March 2025
Yingchao is awarded a research grant!
Congratulations to Yingchao for earning the Dermatology Foundation Research Career Development Award (Year 3) for her project, “Defining the Contribution of Skin Stretch to Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance.”
February 2025
Congrats to Charlie for his paper (featured on the cover!) in JCI!
Congratulations, Charlie! You can read “RNase L represses hair follicle regeneration through altered innate immune signaling” here.
November 2024
Amy passes her DBO!
Congratulations to Amy for passing her qualifying exam on November 20, 2024!
October 2024
Hana passes her DBO!
Congratulations to Hana for passing her qualifying exam on October 28, 2024!
September 2024
Sam’s paper is published in Science!
Congratulations, Sam! You can read “The use of ectopic volar fibroblasts to modify skin identity” here.
The article is also featured on Fierce Biotech.
August 2024
Elizabeth joins the lab
Elizabeth Winnicki, an MSTP student (in the same cohort as Amy!), joins the Garza lab for her thesis 😊
July 2024
Amy joins the lab
Amy van Ee, a former undergraduate researcher in the lab and now an MSTP student, joins the Garza Lab for her thesis work. Welcome back, Amy! 🙂
May 2024
Garza Lab goes to SID2024 in Dallas, TX
Six members of the Garza Lab attended SID 2024 in Dallas, TX this month. Kaitlin, Yingchao, and Sam had mini symposia talks and Beita and Nina had poster presentations.
Kaitlin defends her PhD
Kaitlin Williams successfully defended her PhD and gave her public seminar on 5/2/24! She returns to medical school to complete her MD later this month.
September 2023
Hana joins the lab
Hana Minsky, MD/PhD student, joins the lab and hopes to explore immunology in the context of inflammatory skin disorders