2025 News
Academy of Distinguished Researchers Inducts Chiung-Yu Hung and George Perry
(September 2025) – Academy membership is highly selective. Members are nominated by their college dean or the vice president for research, and nominees must submit three recent publications to demonstrate ongoing, rigorous achievement in research.
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Karl Klose Received Academy of Distinguished Researchers Best Research Paper Award
(September 2025) – The award honors high-impact publications. Dr. Klose's paper is "A peptide-binding domain shared with an Antarctic bacterium facilitates Vibrio cholerae human cell binding and intestinal colonization."
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University Awards Seed Grants to 26 Faculty Members to Support Advancements in Research
(September 2025) – Dr. Forsthuber part of Transdisciplinary Teams (T2) "Targeting TNFα signaling in the ventral midbrain to reduce drug-dependent behavior"
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UTSA Students 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 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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UTSA Research 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 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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