Children's Research Institute

Children's Research Institute has been a member of Linktree for 5 years and joined in October 2020. The social media accounts linked to from Children's Research Institute are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • LinkedIn • X • Bluesky • Website Besides social media accounts, CRI_UTSW has populated their site with: • Newest PI Hijai Regina Shin named 2025 Searle Scholar • Zhu named project co-leader for new liver cancer SPORE • Featured in DMN: Humans can’t make vitamin C. A parasite may explain why • Meet Dr. Henry De Belly • DeBerardinis named to National Ac. of Sciences • McBrayer Lab: Cell age determines pyrimidine synthesis path preference • Ly Lab: Human cells can exchange genomic DNA that alters cell behavior • Wu Lab: Mechanisms for ecDNA survival during cell division uncovered • McBrayer Lab: Biosensor tracks down metabolite in childhood brain disorder • DeBerardinis Lab shows mito metabolism key to metastases • APPLY NOW: Faculty recruitment open through Oct. 15 • Agathocleous Lab: Vit C synthesis loss protects from schistosomiasis • Zhu Lab: Somatic genomics as a discovery engine for biomedicine • Featured in DMN: Researchers find cancer’s secret weapon to defeat death • Open staff positions • Cancer Biology Program • Become a CRI Postdoctoral Fellow • Garcia-Bermudez Lab finds how tumors acquire lipids • DeBerardinis Lab discovers first human peroxin in 20 years • Two CRI scientists named 2025 Pew Scholars • Postdoc awarded prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund CAMS • Zhu Lab shows location matters for liver cancer’s origins • Morrison Lab links transplant deaths to beta-blocker use • Protein regulating balance between purine nucleotide production pathways discovered • Morrison Lab discovers pregnancy activates junk DNA • Hoxhaj Lab finds tumor growth fueled by nucleotide salvage • Join us: Faculty apply before Oct. 15, 2024 • Genetic & Metabolic Diseases • Tissue Regeneration Program