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University of Houston
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
369 Science & Research Building 2
Houston, Texas 77204-5001
713.743.2666

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Future Doctors

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More than 2,000 miles separate Eagle Pass, Texas, where Jose Figueroa spent his early years, and Boston, Mass. where he entered Harvard Medical School in 2006.

New Hearts

New Hearts

Pioneering biochemist grows new heart tissue from ordinary skin cells.

 

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Dr. Snider Receives Honorary Membership in Golden Key International Honour Society
The award honors his long and inspiring career at UH.

UH Study: BP Oil Spill Hurt Salt Marshes, but Recovery Possible
Crabs, insects and spiders living in coastal salt marshes were damaged but able to recover within a year if their host plants remained healthy.

PNAS Classic Article Covers 1977 Evolutionary Biology Paper Co-Authored by UH's George Fox
Perspective piece addresses the work of Fox and Carl Woese, Fox's mentor at University of Illinois.

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