2025 News

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UTSA Students Join Global Effort to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance through Soil Research
(May 2025) – As part of a UTSA microbiology course, students collect local soil samples to search for microorganisms that could lead to the discovery of new antibiotics.
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Jose Lopez-Ribot

Jose Lopez-Ribot Recipient of the Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
(April 2025) – This award honors Graduate Faculty recognized by their departments and their graduate students as excellent graduate mentors.
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Thomas Forsthuber

UTSA Researchers Lend Expertise to Improve Treatment for Childhood Brain Cancers
(March 2025) – Dr. Forsthuber collaborated with researchers and pediatric neurosurgeons at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to develop a new way to profile brain cancers in children, paving the way for improved diagnostics and treatments.
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James Chambers

James Chambers Named NAI Senior Member
(February 2025) – The NAI senior member program recognizes active faculty members, scientists and administrators with notable success in patents, licensing and commercialization who have produced technologies that can create "real impact on the welfare of society."
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