UT Southwestern received $20 million for recruitment, $6 million of which was used to recruit and support the research of breast cancer specialist Dr. Carlos L. Arteaga, who joined UT Southwestern Sept. 1 as the new Director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.
CPRIT awarded $5.5 million to Dr. Daniela Nicastro, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Biophysics, to support the cryo-electron microscopy facility, which uses advanced microscopy tools to determine protein structures in detail.