News and Student Success
Congratulations!
BMED student Karina Cantu
• For receiving a $5000 research stipend to conduct research in the data science field with Purdue University through the all-new National Data Mine Network program funded by the National Science Foundation.
B2MED Scholar, Viviana Villalobos
• On placing 1st at the UT MD Anderson Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Competition for her presentation titled “Substance P Receptor Antagonism Enhances Chemotherapeutic Responses in Triple Negative Breast Cancer"
• For attending the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. - April 14, 2022
B2BMED Scholar, Elias Martinez and Karina Cantu,
• On their presentation "IRBP in Diabetic Retinopathy-Cell Culture & Ophthalmic Pathology Studies" at The Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). -May 1-4, 2022.
B2BMED Scholar, Rama Shaath,
• On her presentation "Use of Rehabilitation to Improve White Matter Survival after Stroke" at the 2022 Engaged Scholar Symposium , and the College of Health Profession Empowerment Research Symposium . -April 21, 2022 & March 25, 2022
B2BMED Scholar Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez
• Who received 2022 Marion B. Sewer Distinguished Scholarship for Undergraduates ($2,000) from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB).
• For her Presentation Award ($350) for her poster presentation titled “Effects of Salvia Hispanica on Bone Metabolic Pathways in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells – a miRNA Analysis” at the 2021 Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) annual conference. -October 25, 2021
• For her presentation titled “Menopause - Effects on Metabolic Syndrome, Skin Health, and Immune System?” at the 2021 Texas Society of Allied Health Professions (TSAHP) annual conference. -September 20, 2021
B2BMED Scholar, Megan Zamora,
• For her presentation titled “Cortisol, Heart Rate, and Perceived Exertion Responses to Different Resistance Training Protocols With and Without Blood Flow Restriction” at the 2022 Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (TACSM) annual meeting. - February 25, 2022
B2BMED Scholar, Daniela A. Rodriguez,
• For her presentation titled “Immunohistochemical localization of Oxytocin in the Monodelphis Domestica brain and characterization of anxiety-like behaviors in males and females” at the 2021 Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) annual meeting. -December 16, 2021
B2BMED Scholar, Angela C. Jimenez,
• For her presentation titled “The Application of Electrosprayed Minocycline-Loaded PLGA MPs for the Treatment of Glioblastoma” at the 2021 UTRGV Engaged Scholar (ES2) symposium. -April 23, 2021
UTRGV, TSC, STC partner to bridge students into biomedical research careers
The Newsroom - October 27, 2020
https://www.utrgv.edu/newsroom/2020/10/23-utrgv-tsc-and-stc-partner-to-bridge-students-into-biomedical-research-careers.htm
TSC science student awarded a life changing opportunity - October 23, 2020