Publications
Congratulations to Roger Shi, PhD on his publication in Cells!
June 12, 2022
The paper is titled “In Search of the Holy Grail: Toward a Unified Hypothesis on Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Age-related Diseases” by Jun Zhang 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 and Ann Barshop […]
Congratulations to Sakie Katsumura, DDS, PhD for her research being highlighted in Nature Reviews Endocrinology!
May 11, 2022
Dr. Sakie Katsumura’s recent research has been highlighted in Nature Reviews Endocrinology. She is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Masahiro Morita, PhD, and currently tackles to provide an unprecedented strategy to treat metabolic syndrome by targeting CNOT6L deadenylase-dependent decay of mRNAs encoding secretory proteins.
Congratulations to Roger Shi, PhD on his publication in Molecular Metabolism!
May 2, 2022
The paper is titled “De novo labeling and trafficking of individual lipid species in live cells” by Jun Zhang, Jia Nie, Haoran Sun, Jie Li, John-Paul Andersen, 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 […]
UT Health Newsroom: Team discovers novel root cause of tau-induced neurodegeneration
April 14, 2022
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom By Will Sansom SAN ANTONIO (April 13, 2022) — Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported the discovery of a novel mechanism by which pathological forms of tau protein cause neurons to die. Alzheimer’s disease and chronic […]
Congratulations to Gabbe Zuniga on her first author publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia!
April 13, 2022
Congratulations to Gabbe Zuniga and the Frost lab on their publication! Gabbe is an MD/PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Bess Frost with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. Tau-induced deficits in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay contribute to neurodegeneration Gabrielle Zuniga, Simon Levy, Paulino Ramirez, Jasmine De Mange, Elias Gonzalez, […]
UT Health Newsroom: Boosting liver mRNAs curbs appetite, body weight in obese mice
April 6, 2022
Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom By Will Sansom SAN ANTONIO (April 5, 2022) — In a breakthrough discovery, scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that inhibiting a liver enzyme in obese mice decreased the rodents’ appetite, increased energy expenditure in adipose […]
Congratulations to Sakie Katsumura, DDS, PhD and Masahiro Morita, PhD on their publication in Cell Metabolism!
April 6, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Sakie Katsumura and Dr. Masahiro Morita on their publication in Cell Metabolism. Dr. Morita is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. Dr. Katsumura is a postdoctoral fellow in the Morita lab. Deadenylase-dependent mRNA decay of GDF15 and […]
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 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 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) […]