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Congratulations to biology of aging graduate student Kevin Thyne on his publication!

March 29, 2022

The paper is titled “Metabolic benefits of methionine restriction in adult mice do not require functional methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MsrA)” by Kevin M. Thyne and Adam B. Salmon and will be published in an upcoming issue of Scientific Reports.  Kevin Thyne is a graduate student in the laboratory of Adam Salmon, PhD. Metabolic benefits […]



Congratulations to Kevin Koronowski, PhD on his UT Rising STARs Award!

March 14, 2022

Kevin Koronowski, PhD has been awarded a $250,000 UT Rising STARs award.  The grant is for the purchase of equipment for newly recruited junior faculty.  Dr. Koronowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology in the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and the Sam and Ann […]




Congratulations to Jun Zhang, PhD on his Barth Syndrome Foundation award!

March 11, 2022

Dr. Jun Zhang’s project “ALCAT1 as a Novel Target for the Treatment of Cardiomyopathy in Barth Syndrome” has been accepted and fully funded for a two-year period by the Barth Syndrome Foundation.  Dr. Zhang is an Instructor/Research in the lab of Dr. Yuguang Shi with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging […]




Congratulations to Manpreet Semwal, PhD on her first co-author publication in Cell Reports!

February 23, 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 regulation of age-associated defects in generation and maintenance of T cell self-tolerance and immunity to foreign antigens Allison K. Hester, Manpreet K. Semwal, Sergio Cepeda, Yangming Xiao, Meghan […]




Congratulations to Masahiro Morita, PhD on his CPRIT award!

February 22, 2022

Dr. Masahiro Morita has received a $1.05 million CPRIT award for his project titled “Organelle communication during transition from fatty liver to hepatocellular carcinoma.”  Dr. Morita is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and an investigator with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. Read more in the […]




Congratulations to Jun Zhang, PhD and the Shi Lab on their publication in Autophagy!

January 7, 2022

The paper is titled “Restoration of Mitophagy Ameliorates Cardiomyopathy in Barth Syndrome” by Jun Zhang, Xueling Liu, Jia Nie, and Yuguang Shi. Dr. Zhang is an Instructor/Research in the lab of Dr. Yuguang Shi with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and the Department of Pharmacology. Abstract: Barth syndrome (BTHS) […]




Congratulations to Roger Shi, PhD on his co-author publication in The Journal of Clinical Investigation!

December 16, 2021

The paper is titled “LRG1 is an adipokine that mediates obesity-induced hepatosteatosis and insulin resistance” by Sijia He, Jiyoon Ryu, Juanhong Liu, Hairong Luo, Ying Lv, Paul R Langlais, Jie Wen, Feng Dong, Zhe Sun, Wenjuan Xia, Jane L Lynch, Ravindranath Duggirala, Bruce J Nicholson, Mengwei Zang, Yuguang Shi, Fang Zhang, Feng Liu, Juli Bai, […]



Of Tiny Mice and Giant Discoveries: Past Guides Future of Aging Research

December 14, 2021

By Michael Seringer When Francisco Cigarroa, MD, first became president of UT Health San Antonio in 2000, a community and business leader called him with a new idea. “Sam Barshop [founder of La Quinta Inns, Inc. and former Regent of UT System] calls me up and says, ‘I have this great idea. You need to […]



Congratulations to Dr. Palavicini on his recent publication in Frontiers in Physiology!

December 13, 2021

Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD is first author on the recently published paper in Frontiers in Physiology titled “The Insulin-Sensitizer Pioglitazone Remodels Adipose Tissue Phospholipids in Humans.”  Dr. Palavicini is an Assistant Professor/Research with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and the Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes in the Joe […]




Congratulations to Bess Frost, PhD and the Frost Lab on their publication in Progress in Neurobiology!

October 21, 2021

The paper is titled “Pathogenic tau accelerates aging-associated activation of transposable elements in the mouse central nervous systems” by Paulino Ramirez, Gabrielle Zuniga, Wenyan Sun, Adrian Beckmann, Elizabeth Ochoa, Sarah L. DeVos, Bradley Hyman, Gabriel Chiu, Ethan R. Roy, Wei Cao, Miranda Orr, Virginie Buggia-Prevot, William J. Ray, and Bess Frost.  Dr. Frost is an […]