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The multi-day event will be held on the Greehey campus March 27-29, and will feature a keynote address, core lab tours, informational presentations, and roundtable discussions focused on best practices to operate institutional research cores and new software features. Core lab tours will be hosted by Kristin Cano, Ph.D ., Technical Director of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core ; Exing Wang, Ph.…, "Agilent is excited to see a record number of registered participants coming from all over the globe this year. We attribute the higher registration response to a couple of reasons. First, San Antonio is an attractive destination for conferences, and second, strategically scheduling our conference to follow the day after a premier annual meeting being held downtown overlaps with our target…, "When approached last summer by the Agilent planning team, I viewed hosting the conference as an excellent opportunity to cast a national spotlight on the administrators and the expert technical support staff who manage our 8 institutional core labs,” stated Dr. Ramirez-Solis , “In turn, we will also learn from expert attendees which will allow us to grow as professionals in the dynamic landscape…
John Gebhard, PhD, assistant vice president, OTC, praised the team for pivoting to a successful virtual platform for this year’s President’s Translational and Entrepreneurial Research Fund (PTEF), which was coordinated by Meagan Rockne, technology commercialization assistant, and Lindsey Dostal, program coordinator. “Even though we were working remotely, our whole team really banded together for…, Investigator, Job Title, Project Title, Type of Technology, Sepehr Bahadorani, MD Specialitst, Opthamology Computer-aided analysis of full-field electroretinogram Medical Device John Calhoon, MD Professor and Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery Safe IV Project Medical Device Daniel Chupp, PhD candidate Graduate Student, Integrated Biomedical Studies Novel humanized mouse platform supporting Natural Human antibody production Therapeutic Robert De Lorenzo, MD…
Equally important, these meetings allow us to hear from investigators and support staff about their experiences in conducting clinical research and barriers and gaps in research infrastructure. In addition to our UT Health San Antonio research community, Texas Biomedical Research Institute investigators will be able to participate remotely through live streaming. For those unable to attend the…, Takeaways from the Forum:, Use of HSC and University Health System electronic medical record information to identify potential participants is possible with appropriate IRB approval. Adoption of evidence-based practices available on the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) Trial Innovation Network (TIN) website which can be implemented locally. The “ Find-A-Study" website hosted by the Office of the…
Logan France, D.V.M., DACLAM, clinical veterinarian at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and daughter of pharmacology professor Charles France, Ph.D., continues to champion Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD), a transformative initiative she founded in 2016. Under the auspices of Americans for Medical Progress , the goal of BRAD is to encourage academic institutions and veterinary schools…
In 2012, she joined the lab of Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D., co-leader of the Experimental and Therapeutic Program at the Mays Cancer Center , and began studying the efficacy of new therapeutics drugs to treat brain and breast cancers sparking her passion for drug development. Her time in Dr. Brenner’s lab led her to develop an intracranial microscopy technique using a cranial window that allows…
For over a decade, UT Health San Antonio has served as a CTSA hub , giving our investigators access to a nationwide CTSA network, which includes more than 50 academic medical centers and a wealth of curated resources and expertise. Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D. , professor of medicine (hematology-oncology) and medical director for the Trial Innovation Network Hub Liaison Team at UT Health San…
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that takes on the challenge of analyzing, visualizing, and interpreting large-scale biological data with the help of high-powered computing to advance our knowledge in multiple disciplines ranging from molecular genetics to precision medicine and cancer. Responding to this need, the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI) has funded summer…, Jamie Benavides, is pursuing a B.S. in biochemistry and neurobiology. He will be working with UT Health San Antonio Ashbel Smith tenured professor of biochemistry and structural biology,, Jean Jiang, Ph.D., to learn about the role of cell signaling through hemichannels in bone cells. Jamie aspires to be a neurological surgeon with a research interest in how protein synthesis affects cancer cells. Dr. Jiang will be the perfect mentor to guide Jamie through his career development. , Wala Elsharif, is pursuing a M.S. in computer science and is fluent in several programming languages. Previously, she was involved in a research project to develop algorithms predicting mental illness among workers in technology fields. She will be working with UT Health San Antonio assistant professor and CPRIT scholar,, Jason Liu, Ph.D., , focusing on the epigenetic architectures of cancers that resist hormone treatments. The aim of this project is to identify potential therapeutic targets that mitigate tumor development. Wala’s career goal is to learn more about machine learning in the healthcare field. , Aaron Ferrer, is pursuing a B.S. in computer engineering and is proficient in several programming languages, including Python and Matlab. Passionate about artificial intelligence (AI), he will be working with UT Health San Antonio professor and director of computational biology at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute,, Yidong Chen, Ph.D., The team will train a deep learning (DL) machine to predict the drug response of FDA-approved cancer treatments using genomic data. Further, Aaron and Dr. Chen will compare this DL method to other conventional machine learning tasks. His future goal is to learn how to use AI in agriculture to help tackle issues surrounding food security. Strong mentorship leads to big success Two of the key…
Although two seemingly separate disciplines, the practice of both science and art cultivates curiosity, motivates discovery and informs our natural, physical and material worlds. Scientists and artists pay studious attention to detail and the arduous application of continuously refined methods to create concepts and products that benefit our society . The celebration of this union has even taken…, Piscis, can be viewed on the Greehey Campus in the public space between the South Texas Research Facility (STRF) and Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI). Maestro Sebastian will be the featured artist for Conversations on Science and Art (Dec. 5, 2019). The semi-annual “meet-up” brings together San Antonio’s life sciences ecosystem to celebrate science and art. “It is a very interesting…
A familiar saying in the life sciences is “from bench to bedside” when describing translational research. However, biomedical science is not that straightforward. It’s really “from bench to business to bedside”. At UT Health San Antonio, many investigators are discovering new potential therapies, diagnostics, biomarkers and medical devices. Unfortunately, vital next steps in the path of product…
The Office of the Vice President for Research supports and oversees the operations of 9 Institutional Core Laboratories, (, Core Labs, ), , which provide affordable access to specialized technologies and technical expertise for our research community. The overarching goal of the Core Labs is to increase the scholarly productivity of the University’s scientists including high-quality publications, grant funding, and invention disclosures. Each Core Lab is directed by a highly qualified faculty member, assisted by expert technical…