The University of Texas at San Antonio is an emerging Tier One research institution with nearly 29,000 students.
Principal Investigator(s)
Pozzi, Luca
Penna, Anna
Funded by
The Linnean Society of London
Background: Species are often distributed discontinuously across their total geographic range. Understanding how these patterns originated is a major question in systematics and biogeography. Habitat fragmentation has often been invoked to explain population isolation. which. over prolonged periods of time. can lead to speciation [1]. One example of a region where species patterns may have been shaped by historical habitat fragmentation is the humid Guineo-Congolean evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of West and West-central Africa. In this region.
The University of Texas at San Antonio is an emerging Tier One research institution with nearly 29,000 students.
Principal Investigator(s)
Engelberth, Jurgen
Funded by
US Dept of Agriculture LOC
Green leaf volatiles (GLV) have been mostly associated with the regulation of defense responses. in particular defense priming. in plants. However. we found that GLV are also regulators of abiotic stress responses and for example protect against cold stress damage. Plants that were treated with GLV at physiological concentrations showed less cold damage and retained normal growth while untreated plants showed severe damage and growth reduction under the same conditions. We have further identified GLV- and cold-inducible sets of genes. which appear to be involved in carbohydrate metabolism.
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Principal Investigator(s)
Carrion, Ricardo
Funded by
Xenex Disinfection Services LLC
The goal of this project is to evaluate the capacity of Xenex UV Disinfection systems to inactivate live SARS-CoV-2.
As one of the world’s leading independent biomedical research institutions, Texas Biomedical Research Institute is dedicated to advancing the health of our global community through innovative biomedical research.
Principal Investigator(s)
Ross, Corinna
The goal of this project is to guide the investigation of the effects of the experimental drug on male fertility in male marmosets. Marmoset fertility will be assessed via sperm collection and testicular biopsy to determine whether the drug effectively ends the production of live sperm.
As one of the world’s leading independent biomedical research institutions, Texas Biomedical Research Institute is dedicated to advancing the health of our global community through innovative biomedical research.
Principal Investigator(s)
Carrion, Ricardo
Funded by
Southwest Research Institute
The primary objective of this project is to identify drug compounds that may inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication in an in vitro tissue culture assay. Vero E6 cells will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the test articles to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication.
The University of Texas at San Antonio is an emerging Tier One research institution with nearly 29,000 students.
Principal Investigator(s)
Wang, Hua-Yu
Funded by
4E Therapeutics, Inc.
Through this research project. The CIDD will work closely with 4E Therapeutics to prepare a sufficient number of structural analogs to support the goals of the research.The CIDD will provide synthesis support to 4E Therapeutics to prepare and characterize compounds to support the program goals.All novel compound design.
The University of Texas at San Antonio is an emerging Tier One research institution with nearly 29,000 students.
Principal Investigator(s)
Macpherson, Lindsey
Funded by
UTSA VPR Office
Brain Health Topic: Vagal signaling between the gut and the CNS contributes to appetite regulation. inflammation and immune responses. gastrointestinal motility. nausea. emesis. and even mood1-6 . Therefore. vagal neurons are an attractive target for medical interventions. Since vagal signaling may be modulated within the digestive tract. drugs need not cross the blood-brain barrier. reducing potential side effects and toxicity. To eventually identify potentially drug-able targets within the vagus to improve mental and digestive health.