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Dr. Frost was presented with the award at the 2020 30th Anniversary CurePSP celebration. She was selected for the award based on her team's efforts to uncover the effects of pathogenic tau on the nucleus. https://ftdregistry.org/press/curepsp-30th-anniversary-celebration-december-7-2020

Dr. Frost is now appointed as the manager/holder of the Bartell Zachry Memorial Endowment for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases. This generous gift from the Zachry family was made in honor of Henry Bartell Zachry, who passed away in 2020. Bartell Zachry was "known throughout the world as a visionary executive in the engineering and construction industry. " We are thrilled about this generous gift and hope to make the Zachry family proud!

We are thrilled to welcome Jasmine to the Frost lab! Jasmine will be working with Dr. Atrian using iPSC-derived neurons and brain organoids to study tauopathy.

Lulu has joined the Frost lab as a master's student in Cell Systems and Anatomy! Lulu was an undergraduate at Rhodes College, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Drug Discovery. Lulu is smiling under her mask. https://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/biomedical-sciences/programs/cell-systems-anatomy-ms

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...

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