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Welcome to the new TxBiomed magazine

We are launching a new publication: TxBiomed. This new magazine will be published in print annually and online throughout the year.

Spotlight

COVID-19 Briefs
TEXAS BIOMED AND PARTNERS DISCOVER NEW, POTENT COVID-19 ANTIBODY COCKTAIL Texas Biomed researchers, led by Professor Luis Martinez-Sobrido, PhD, and collaborators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discovered a COVID-19 antibody cocktail that appears effective against all variants and other coronaviruses. The cocktail includes two antibodies that target different parts of the virus’s spike protein […]
Biomed Briefs
SECRETS OF A CRITICAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS DRUG UNLOCKED For decades, no one really knew how the drug praziquantel treated schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm infection afflicting more than 200 million people worldwide. Texas Biomed Professor Tim Anderson, PhD, and his team, and researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, determined how the drug works on the molecular […]
Connections

Building Trust To Beat The Next Pandemic

Texas Biomed’s Global Health Symposium 2022 brought together hundreds of participants from around the world online and in person at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.

Catalysts

FUELING THE INNOVATION PIPELINE
Texas Biomed’s scientists are unlocking solutions for tough health challenges. The expanded Business Development and Strategic Alliances team helps launch innovations and establish ever-more strategic partnerships that support the Institute’s growth, mission and impact.
Faculty Updates
FROM TRAINEE TO FACULTY Olena Shtanko, PhD, started at Texas Biomed in 2011 as a post-doctoral fellow, and has been an independent Staff Scientist for the past five years. When Texas Biomed began recruiting for a new virology faculty member, Dr. Shtanko successfully competed with external applicants, becoming Texas Biomed’s newest Assistant Professor in April. […]
Gratitude

Network of Support – Global science benefits from incredible local support

Texas Biomed has some of the most unique and gracious groups of supporters contributing time, talent and treasure to advance the Institute’s mission. The Texas Biomedical Forum, Founder’s Council and The Argyle members are steadfast champions for local biomedical research.

Community

IT’S TIME TO STAND4SCIENCE
At the beginning of 2022, Texas Biomed launched a new community outreach campaign, #Stand4Science, aimed at raising awareness and support for biomedical research.
Inspiring the next generation
Texas Biomed’s commitment to young people and science education has kicked into high gear in 2021 and 2022. Even while in-person campus tours were suspended due to the pandemic, the Education & Outreach team developed virtual campus tours for schools and afterschool clubs.
Profile

Meet Veterinarian Shannan Hall-Ursone

From the time she was a child, Shannan Hall-Ursone, DVM, loved animals. “My mother was an elementary science teacher,” explains Dr. Hall-Ursone, who grew up in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. “She would bring home a snake or a guinea pig for the holidays and I liked taking care of them.…

Focus

National Primate Research Centers Turn 60
The National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs), which are committed to helping people live longer, healthier lives through nonhuman primate research, are celebrating six decades of support from Congress and the National Institutes of Health.
SNPRC’s Commitment To Care
SNPRC is committed to not just meeting, but exceeding, the highest standards of research animal care. Recent inspections from federal regulators and external reviewers found that SNPRC has once again passed its checks with flying colors.
Impact

Animal Care Complex Groundbreaking

Texas Biomed and the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Animal Care Complex in December 2021