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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


Congratulations to our recent Postdoctoral Fellow award recipient Dr. T. Lee Gilman and Graduate Student award recipients Valentina Garbarino and Ngoni Madungwe!! Please click here for more details on their awards.

May 15, 2018

Congratulations to our award winners!! Dr. T. Lee Gilman won second place for the best postdoctoral poster at the CBN retreat on May 4. Valentina Garbarino won first place for the best student oral presentation at the 2018 Edward J. Masoro Biology of Aging Student Day on May 11. Ngoni Madungwe was a awarded a […]


Congratulations to Valentina Garbarino, Lu Zhang and Juan Xiong for successfully defending the dissertations! They will all be hooded at the commencement ceremony on May 18th.

May 15, 2018

Valentina Garbarino and Lu Zhang successfully defended their dissertations on May 1 and May 4, respectively.  They will be hooded at commencement on May 18, along with Juan Xiong who successfully defended on April 10.