Michihisa Umetani, University of Houston (IMAGE) University of Houston Caption Michihisa Umetani, assistant professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston's Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, won a Bronze Prize in the BeHEARD 2015 Science Challenge held by the Rare Genomics Institute. Umetani studies hereditary spastic paraplegia type 5A, a human neurological disorder that results in lower extremity spasticity and weakness. Credit Courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.