News + Updates

Armando was selected to give a late-breaking abstract talk on his PhD research, “Species-specific APOBEC3G mRNA splicing drives divergent HIV versus SIV hypermutation landscapes,” at the 2026...

Dr. Ebrahimi, participated in the 2026 TAMEST Annual Conference in San Antonio as a Protégé and presented our work, “Decoding HIV and Cancer Mutation Disparities Using Integrative Computational and...

We are proud to announce that Diako has been promoted to Associate Professor at Texas Biomed!

The Diako Lab was honored to represent Diako Lab at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) — one of the world’s leading conferences dedicated to advancing breast cancer research...

The Diako Lab helped celebrate the birthday of our President and CEO, Larry Schlesinger, while sporting mustaches matching Larry's signature feature. Happy Birthday Larry!

Jake Lehle and Armando Mendez as executive board members of the Texas Biomed Association of Trainees (TBAT) were proud to host Sophia Liu Ph.D., Early Independence Fellow and core faculty member at...

This year was extra special as our visiting scholar Vaani Manaharan participated in the Chili Cookoff, bringing some wonderful flavors from Malaysia.

The Diako Lab would like to welcome the latest member to our lab, Dr. Thamilvaani Manaharan. She is a visiting Fulbright scholar from Malaysia, eager to explore NGS sequencing and computational...

Dr. Ebrahimi and Dr. Ganusov seen showing off some of their laser focus and great teamwork in the Texas Biomed pickleball competition.

The Diako Lab had fun playing some laser tag, building on teamwork skills and watching each other's backs outside of the lab.

Armando Mendez and Jake Lehle, as members of the Texas Biomed Association of Trainees (TBAT) editorial board, were excited to host Elsje Pienaar Ph.D. from Purdue University while she covered her work...

Abdullah presenting his data on single-cell RNA-seq data at the conclusion of the summer internship with the Diako Lab in 2025.

Texas Biomedical Research Institute, one of the world’s foremost independent research institutions dedicated to eradicating infection and advancing health, has been named a Best Place to Work by the...

Diako and Jake had a blast at the DNA Tumor Virus meeting in Madison, WI. Jake can be seen presenting his poster covering the association between APOBEC3B dysregulation in HPV infected head and neck...

Diako and Armando presenting at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Retroviruses 2025.

The Diako lab was an active part of the 2025 Texas Biomedical Research Symposium. Mohadeseh gave a lighting talk presentation, Armando served as a moderator for the morning panel on science...

Diako moderating the "AI for Global Health and Pandemic Preparedness" breakout session at the 4th annual Texas Biomed Global Health Symposium.

Diako presenting the lab's work as a part of the South Texas Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (STCEID) seminar series at UTSA in 2025.