UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences

Official Twitter for the Mechanism of Disease and Translational Sciences Track at UTSW

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

DATE CHANGE

Social has been moved to Monday, June 8!!!

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Come celebrate with MODTS with a free social Tuesday, May 26! Come meet the new program director and other students and celebrate the end of the spring semester!

RSVP to Sam! (email found on flyer)
@UTSWGradSchool @docdeeodphd

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Come celebrate with MODTS with a free social Tuesday, May 26! Come meet the new program director and other students and celebrate the end of the spring semester!

RSVP to Sam! (email found on flyer)
@UTSWGradSchool @docdeeodphd

[Danielle Robertson @docdeeodphd]

Congrats to ⁦@UTSW_MODTS⁩ student ⁦@emilyrnett⁩ for successfully defending her PhD today!!!

[Danielle Robertson @docdeeodphd]

MODTS welcomes new students to ⁦@UTSWGradSchool⁩ ⁦@UTSW_MODTS⁩

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Come get some pizza and learn more about the MODTS track!

[Danielle Robertson @docdeeodphd]

⁦@UTSW_MODTS⁩ New student information session…come and learn about the MODTS track! Info below 🍕🍕🍕

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

We are so excited to have Dr. Danielle Robertson @docdeeodphd as our program’s new director!! Information on how to apply to this track will be coming soon.

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Congrats to Danielle Robertson, O.D., Ph.D., @docdeeodphd, on her January 1, 2026 appointment to Director of @UTSWGradSchool's Mechanisms of Disease and Translational Sciences (@UTSW_MODTS) track! https://t.co/8hTYK165AM🥳👏

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

🚨Another MODTS student, Collette LaVigne, will be defending her thesis on Monday, September 22!🚨 Tune in online or come in person!

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Come in person or tune in virtually to watch Shayal defend her thesis!

FRIDAY AUGUST 29

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Great work Emily!

[Wert Laboratory @WertLaboratory]

Congrats to @emilyrnett on her first author paper!

[UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute @UTSWBrain]

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.

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

REMINDER: This Thursday!!

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

THURSDAY MAY 22
Come in-person or virtually to support Lance!

[UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences @UTSWGradSchool]

🚨 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: https://t.co/QNyCOYz06E
#UTSW #PhDLife

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Congratulations to our MODTS student @Irvin_TGarza !

[UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute @UTSWBrain]

Congratulations to @Irvin_TGarza who was awarded a @UTSWBrain Sprouts grant. Irvin is engineering novel #AAVs for neuronal, neuromuscular, and muscular diseases using machine guided learning. Sprouts grants support trainees exploring new directions in #brain research.

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

THURSDAY MAY 22
Come in-person or virtually to support Lance!

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Tis the season for dissertation defenses!

Come support our MODTS students as they encounter their last hurdle of graduate school.

[Dr. Arnaldo Díaz @ADiaz_PhD]

📢 SAVE-the-DATE - Jan 30th, 2025

PROVIDES welcomes Dr. Sonya Neal  (@Neal_Lab), Associate Professor,
@HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology, UCSD.

“The role of rhomboid superfamily Guardians of membrane-related processes and homeostasis”

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

https://t.co/5e94HYqf0Q

If you're interested in reading it, here is a link to the paper!

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Congratulations to 4th year student, Emily Nettesheim (@emilyrnett ), for having a newly published paper on clinical characterizations of CLN7 disease. This is work culminating from her MODTS internship and collaboration with the UTSW Pediatric Neurology Department!

[UTSW Mechanisms of Disease/Translational Sciences @UTSW_MODTS]

Happy 2025 to all our wonderful students and faculty!!!