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We are now offering a one-semester FRI experience!

Research is a great way to discover your interests while learning valuable skills that will help you in your future, regardless of your career path.

The FRI Single Semester course experience will enable you to:

Kindle a passion and facility for scientific inquiry.
Learn how to ask and answer hard questions while delving deeply into a science topic and working closely with UT faculty.
Develop the skills for independent and intelligent experiment design while introducing you to techniques and science needed to carry out research.
Find opportunities at UT and beyond, including getting involved in UT's research laboratories.

Eligibility & ReGISTRATION

Open to all CNS students of all grade levels who wish to enroll.
Select one of the course options listed below and register using the appropriate unique number.
Courses will be conducted in-person.

**The instructional mode may be updated as the public health situation evolves over the summer**

FRI SINGLE SEMESTER COURSE OPTIONS

Nutrigenomics - FALL 2021

Are you interested in how the foods we eat impact our gut microbiome? Non-nutritive sweeteners have been shown to be an independent risk factor for metabolic diseases. In the Nutrigenomics Research group, you will design and carryout research that looks at how non-nutritive sweeteners may be influencing our microbiome and altering gene expression.

Research Educator: Katie Hansen

Course Credit: BIO206L

To register, select an available section:

Unique: 48798 Lecture TTH 10-11A, Lab T 12:30-3:30P

Unique: 48799 Lecture TTH 10-11A, Lab W 12-3P

**The course schedule lists the course as “reserved” because it is reserved for CNS students! You do not need additional permissions to register and can add the course if you have a CNS major.

Ecology of Novel Ecosystems - FALL 2021

In this course you will be able to ask questions, propose and test working hypotheses about how our human-centric ecosystems work. Along the way you will learn how organisms interact with each other and their environment.

Research Educator: Laura Gonzalez

Course Credit: BIO206L

To register, select an available section:

Unique: 48796 Lecture MW 12-1P, Lab M 2-5P

Unique: 48797 Lecture MW 12-1P, Lab TH 12:30-3:30P

**The course schedule lists the course as “reserved” because it is reserved for CNS students! You do not need additional permissions to register and can add the course if you have a CNS major.