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New Primate Center Director Renowned Infectious Disease Researcher
Texas Biomed's quest to become the world leader in infectious disease research continues with the hiring of Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D., as the new Director of the
Southwest National Primate Research Center. Dr. Kaushal is a prominent scientist whose skills will add to our growing expertise in the area of tuberculosis research and nonhuman primates. Every day Texas Biomed strives to add the best minds to our staff. Dr. Kaushal comes from Tulane University and Tulane National Primate Research Center. He will begin his new role in January. To learn more about Dr. Kaushal, visit our
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New Study Pinpoints Pathways Ebola Virus Uses to Enter Cells
Texas Biomed Staff Scientist Olena Shtanko, Ph.D., who has been a member of Dr. Robert Davey's lab and whose work was funded by grants from both the Founder's Council and the Forum in 2017, published work that sheds light on the role of specific proteins that trigger a mechanism allowing Ebola virus to enter cells to establish replication. The work was conducted in Texas Biomed's Biosafety Level 4 laboratory and published in a supplement to the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Baboon Brain Scans May Provide Human Insights
Neuropsychiatric diseases affect millions of people and can be disabling. Now, Texas Biomed Associate Scientist Melanie Carless, Ph.D., is teaming up with the Research Imaging Institute at the U.T. Health Science Center to look at the brains of baboons and see if there are structural and blood biomarkers that will make these nonhuman primates a good animal model for these complex disorders. The research is being funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health. Listen to a new podcast about the project!
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Hundreds Gather for Texas Biomed Family Night
Texas Biomed believes in education. That means we believe in educating our donors, our community, and the families of our staff. Nearly 500 Texas Biomed employees and their family members gathered on the Institute campus on Friday, August 17th, for the first ever Family Night. The event was an enormous success. We arranged for tours of the Primate Center, activity booths that helped explain our science, face painting and science experiments for children, and photo booths for everyone. Here's to #texasbiomedfamilynight! Check out our Facebook page for more picture from the event.
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| Denise Mosser, Dr. Larry Schlesinger, Nicole McClane, and Courtney Percy |
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The Forum: From Gala to Innovative Research
The women of the
Forum
support the hope and promise of life-saving research at Texas Biomed. This year, the financial benefit of the annual Gala held in May at
The Argyle
netted more than a quarter of a million dollars to fund pilot projects by scientists committed to eradicating the threat of infectious diseases. President and CEO of Texas Biomed, Dr. Larry Schlesinger,
accepted the money on behalf of the Institute on August 7th. "This kind of community support is humbling and inspiring," he says.
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