Original story: Texas Public Radio By: Bonnie Petrie (April 20, 2025) ­— When you imagine a person who might have an eating disorder, what do they look like? Lisa Kilpela, PhD, co-director of the Center for Research to Advance Community Health at UT Health San Antonio, says there’s a stereotype. It’s called the Golden Girl […]

Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom Discovery of chemical endocytosis could redefine precision medicine Contact: Claire Kowalick, kowalick@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (April 18, 2025) ­— A team of scientists, notably Zhengyu Wang, PhD, assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and the Barshop Institute, led by Hong-yu Li, PhD, professor of medicinal chemistry and chemical […]

Anya Kalenta, a final year PhD student, has published her first first-author publication. In this study, they investigated how an acute bout of treadmill running alters the skeletal muscle metabolome and lipidome in mice with hyperactive mTORC1 signaling. Anya is a PhD student in the lab of Blake Rasmussen, PhD at the Sam and Ann […]

Biology of Aging PhD student Christopher Litwin won Best Poster Presentation in the Graduate Student category at the 2025 LSOM Research Symposium. His poster title was “Protein Secretion From Liver Ex Vivo Reveals Regulation of Hepatokines by Sex and Circadian Rhythm.” Christopher is a PhD student in the lab of Kevin Koronowski, PhD. Dr. Koronowski […]

In new research supported by the San Antonio Nathan Shock Center, Yidong Bai, PhD, shows that the structure and function of mitochondria of naked mole-rats are preserved with age. The preservation of mitochondria assembly might contribute to the extreme longevity and disease resistance of these animals. Robust assembly of electron transfer chain in the brain […]

Original story: Texas Public Radio By: Bonnie Petrie (March 30, 2025) ­— This segment was originally broadcast on July 28, 2024. Aging is a prospect we all face. As we age, we change in body and mind in diverse ways. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the U.S. population aged 65 and over, […]

A new publication from Daniel Adekunbi, PhD, shows that aging is associated with a significant decline in mitochondrial bioenergetics in the brain in a non-human primate model of aging. This loss of energetics is associated with a similar decline in walking speed with age, highlighting a potential mechanism for increased frailty and loss of function […]

A new study from the lab of Kevin Koronowski, PhD, looks at the effect of chronic jet lag in mice on their behavior and metabolism dysfunction in the liver. This study shows that misalignment of the normal circadian rhythm can have long-term functional consequences that may deteriorate aging health.  Dr. Koronowski is an Assistant Professor […]

Dr. Kevin Koronowski is the recipient of a three-year American Heart Association Career Development Award for his project titled “Lifting the Circadian Brake on PPAR Alpha.”  Dr. Koronowski is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and an investigator with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.