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Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Swati Banerjee. Please click here to learn more.

July 11, 2018

Dr. Swati Banerjee was featured in The Pipette Gazette as the Faculty Spotlight. Click here to read the article.



Congratulations to Julia Saifetiarova in Dr. Bhat’s Lab on her publication in the Journal of Neuroscience! Click here to learn more.

June 20, 2018

Saifetiarova J, Shi Q, Paukert M, Komada M, Bhat MA (2018) Reorganization of Destabilized Nodes of Ranvier in βIV Spectrin Mutants Uncovers Critical Timelines for Nodal Restoration and Prevention of Motor Paresis. J. Neurosci. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0515-18.2018


Congratulations to Anna Taylor in Dr. Bhat’s Lab on her publication in eNeuro! Click here to learn more.

June 20, 2018

Taylor AM, Shi Q, Bhat MA (2018) Simultaneous Ablation of Neuronal Neurofascin and Ankyrin G in Young and Adult Mice Reveals Age-Dependent Increase in Nodal Stability in Myelinated Axons and Differential Effects on the Lifespan. eNeuro DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0138-18.2018


Congratulations to Qian Shi in Dr. Bhat’s Lab on his publication in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience! Click here to learn more.

June 20, 2018

Shi Q, Saifetiarova J, Taylor AM, Bhat MA (2018) mTORC1 Activation by Loss of Tsc1 in Myelinating Glia Causes Downregulation of Quaking and Neurofascin 155 Leading to Paranodal Domain Disorganization. Front. Cell. Neurosci. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00201



Congratulations to Liliana Espinoza (Shapiro Lab) for being 1 of 9 students selected for the “Initiative on Maximizing Student Development” Program!

June 15, 2018

See link for more information: http://gsbs.UT Health San Antonio.edu/current_students/imsd.





Welcome to this year’s SPUR Students!!

May 29, 2018

Welcome Again – Harun Khan – Fujikawa Lab Karen Nga Tana – Lee Lab Ida Vaziri – Bhat Lab Gianna Davis – Gould Lab Davyani Srivastava – Banerjee Lab Jake Jeong – Kim Lab



Congratulations to the Toney Lab for their recent publications in the American Journal of Physiology, the Journal of Applied Physiology and in the Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology! Please click here to learn more and read the articles.

May 21, 2018

Journal of Psychoneuroendocrimology, titled: High salt intake enhances swim stress-induced PVN vasopressin cell activation and active stress coping American Journal of Physiology, titled: Burst patterning of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus-driven sympathetic nerve activity in ANG II-salt hypertension Journal of Applied Phsyiology, titled: Hypothalamic PVN contributes to acute intermittent hypoxia-induced sympathetic but not phrenic long-term facilitation