Congratulations to Ziying Xu on her first, first-authored research paper, published in Nature Communications!

October 23, 2025

The paper, titled “Microglia-specific regulation of lipid metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease revealed by microglial depletion in 5xFAD mice,” explores how microglia, the brain’s immune cells, regulate lipid metabolism and contribute to Alzheimer’s disease progression. By studying microglial depletion in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s, the research provides new insights into how these cells influence disease […]

Congratulations to Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, on his Rising UT STAR Award!

August 29, 2025

Dr. Juan Pablo Palavicini has received a Rising UT STAR retention award for $150,000. The STARs (Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention) Program provides funding to help purchase state-of-the-art equipment and make necessary laboratory/facility renovations to support faculty members in performing their research.  Dr. Palavicini is an assistant professor in the Department of Cellular and […]

Congratulations to David Gius, MD, PhD, and his lab on their publication in Cell Reports!

August 28, 2025

Study Highlights Sex-Specific Impact of Keto Diet A recent study from the lab of David Gius, MD, PhD, and published in Cell Reports reveals that a long-term ketogenic diet leads to the accumulation of aging (senescent) cells and oxidative stress—but only in male mice. Female mice did not show these harmful effects. Interestingly, treating male […]

Congratulations to Nisi Jiang, PhD, on his landmark publication in Journal of Gerontology: Biological Science

August 27, 2025

Nisi Jiang, PhD, first author and recent Biology of Aging IBMS graduate under the mentorship of James Nelson, PhD, led the first-ever comprehensive review of anti-aging compounds tested by the National Institute on Aging’s Interventions Testing Program. Published in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Science (July 2025), the landmark study analyzed two decades of data […]

Congratulations to Laurence Maeyens for winning the AGE Poster Pitch Award!

July 22, 2025

Laurence Maeyens, a PhD student in Biology of Aging, won the Poster Pitch Award, along with a cash prize, at the 2025 American Aging Association meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. His winning poster, titled “Timing of castration modulates its life-extending effect in genetically heterogeneous mice: castration at midlife is more effective than at earlier ages”, highlights […]

Congratulations to Daohong Zhou, MD, and the Target Discovery Core on their CPRIT award!

June 24, 2025

CPRIT awards UT Health San Antonio $3.4 million to increase HPV vaccination rates in Bexar County, develop transformative technologies targeting drug-resistant cancers   SAN ANTONIO (June 2, 2025) ­— The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received $3,395,970 in new academic research and prevention awards as part of […]