Congratulations to Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD and Xianlin Han, PhD on their recent publication in International Journal of Molecular Sciences!

January 17, 2023

Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD is the co-first author and Xianlin Han, PhD is the corresponding author on the recently published paper in International Journal of Molecular Sciences.  Dr. Palavicini is an Assistant Professor/Research and Dr. Han is a Professor, both with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and the Department […]

UT Health Newsroom: Inflammatory trigger a new clue in Alzheimer’s

January 6, 2023

Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom Researchers discover toxic process involving ‘jumping genes’ Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 6, 2023) — Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated […]

Congratulations to Bess Frost, PhD and the Frost Lab on their publication in Science Advances!

January 6, 2023

The paper is titled “Pathogenic tau–induced transposable element–derived dsRNA drives neuroinflammation” by Elizabeth Ochoa, Paulino Ramirez, Elias Gonzalez, Jasmine De Mange, William J. Ray, Kevin F. Bieniek, and Bess Frost.  Dr. Frost is an Associate Professor with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and […]

UT Health Newsroom: Barshop Institute’s Palavicini attracts early scientist award

December 19, 2022

Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom American Federation for Aging Research grant allows exploration of signaling molecules toxic in Alzheimer’s, diabetes, aging The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) selected Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, an early career scientist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), to […]

SciTechDaily: Newly Discovered Cluster of Genes Increases Longevity

November 29, 2022

Original story: SciTechDaily The NIA Interventions Testing Program, which included UT Health San Antonio, worked with counterparts in Switzerland and Tennessee. The Interventions Testing Program, which is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), has reported the finding of numerous candidate genes that influence longevity. The three Interventions Testing Program sites—The University of Texas […]

Congratulations to Masahiro Morita, PhD on his American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant!

October 12, 2022

Dr. Masahiro Morita has received a 4-year American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant for his project about mRNA translation and liver cancer. Dr. Morita will use several mouse models to understand the molecular mechanism by which excess nutrients increase the risk of cancer. Dr. Morita is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and […]

Congratulations to Nicolas Musi, MD on his publication in JCI!

September 30, 2022

Dr. Nicolas Musi is a Professor in the Division of Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Long School of Medicine and the Director of the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. Effect of acute TLR4 inhibition on insulin resistance in human subjects Hanyu Liang, Nattapol Sathavarodom, Claudia Colmenares, Jonathan Gelfond, Sara E Espinoza, […]

Congratulations to Manpreet Semwal, PhD on her first author publication in PNAS!

September 26, 2022

Dr. Semwal is an Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Dr. Nicolas Musi with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. Redox status regulates autophagy in thymic stromal cells and promotes T cell tolerance Manpreet K Semwal, Allison K Hester, Yangming Xiao, Chioma Udeaja, Sergio Cepeda, John S Verschelde 2nd, […]

Congratulations to Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD on his 2022 Glenn and AFAR Junior Faculty Grant!

July 22, 2022

Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD has been awarded a 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grant for Junior Faculty for his project “Mechanisms and consequences of dramatic ceramide losses in long-lived growth hormone deficient mice.”  Dr. Palavicini is an Assistant Professor/Research with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and […]

Congratulations to Roger Shi, PhD on his publication in Molecular Metabolism!

June 28, 2022

The paper is titled “Pharmacological inhibition of ALCAT1 mitigates amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by attenuating SOD1 protein aggregation” by Xueling Liu, Jun Zhang, Jie Li, Chengjie Song, and Yuguang Shi.  Dr. Shi is the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Distinguished Chair in Metabolic Biology and a Professor with the Department of Pharmacology and the Sam […]