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Farzaneh has won the "Outstanding Presentation" award from the UTHSA Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy Summer Seminar Series! Beautiful images of iPSC-derived neurons will wow an audience every time :)

Gabbe Zuniga was selected as the student presenter at the UTHSA Department of Pharmacology Graduate Student Symposium. Her first virtual presentation was a success!

Nuclear calcium (Ca2+) is a major mediator of communication between synapses and nuclei and is critical for CREB-dependent gene expression. Mahoney, Ochoa Thomas and colleagues identify nuclear Ca2+ depletion as a pathomechanism connecting disease-associated forms of tau to neuronal death, adding an important dimension to the long-standing Ca2+ hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease. This work was performed in collaboration with Dr. Radek Dobrowolski, and was funded by the America

We are looking to hire a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in transposon biology. The NIH-funded project focuses on the role of transposable elements in Alzheimer's disease, related tauopathies, and physiological brain aging. We work with Drosophila, iPSC-derived neurons, organoids, mouse brain tissue, human fluids and post-mortem human brain tissue. Our focus ranges from basic science and bioinformatics to clinical trials. We are affiliated with the Barshop Institute for L

Paulino Ramirez has successfully passed his qualifying exam (with honors!) and is now a PhD Candidate. Congratulations Paul! You are such...

Welcome (back) Paul! Paul spent the summer doing fantastic bioinformatic work with the Frost lab, and has now joined us as a first year PhD student.

Dr. Frost is the recipient of the 2020 O'Donnell Award in Medicine from the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas based on her team's work on the effects of pathological forms of tau in the brain.

Elizabeth Ochoa Thomas, PhD candidate, and Marcus Phan, Frost lab summer student visiting from Howard University, represented UTHealthSA and the Frost lab at the 2019 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Anaheim, CA. Elizabeth served on a panel and Marcus was selected for an oral presentation based on his summer project!