Tanya Paull Selected as Fellow of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tanya Paull, a professor of molecular biosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected as one of 16 fellows of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology class of 2026. The Fellows program, which was created in 2020, recognizes scientists who have shown excellence in research, education, mentorship, commitment to diversity, and service. The Society will recognize the new fellows at the annual ASBMB meeting from March 7-10 in Maryland.
Paull’s research is centered on exploring how eukaryotic cells respond to DNA damage. Double-stranded DNA breaks can contribute to the development of cancer, so Paull and her team are studying the mechanism of protein complexes that repair the breaks.
Paull was a speaker at the 2023 ASBMB annual meeting and is a former member of the Publications Committee and the Science Outreach and Communication Committee. Additionally, she was an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 2008 through 2019, holds a courtesy appointment at UT’s Dell Medical School and is the Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health at UT.
She was nominated by ASBMB fellow Daniel Leahy.
