Fall 2024 Seminar Series: Ward Awardees
Event Date & Time
December 18, 2024 at 4:00p - 5:00pLocation
Barshop Conference Room 2.2005 and Zoom WebinarEvent Details:
Sponsored by:
Sam & Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies
San Antonio Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
This seminar will be hybrid, presented through Zoom.
Join in person in the Barshop Conference Room, 2.2005.
Webinar ID: 160 951 7479
Passcode: Fall-2024!
*Light refreshments provided
For information about this seminar, call Sharon Cropper at 210-562-6140 or send e-mail to croppers@uthscsa.edu.
About the Speaker(s)
Ward Awardee Presentations
UT Health San Antonio
Joe H. Ward, Jr. and Bettie B. Ward Award for Excellence in the Study of the Biology of Aging
This award is a unique opportunity to recognize graduate students and postdoctoral fellows that have made significant accomplishments in the field of aging research. The Ward Award for Excellence in the Study of the Biology of Aging is made possible by a generous gift received from Dr. and Mrs. Joe Ward and provides support to:
- Graduate students who are studying the biology of aging and who are pursuing terminal degrees or
- Postdoctoral fellows whose research interest is focused on the biology of aging
Graduate Student Trainee Awardee:
Caitlyn Fastenau
PhD Student
Mentors: Sarah Hopp, PhD and Kevin Bieniek, PhD
presents: “Sialylation in Neurodegeneration"
Postdoctoral Trainee Awardee:
Joseph Schell, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mentor: David Gius, MD, PhD
presents: “Dysregulated acetylation of SOD2 is sufficient for oxidative stress, cellular senescence, and cardiac hypertrophy in mice"