Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Semwal  Manpreet

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2021 - PhD - UT Health San Antonio
    • 2008 - MS in Microbiology and Immunology - University of Mumbai, India
    • 2006 - BS in Microbiology and Immunology - University of Mumbai, India

    Honors

    • 2021 - Graduate school of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) Outstanding Student Leadership Award, UT Health San Antonio
    • 2020 - American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Trainee abstract award
    • 2020 - Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) travel award, UT Health San Antonio
    • 2020 - Graduate school of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) travel award, UT Health San Antonio
    • 2019 - Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) travel award, UT Health San Antonio
    • 2018 - Outstanding poster presentation award at Vaccine conference, San Antonio
    • 2011 - CSIR-UGC NET-LS, India, National rank 31

    Professional Memberships

    • 2021 - National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
    • 2016-2021 - The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
    • 2016-2021 - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    • 2019-2021 - Graduate student representative for Library Committee
    • 2019-2021 - SACNAS (Society for Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)
  • Research

    Semwal M.K., Jones N.E. and Griffith, A.V. Metabolic regulation of thymic stromal cell function (2021) Frontiers in Immunology,12:636072. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.636072.

    Cepeda, S., Cantu, C., Orozco, S., Xiao, Y., Brown, Z., Semwal, M.K., Venables, T., Anderson, M.S. and Griffith, A.V. (2018). Age-associated decline in thymic B cell expression of aire and aire-dependent self-antigens. Cell reports, 22(5), pp.1276-1287.

    Vartak, R. S., Semwal, M. K., & Bai, Y. (2014). An update on complex I assembly: the assembly of players. Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes, 46(4), 323-328.