Our Mission
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To Support Charitable Organizations Conducting Medical Research with Emphasis on Finding Cures for Cancer, Heart Disease, Arthritis, Muscular Dystrophy, Retinitis and Macular Degeneration of the Retina in the Greater Bexar County Area
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To Support San Antonio Children's Hospital & Boysville
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Announcements
2025 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS​
​The Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund announces the 2025 recipients of its Young Investigator Awards and Pilot Awards which will provide $1,700,000 in charitable grants for research in the San Antonio, Texas area over three years.
The following are the 2025 Young Investigator Award recipients, along with institutions and project titles:
Dr. Maria Falzone, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas
Phospholipase Dysregulation in Breast Cancer
Dr. Maria Gonzalez Porras, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
Adipocyte Mitophagy as a Novel Mechanism of Adipose tissue Loss During Cancer Cachexia
Dr. Oleg Klykov, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas
ATPase in Structure-Based Drug Discovery Against Heart Attack Effects
Dr. Lu Wang, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas
Functions of Small Maf Proteins in Therapy-Induced Senescence
The following is the 2025 Pilot Award:
Dr. Carlos Bassetto, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio Texas
A New Photomechanical Approach to Study Mechanosensation of Cardiac Ion Channels
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