Congratulations to two UTMB faculty members who have been named John S. Dunn Collaborative Research Award Program recipients.
 | Junki Maruyama, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, is PI for “Antiviral effect of monosaccharide analog against highly pathogenic RNA viruses.” His co-PIs are Waldemar Priebe and Izabela Fokt of MD Anderson Cancer Center. |
 | Agenor Limon, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology, is Co-PI for “Exploring excitatory to inhibitory synaptic ratio as a novel target in bipolar disorder and suicide.” PI is Gabriel Fries of UT Health Science Center at Houston. |
Awarded by the Gulf Coast Consortia, this seed grant program continues to build a collaborative environment and fund projects with high potential for impacting human health.