Targeting enzyme could alleviate muscle wasting for cancer patients
Targeting a specific enzyme in the muscle could help cancer patients preserve muscle mass and potentially prolong their survival, according to research from UTHealth Houston. A study led by Yi-Ping Li, PhD, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, found…
Dessauer named ASPET fellow
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has named Carmen Dessauer, PhD, professor and chair ad interim in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology as a member of its 2022 class of Fellows. Selections as a fellow…
Trio wins UT STARs Awards
Three new members of the McGovern Medical School faculty, Jayhun Lee, PhD; Kangho Kim, PhD; and Yang Liu, PhD; have earned The University of Texas System’s STARs Awards. The UT System Board of Regents created the Faculty Science and Technology…
Research on regulation of fatty acid published in JCI Insight
JCI Insight, an open-access journal from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), has published a recent study from the laboratory of Mikhail G. Kolonin, PhD, titled “Fatty acid mobilization from adipose tissue is mediated by CD36 post-translational modifications and…
Diabetes journal publishes Kolonin research on metabolic dysfunction
Recent research from the lab of Mikhail G. Kolonin, PhD, makes an important step toward understanding and confronting metabolic dysfunction. The study, titled “Prohibitin Inactivation in Adipocytes Results in Reduced Lipid Metabolism and Adaptive Thermogenesis Impairment,” published in Diabetes was supported by the…
Toy, Frost named UT System Outstanding Educators
Eugene Toy, MD, professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Jeffrey Frost, PhD, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, have been named as UT System Board of Regents Outstanding Educators for 2020. Overall,…
Levental Lab’s lipidomics research featured in Nature Communications
Ilya Levental, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, saw his paper “Lipidomic and biophysical homeostasis of mammalian membranes in 1 response to dietary lipids is essential for cellular fitness,” published in March issue of Nature…
New mechanism and therapeutic target identified for pathogenic angiogenesis and vascular proliferative diseases
Recent research on “Epac1 inhibition ameliorates pathological angiogenesis through coordinated activation of Notch and suppression of VEGF signaling” from the collaboration between the labs of Xiaodong Cheng, PhD, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, and Wenbo Zhang,…
Second Annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science Symposium set for Feb. 11
McGovern Medical School and the Women Faculty Forum will host the second annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science Symposium from 4-7 p.m., Feb. 11 in the Memorial Hermann Conference Center. The featured speaker for the symposium is…