Greehey CCRI Archives
BioSpace: Lantern Pharma Expands into Additional Pediatric Cancers Through a Collaboration with The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) at University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio (Houghton)
February 16, 2022Published: Feb 15, 2022 Original Publication: BioSpace – Lantern Pharma’s A.I. and machine learning platform, RADR®, aided in the identification of additional pediatric cancers where Lantern’s portfolio of drug candidates can be le …
UT Health San Antonio cardio-oncology program recognized as a Center of Excellence (Aune)
February 9, 2022MSN: Using Next Generation Sequencing, the Greehey CCRI bioinformatics team is helping determine COVID19 strains (Chen, Lai, Zheng, Wang Labs)
December 17, 2021“Since the coronavirus pandemic began almost two years ago there have been over a dozen strains of the virus. Here at UT Health San Antonio, they have a lab which differentiates between each of the strains in an effort to save lives. UT Health San Anto …
Childhood Cancer Q&A: David Libich, PhD
December 1, 2021Asst Prof. David S. Libich, PhD,and members of his lab. What are some achievements you’ve made in advancing scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer research? My lab works on Ewing sarcoma, specifically on how the EWS-FLI1 oncogenic fusion pro …
Request for Applications – Pilot Projects, 2021 Greehey CCRI Translational Science Award,
October 27, 2021Deadlines: Letter of Intent: Monday, November 15, 2021, 5 pm Full Proposal: 5 pm, Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 5 pm Overview The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (Greehey CCRI) is soliciting proposals for pilot project awards. The primary …
Yogesh Gupta PhD, to Receive UT Health SA “Rising Research Star” Award
October 25, 2021Yogesh Gupta, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry & Structural Biology Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute Last week, our very own Yogesh Gupta PhD, was recognized as one of the 2021 Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of …
PIPETTE GAZETTE – Meet The Researcher: Aiola Stoja and her love for dogs, hiking and cancer research (Bishop Lab)
October 22, 2021While Aiola Stoja Payne was volunteering as an emergency medical technician (EMT), she learned about a new substance that was just being implemented in emergency medicine. She was taught that this substance was a powder that you put directly on the wou …
UT Health SA Newsroom: Caring for Brianna: VHL (von Hippel-Lindau disease) Dream Team springs into action (Tomlinson)
September 14, 2021September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The following article is meant to raise awareness of von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) and to help the public learn about state-of-the-art VHL care available in San Antonio. The Mays Cancer Center is recogni …
Drs Houghton and Kurmasheva to Receive 5-year, $2.9M NCI Pediatric In Vivo Testing Program (PIVOT) U01 Grant Renewal
August 10, 2021NCI Pediatric In Vivo Testing Program (U01), renewal for the previous PPTC (Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium). Grant period: July 2021-June 2026. Total dollar amount: $2,900,000 over 5 years. Abstract Cancer in children is rare with …
Henry Miller (Bishop Lab) Receives NIA F31 Fellowship Award
August 6, 2021Congrats to Henry Miller (Mentor: Alexander Bishop, D. Phil.) on recently being awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award ,NIA F31 fellowship! We asked Henry to tell us more about the project he will be leadin …