January 27, 2012
High content screening for the identification of novel antifungal agents targeting Candida albicans biofilm formation and filamentation
Christopher Pierce, Cellular and Molecular Biology, UTSA
February 3, 2012
Targeting the Atypical IKK Family Members for Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases
Seng-Lai Tan, Roche Pharmaceuticals
February 9, 2012
TBA
Kai Leong, Brooke Army Medical Center
February 17, 2012
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Microbial Genomics Faculty Candidate
February 24, 2012
TBA
Blanca Restrepo, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
(San Antonio) … José López-Ribot, professor of microbiology in the UTSA College of Sciences’ Department of Biology and associate director of the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, has been elected to serve the Medical Mycology Society of the Americas as its 2012 president. Medical mycology is the study of fungal organisms that cause infectious diseases. Continued »
(June 2011)--The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced today it will receive $4.6 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Research Office to establish a Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics (CEIG) to support microbiology research, teaching and outreach activities aligned with Army priorities. Infection genomics is the scientific discipline in which biologists characterize functional properties of the entire genome of infectious organisms. Continued »
(May 2011)--Professor of Microbiology and University of Texas San Antonio Director of the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) Karl Klose, along with colleagues Bernard Arulanandam, associate dean of research for scientific innovation, and Janakiram Seshu, associate professor of microbiology, traveled to Beirut on May 9–14 to develop international collaborations with microbiology/immunology researchers and clinicians at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon. Their travel was funded by the U.S. Department of State through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Continued »
(May 2011)--Researchers Bernard Arulanandam, The Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor in Biology and associate dean of research for scientific innovation, and Ashlesh Murthy, research assistant professor in the UTSA College of Sciences’ Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and researcher Guangming Zhong, professor of microbiology and immunology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health Science Center), have together received a United States patent based on discoveries the trio made while researching Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes chlamydia infections. Continued »
(Feb. 2011)--The University of Texas at San Antonio announced today that Research Assistant Professor Ashlesh Murthy in the UTSA College of Sciences’ Department of Biology has been named one of a dozen emerging scholars under the age of 40 in the January 6 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Murthy, a medical doctor by training and the first graduate student to receive a Ph.D. in Biology from UTSA’s Cellular and Molecular Biology program, is one of a trio of San Antonio researchers working with Merck and Co. to develop and commercialize a vaccine to prevent chlamydia infection. Continued »
