3D-Printing Project Aims to Meet UT Community’s PPE Needs

face sheild visors in bulk
April 8, 2020
Mo Maniruzzaman‘s Pharmaceutical Engineering and 3D Printing (PharmE3D) Lab is 3D-printing face shields to meet PPE demands at UT health institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Croyle Lab Develops Innovative Vaccine Delivery Method

maria croyle vaccine 2020
March 4, 2020
Researchers in the lab of Dr. Maria Croyle have developed a peelable lightweight film that stabilizes biologics, is inexpensive, and withstands extreme temperature changes. The technology has already demonstrated proof of concept for model Ebola and H1N1 vaccines, and may prove an effective method of delivery for future treatments, such as for coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Existing drug may help fight against the lethality of E. coli infection

Som figure
June 26, 2019
New research from the lab of Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology’s Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. may have discovered a way to repurpose an existing drug to fight the lethality of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections.

Gore receives five-year NIH grant to research PCBs

gore large
April 2, 2019
Pharmacology and Toxicology Professor Andrea C. Gore, Ph.D. recently received an impressive five-year RO1 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes for Health (NIH), for research to determine how PCBs cause dysfunctions in reproductive physiology and behavior.

Manganese regulation research highlighted as a NIEHS Paper of the Month

som headshot for manganese
March 29, 2019
Assistant Professor Dr. Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay‘s manganese regulation research was recently featured by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) as one of its Papers of the Month. The findings may be useful for the treatment for parkinsonism caused by manganese poisoning.

Mukhopadhyay named to NIH ONES award

Som Mukhopadhyay2016
March 1, 2016
Dr. Somshuvra Mukhopashyay, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, is one of five exceptional early career scientists selected to receive grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The awards are part of the Outstanding New Environmental Scientists (ONES) program. Read about the ONES Award.