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Biological Anthropologists from across Texas convened at The University of North Texas Health Science Center on Nov. 4 for the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists.   HSC’s Center for Anatomical Sciences hosted the annual meeting. Dr. Scott Maddux, Physiology and Anatomy served as chair of the TABA Scientific Program Committee. […]

Researchers at the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences are doing important work to identify and develop treatments for substance use disorders. As part of HSC’s One Pill Kills campaign to promoting opioid and fentanyl awareness and prevention, we’re highlighting their work in a series of video features. Luis Colon-Perez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience With a […]

CBTS celebrates the retirement of Dr. Dong-Ming Su, professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics and internationally known expert on T cell immunity during aging. Over 14 years at HSC, Dr. Su conducted well-funded research, shared his deep biomedical knowledge and served as a passionate mentor. Congrats Dr. Su and thank you for your dedication to […]

Laszlo Prokai, PhD, has received a Fulbright Specialist Award to share his expertise on drug discovery and design with researchers and students at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary.    The Robert A. Welch Chair in Biochemistry and professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of […]

Max Petty, a PhD candidate in Drs. Stankowska and Krishnamoorthy’s Labs, and Gretchen Johnson, PhD candidate in Dr. Stankowska’s Lab received travel awards from SACNAS to attend The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Portland Oregon, Oct. 26-28. The conference focused on enhancing diversity in STEM fields. Jennifer Pham, a PhD candidate in Dr. Dorota Stankowska’s Lab, […]

Yu Tao, PhD student in the lab of Dr. Rong Ma, delivered an outstanding oral presentation and received a travel grant at the University of Mississippi’s Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center Graduate Student Research Symposium. Read Tao’s abstract: Exaggerated Store-Operated Calcium Entry: Mechanism Contributes to High Glucose-induced Podocyte Injury and Mitochondria Damage  

Our alumni are doing great things! On Oct. 18, Naomi Swanta, PhD, shared valuable insights and career advice from her experiences as a field applications scientist with Quanterix. The presentation was part of SACNAS at HSC’s Career Seminar Series that features CBTS alumni with a range of industry experience applying their PhD’s outside of academia.

The Center for Human Identification at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth announced today that it is the first public crime lab in the U.S. to offer Forensic Genetic Genealogy, or FGG, capabilities, making it possible to solve decades-old crimes once thought to be unsolvable. Using a combination of advanced DNA […]

Mohammad Housini, a Med Sci alum and PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Robert Barber, has been chosen for a prestigious year-long fellowship with Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative as part of the Health Equity Scholars Program. During the fellowship, Housini, who is also pursuing his DO degree at TCOM, will research “Genetic and Epigenetic […]

People with leg amputations, including those with diabetes, run the risk of overuse injuries like osteoarthritis, muscle atrophy or bone breaks in their intact limbs.   Now, new research is quantifying the impacts of amputations and diabetes, a leading cause of amputation, on those overuse injuries. The findings could influence further research on musculoskeletal health and […]