June 19, 2017 | 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
The University of Texas at San Antonio
John Peace Library Assembly Room (JPL 4.04.22)
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Abstract Deadline: June 10, 2017
Symposium Registration Deadline: June 15, 2017
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Keynote Speakers
George Dimopoulos, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Helen Lazear, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina
Mary Ann McDowell, Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame
Joao Pedra, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
Schedule of Events
8:00 - 8:45
Registration / Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00
Welcome
9:00 - 9:55
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joao Pedra, University of Maryland
"Tick Humoral Responses: Marching To the Beat of ...
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Researchers News
Castro Announces $5.29M for UTSA Brain Health Research
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) announced an eight-year, federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expected to total $5,292,000.00 for The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). UTSA will receive the grant through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), which aims to reduce the burden of neurological disease by supporting and conducting neuroscience research. The funding will go towards UTSA’s research studying the brain ...
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Ram Krishnan receives prestigious NSF CAREER award
Ram Krishnan, Assistant Professor Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ram Krishnan, assistant professor in the College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. He will be receiving more than $544,000 in support of his research on Group-Centric Secure Information Sharing - Models, Properties, and Implementation.
“Professionally, I am delighted that both NSF and my academic peers are convinced that my proposed career ...
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UTSA neuroscientist receives $1.8 million grant to support dopamine research
Carlos Paladini, UTSA associate professor of neuroscience, has received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to take a closer look at dopamine bursts in the brain. Paladini, who has done extensive research on methods to treat drug addiction by manipulating dopamine levels, hopes that this new undertaking could help people afflicted by clinical depression, drug addiction, schizophrenia or Parkinson’s disease.
Part of Paladini’s central focus will be dopamine bursts, pops of electricity in the brain that occur ...
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