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Sabrina White shares leadership journey at Board of Regents meeting

We are extremely proud of Sabrina White, a PhD Candidate who studies tick-borne diseases and tick microbiomes in Dr. Michael Allen's Lab. Sabrina represented CBTS during the Student Spotlight portion of the UNT System Board of Regents meeting this week. As president of the Student Association of Biomedical Sciences, Sabrina shared her story and highlighted…
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CBTS PhD graduates will recite “The Biomedical Scientist’s Oath” at commencement 

Each year at HSC’s commencement ceremony, many of our new graduates recite oaths to pledge their commitment to the standards of their chosen professions.  This year, for the first time ever, College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences PhD students will join their fellow graduates by reciting The Biomedical Scientist’s Oath.   We are excited for our…
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Max Petty earns prestigious NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship

Max Petty, PhD candidate at the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, was awarded a prestigious F31 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for his research developing nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery in the retina.  The grant will support his PhD training…
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HSC College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences awards its first-ever bachelor’s degrees

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is celebrating its first-ever graduating class of undergraduate students. This month, The College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences awarded Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences degrees to the program’s first cohort.  “This is a historic day for the Health Science Center as we celebrate the first undergraduate class…
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Prospective students visit anatomy lab for HSC Experience

On Dec. 9, the Center for Anatomical Sciences welcomed over 120 prospective HSC students and their families into the anatomy lab for the HSC Experience event. College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student volunteers led the tours.
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Austin Davis and Dr. Caroline Rickards attend the Cerebrovascular Research Network meeting in Taipei, Taiwan 

Austin Davis, PhD candidate, and Dr. Caroline Rickards, associate professor, represented the Cerebral and Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory in the Department of Physiology and Anatomy at the 12th International Meeting of the Cerebrovascular Research Network in Taipei, Taiwan from October 25-27. Davis was invited to present his abstract during the first scientific session, which was also…
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CBTS launches new webpage with resources for international students 

The College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth welcomes international students and visitors from across the globe to train in our programs and conduct research in our laboratories.   A new page on the CBTS website connects current and prospective international students with easy access…
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CAS hosts 2023 Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists Annual Meeting

Biological Anthropologists from across Texas convened at The University of North Texas Health Science Center on Nov. 4 for the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists.   HSC’s Center for Anatomical Sciences hosted the annual meeting. Dr. Scott Maddux, Physiology and Anatomy served as chair of the TABA Scientific Program Committee.…
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Stankowska Lab team members attends NDiSTEM and AOPT conferences

Max Petty, a PhD candidate in Drs. Stankowska and Krishnamoorthy's Labs, and Gretchen Johnson, PhD candidate in Dr. Stankowska’s Lab received travel awards from SACNAS to attend The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Portland Oregon, Oct. 26-28. The conference focused on enhancing diversity in STEM fields. Jennifer Pham, a PhD candidate in Dr. Dorota Stankowska's Lab,…
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Yu Tao attends University of Mississippi’s Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center Graduate Student Research Symposium

Yu Tao, PhD student in the lab of Dr. Rong Ma, delivered an outstanding oral presentation and received a travel grant at the University of Mississippi's Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center Graduate Student Research Symposium. Read Tao's abstract: Exaggerated Store-Operated Calcium Entry: Mechanism Contributes to High Glucose-induced Podocyte Injury and Mitochondria Damage