UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS
Official Twitter for the Mechanism of Disease and Translational Sciences Track at UTSW Joined December 2021-
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🚨Another MODTS student, Collette LaVigne, will be defending her thesis on Monday, September 22!🚨 Tune in online or come in person!
Great work Emily!
Congrats to the 2025 winners of OBI's Research Day poster contest – Haley Moore, @UTSWmstp student in @KonopkaLab & @TexasMemory; @RM_Neuro, Neuroscience @UTSWGradSchool in Roberts Lab; & @Irvin_TGarza, Genetics, Development and Disease @UTSWGradSchool, in the Gray Lab.
REMINDER: This Thursday!!
🚨 We’re officially on LinkedIn! 🚨 The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Southwestern is now sharing student stories, research highlights, and career journeys—where science meets professional growth. 🔗Connect & Grow with Us: bit.ly/3YijXGn #UTSW #PhDLife
Congratulations to our MODTS student @Irvin_TGarza !
Congratulations to our MODTS student @Irvin_TGarza !
Tis the season for dissertation defenses! Come support our MODTS students as they encounter their last hurdle of graduate school.
Happy 2025 to all our wonderful students and faculty!!!
MEET THE PROGRAM HAPPENING NOW!!! NL3.120! There’s dessert available!
We want to thank Andrea from Dallas Art Therapy (@ dallasarttherapy on Instagram) for coming to our SEALS workshop and teaching us the benefits of art therapy! We had such a fun time with this interactive workshop 🎨🖌️
@UTSW_PROVIDES welcomes @TorresVJ_Lab, Chair, Dept. of Host-Microbe Interactions at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Seminar: “Impact of prophages on the pathogenesis and outbreak potential of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus” ☑️ Nov 21 at 12-1 pm 📍NG3.112
MODTS was well represented at the GDD retreat, with @ColletteLavigne winning best talk, @Ashley_in_lab winning best poster and our very own program director Tom Carroll winning MV-PI 🎉 Great job everyone!

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