An wins ASPET scientific achievement award
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has named Zhiqiang An, PhD, professor and Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry and vice president of Drug Discovery, as the winner of its 2024 Scientific Achievement Award in…
Doris produces novel murine reference genome assembly
As the world’s leading resource for disseminating genomic information, the NIH’s National Center for Biotechnology Information places special emphasis on three mammalian species that are key to medical research. A recent addition to these genomes has been produced in a…
Parchem awarded Preeclampsia Foundation grant
The Preeclampsia Foundation announced Jacqueline Parchem, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, as a recipient of its 2024 Peter Joseph Pappas Research Grants at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 44th Annual Pregnancy Meeting,…
MBID Research Retreat scheduled for March 7
Registration is open for the 2024 Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease (MBID) Research Retreat. The annual event will be held March 7 at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (1825 Pressler St.). The MBID retreat, which began in 2008,…
Recruitment open in RISE-UP clinical drug trial for sickle cell anemia
A medication that appeared to stabilize the function and shape of red blood cells in an earlier study for patients with sickle cell disease is now part of a Phase III clinical trial that is open for enrollment at UTHealth…
Registration open for Research Retreat
Registration is open for the McGovern Medical School Research Retreat. The annual event will be held March 5 in the Sarofim Research Building at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (1825 Pressler St.). The event begins with registration at…
Research shows clinical benefits for children with severe TBI
After children experienced severe traumatic brain injury, the infusion of bone marrow mononuclear cells derived from the patient’s own bones led to less time spent in intensive care, less intense therapy, and, significantly, the structural preservation of white matter, which…
Research on brain regulation of appetite published in Neuron
Recent research from the lab of Qingchun Tong, PhD, professor and Cullen Chair in Molecular Medicine, studying how the brain regulates reduced appetite in response to environmental stress has been published in Neuron. The article titled, “An excitatory projection from…
Furr-Stimming named HSG Outstanding Investigator
The Huntington Study Group has named Erin Furr-Stimming, MD, professor, and Memorial Hermann Chair in the Department of Neurology, as its 2023 Outstanding Investigator of the Year at the 30th Annual meeting, HSG 2023, in November. Furr-Stimming won the award…
Scientific review focuses on hypoxia-inducible factors
The biochemical mechanisms that control the stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) and the molecular strategies that can be exploited pharmacologically to promote or inhibit HIFs are the focus of a new scientific review published by faculty in the Department of…