News


Congratulations to Dr. Stockand and his lab for their recent publication in JCI Insight titled “P2Y2 Receptor decreases Blood Pressure by Inhibiting ENaC”!

June 7, 2023

https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/167704



Welcome to this year’s SPUR students!

June 1, 2023

Welcome Again! Andres – Archer Lab Bridgette – Gould Lab Chloe – Daws Lab Denzel – Bhat Lab Diego – Sia Lab Drew – Collins Lab Liliana – Hopp Lab Michele – Bopassa Lab Rochelle – Gould Lab Selah – Hopp Lab Stephan – Bopassa Lab  



Amber Elizalde, Health Careers High School Student in the Gould lab won Third Prize in Biomedical and Health Sciences at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Dallas!

May 22, 2023

Congratulations to Eunice Lim and Nikki J. Clauss, Ph.D. for receiving the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology John M. Johnson Award and Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence Award!

April 20, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Jean C Bopassa for his article “Mitofilin Heterozygote Mice Display an Increase in Myocardial Injury and Inflammation after Ischemia/Reperfusion” in Antioxidants as part of the Special Issue Something is Rotten in the State of Redox

April 13, 2023

Congratulations to SPUR student, Natalie De La Cerda! She won first place for poster presentation at the Texas Academy of Science 2023 Conference.

March 6, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Shapiro and his lab for their recent publication in the Journal of Neurotherapeutics titled, “Acute treatment with the M-channel (Kv7, KCNQ) opener retigabine reduces the long-term effects of repetitive blast traumatic brain injuries”

February 22, 2023

Congratulations to Physiology and Pharmacology Ph.D. student Jessica Wickline for her recent publication; L-Type calcium channel antagonist isradipine age-dependently decreases plaque associated dystrophic neurites in 5XFAD mouse model.

February 21, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Lynette Daws for winning the 2023 David Lehr Research Award! She was selected to receive research funding for work on her project titled: Organic Cation Transporter 3: A Novel Molecular Target to Treat Stimulant and Alcohol Use Disorders. ASPET recognizes her trailblazing research on biogenic amine transporters and their relevance to psychiatric disease.

February 1, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Chu Chen for his publication in the Journal of Neuroinflammation titled, “Inhibition of 2-arachidonoylglycerol degradation enhances glial immunity by single-cell transcriptomic analysis”

January 23, 2023