article in the Newsroom!

June 25, 2021

Congratulations to Noboru Hiroi, on this article in the “Newsroom” concerning the relationship between specific mouse vocalizations and association with social abnormalities! Mouse pups’ cries give clues about autism spectrum disorder One-fifth of babies who inherit a genetic variant located on chromosome 16 will develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by age 3. The variant is […]


Congratulations to CSA students!

June 25, 2021

Many thanks to the students and mentors for an outstanding Student Research Day.  Special Thanks to Drs. Kar and Nation and Jane Wilson for their extraordinary efforts in organizing and delivering a great program on very short notice.  I saw an amazing breadth of outstanding research.   Best Poster Category: Predoctoral Fellow:         Kisting Altwegg (Mentor, […]


Exing Wang – Zeiss Light Sheet 7 Fluorescence Microscope funded!

June 10, 2021

Congratulations to Exing Wang who just learned his instrumentation grant, submitted for the Optical Imaging Facility to acquire a Zeiss Light Sheet 7 Fluorescence Microscope (LSFM), will be funded!



Lizhen Chen – New Voelcker Young Investigator Award!

May 21, 2021

Congratulations to Lizhen Chen on her new Voelcker Young Investigator Award!


Congratulations to the Presidential Award recipients!

April 15, 2021

Last night the President held his award ceremony according to current Covid practices.  Because the 2020 ceremony was canceled due to Covid, he recognized the 2020 recipients of Presidential Awards.  This includes Omid Rahimi and Annette Occhialini!  Congratulations, Omid and Anette! The CSA 2021 Presidential Award recipient is Haley Nation.  Congratulations, Haley!  Although I was […]


Noboru Hiroi – New publication in Molecular Psychiatry!

April 15, 2021

Congratulations to Noboru Hiroi on a new publication in Molecular Psychiatry, real-time impact factor 22.2 and 5-year IF of 12-15! Click here to see publication


Tyler Bahr – LSOM Research Week award!

April 12, 2021

Congratulations to Tyler Bahr! Tyler is receiving an award for his poster this afternoon as part of LSOM Research Week.  Congratulations also to his mentor, Yidong Bai!


Congratulations to Erin Kraus and her mentor Rekha Kar!

April 12, 2021

Erin received an award to cover registration to the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) annual meeting, from the AAA!


Congratulations to Dr. Lily Dong on her new award from Baptist Health Foundation!

April 6, 2021

Please read this story posted to our online Newsroom and contact us for interviews. UT Health San Antonio research team tackles childhood obesity with five-year, $1 million grant from Baptist Health Foundation A research team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, seeks to […]