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Molecular Biosciences

Exploring the foundations of biology and disease in pursuit of cures, knowledge and human flourishing.

World-Shaping Discovery

Insights into Life’s Fundamentals

With two alumni who recently won Nobel Prizes in Physiology and Medicine and faculty members who have made essential breakthroughs in the fights against COVID-19, cancer and more, our department has both a history of—and 60 current research labs—changing the world. Award-winning researchers and teachers, interdisciplinary teams and sophisticated scientific facilities make UT Austin stand out. 
 

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Biochemistry & Biosciences

Some biology specializations overlap closely with Molecular Biosciences, while others relate more to the Departments of Integrative Biology and Marine Science.

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Graduate studies in the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences

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Experiences & Careers

Students of the molecular biosciences may major in biology, biochemistry or medical laboratory science and get involved in lab research, study abroad and interning while at UT. They enter many different career paths or go on to health, professional and graduate schools.  Many enter careers in biotechnology, health professions, research and education. Recent grads have job titles like:

  • Biomedical ethics research fellow
  • Clinical research coordinator
  • Quality analyst
  • Newborn hearing screener

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As a powerhouse in cell and developmental biology, biotherapeutics and systems and synthetic biology, this department is where scientists developed the breakthrough antigen used in the leading COVID-19 vaccines, created a plastic-eating enzyme that could help reduce landfill waste and manage the world’s longest-running evolution experiment of its kind.

Inside the lab that invented the COVID-19 vaccines

Making a plastic-eating enzyme that could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste

Long-term Evolution Experiment makes its home at UT Austin