News + Updates

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.

Jake and Niloofar at the 2025 yearly Mays Cancer Center Symposium at UT Health. Congrats Jake on winning 1st place in the postdoc category of the poster presentation competition!

Lab photo at Texas Biomed celebrating Samira's Time in the Diako Lab.

Jake presenting his data on single-cell RNA-seq data at the San Antonio Virology (SAVy) meeting at UT Health in 2025.

Congrats Diako for 5 years with Texas Biomed!

Armando Mendez as Vice President of the Texas Biomed Association of Trainees (TBAT) was excited to host Georgina Tomaras Ph.D. from Duke University to discuss her invaluable work on HIV, TB, and...

Diako Lab members had a great time-fighting hunger and giving back to the community while volunteering at the San Antonio Food Bank. 

Armando Mendez as Vice President of the Texas Biomed Association of Trainees (TBAT) was proud to host Peter Hotez, MD Ph.D., Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of...

Congratulations, Rachael, for being promoted to Lab Manager, and Mohadeseh, for being promoted to Staff Scientist!

Congrats Jake and Samira for being awarded 1st and 2nd place for respective poster presentations at the San Antonio Postdoctoral Research Forum (SAPRF) held at UT Health in 2024.

Armando being recognized for his outstanding achievement as Texas Biomed Association of Trainees (TBAT) Vice President and representation of Texas Biomed TIDES values.

Diako Lab members at Texas Developmental Center for AIDS Research (Texas D-CFAR) 2024.

The Diako Lab was delighted to host Terumasa Ikeda, Ph.D. who visited to give a talk as part of the Texas Biomed seminar Series in 2023