The Claude D. Pepper Center secured a $6.5M NIH grant to expand aging research—adding a new Molecular Phenotyping Core and strengthening efforts to help older adults maintain independence in South Texas. 🧬⏳
👏 The first cohort of the NIH-funded UT-MSTAR program is complete! 🎉
18 med students from across Texas spent the summer at @uthealthsa.bsky.social gaining hands-on research and clinical experience in aging & geriatrics. 🧬👩⚕️👨⚕️
👏 Congrats to Dr. Juan Pablo Palavicini on earning a Rising UT STAR Award! 🌟
The $150K grant will boost his research capacity at @uthealthsa.bsky.social's Barshop Institute, supporting advances in aging and longevity science. 🧬⏳
🎉 Celebrating 30 years of discovery! The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center at @uthealthsa.bsky.social has been a hub for aging research since 1995—has secured 5 more years of NIA funding! 🧬 Pioneering gerotherapeutics like rapamycin to boost lifespan & healthspan.
Big step forward in targeting drug-resistant cancers.
Dr. Daohong Zhou at UT Health San Antonio received a $2.4M CPRIT grant to expand core labs with advanced tools like CRISPR screening and small molecule degraders—aiming to tackle the toughest pediatric and adult cancers.
🎉 Excited to share UT Health San Antonio - Barshop Institute’s team is a Semifinalist in the $101M #XPRIZEHealthspan! Advancing low-frequency ultrasound to rejuvenate cells & boost healthspan.
Join us on Wed, May 28 at 4 PM CT for our Spring Seminar Series! Stephen Harridge, PhD, will present: “The Biology of Human Aging: Differentiating Ageing from Inactivity”
📍 Don’t miss this insight into aging science. 🔗 More info: bit.ly/4jjeaJw #BarshopSeminarSeries
We’re proud to be a Semifinalist team of #XPRIZEHealthspan, a 7-year, $101 million global competition that aims to revolutionize the way we approach human aging. We look forward to this next chapter of the competition as we continue to develop our therapeutic to extend healthspan. @xprize.org
Join us Wednesday, May 7th at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. Kevin Bieniek, PhD, presents: "3D brain modeling and #neuropathology: tools for brain aging and #neurodegenerative disease research."
Scientists from UT Health San Antonio, Duke, and UAMS — led by Drs. Hong-yu Li, Zhengyu Wang, Hui-kuan Lin, and Zhiqiang Qin — uncovered how cells absorb large and polar drugs and devised a novel strategy to optimize the capacity of drug delivery into these cells. 🧪🔬
Join us Wed. April 30th at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. Rebeca Wong, PhD, presents: "Insights and remaining gaps from a 23-year longitudinal population study on Mexican aging."
Join us Wed. April 23rd at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. Robert Williams, PhD, presents: "Genetic Modulation of Life Span: Dynamic Effects, Sex Differences, and Body Weight Trade-offs in UM-HET3 Mice."
Join us Wed. April 16th at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. David Cohen, MD, PhD presents: "Leveraging Energy Expenditure in the Management of #Obesity-Associated Disorders."
