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Dr. Feng-Chun Yang and Yusra Eisa!
February 6, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Feng-Chun Yang and former CSA MSc student Yusra Eisa on a new publication! The Role of PHF6 in Hematopoiesis and Hematologic Malignancies published in Stem Cell Reviews and Reports.
Kay Oyajobi and Multi-PI’s – Competitive Renewal of the IMSD as a T32!
January 25, 2023
Congratulations to Kay Oyajobi (contact PI) and multi-PI’s David Weiss and Ann Griffiths on competitive renewal of the IMSD as a T32! IMSD Program Awarded $1.9M T32 Grant
Juli Bai – Increasing Brain Protein Could Be a Treatment For Obesity!
January 24, 2023
Congratulations Juli Bai on the UT Health San Antonio Newsroom article! Increasing brain protein could be a treatment for obesity Posted on January 20, 2023 at 10:53 am. Shared by Will Sansom
Lily Dong & Co-Authors – New Publication in Diabetologia
January 17, 2023
Congratulations to Lily Dong and co -authors on their new publication Diabetologia (~IF 10) Xiao, Y., Wang, Y., Ryu, J., Zou, H., Liu, W., Zhang, R., Yan, Y., Dai, Z., Sun, L., Liu, F., Zhou, Z., Dong, L.Q. Up-regulated TGF-β contributes to hyperglycem …
Ellen Kraig and multi PI’s Dean Kellogg, Jr., and Doug Seals – New Pepper Center Rapid Response Grant
January 10, 2023
Congratulations to Ellen Kraig and multi PI’s Dean Kellogg, Jr., and Doug Seals (University of Colorado, Boulder) on a new Pepper Center Rapid Response grant to study the effects of oral rapamycin!
Damon C. Herbert – CSA Retired Colleague and Friend
January 9, 2023
Dear Colleagues, I bring you sad news. I Iearned this weekend that our retired colleague, Damon C. Herbert, passed away last week. Damon had an infection, not Covid, that resulted in hospitalization. He passed away several days later from the secondary …
Elizabeth Ochoa – New First Author Publication in Science Advances!
January 9, 2023
Congratulations to Elizabeth Ochoa on her new first author publication in Science Advances! And congratulations to Bess Frost, her mentor and senior author! Pathogenic tau–induced transposable element–derived dsRNA drives neuroinflammation
Juli Bai – Manuscript Accepted by Nature Metabolism!
January 3, 2023
Congratulations to Juli Bai on the acceptance of her manuscript by Nature Metabolism! Hypothalamic Grb10 enhances leptin signalling and promotes weight loss
Kay Oyajobi & co-PI’s Ann Griffith and David Weiss – Successful competitive T32 renewal for the IMSD program!
December 14, 2022
Congratulations to Kay Oyajobi and co-PI’s Ann Griffith and David Weiss on the successful competitive renewal (really a new T32 application) for the IMSD program! Kay agreed to assume leadership of this grant after Niquet Blake’s departure and was left …
LuZhe Sun and Francisco Cigarroa – 9th Year Being Awarded Funding From The Clayton Foundation!
November 10, 2022
Congratulations to LuZhe Sun and Francisco Cigarroa on being awarded their 9th year of funding from the Clayton Foundation to study hepatocellular carcinoma!