News: Graduate Students

Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

Research

Experimental Chemo Drug May Trick the Immune System Into Fighting Cancer

The finding suggests other chemo drugs, too, may be making cancer cells cause a surprising immune-system reaction.

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Features

Visualizing Science Contest Winners for 2026 Span Disciplines

Top-prize image highlights a vital player in the central nervous system.

Shapes and colors like swirls of paint occupy a star-shaped cell found in the brain and spinal cord

Oden Institute

Study Reveals Hidden Topological Structure in Polarons

UT physicists found an unexpected layer of structure in one of solid-state physics’ most common quasiparticles.

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Features

Microbiology and Mentoring: Meet Grad Student Mariangel Correa Orellana

Driven by her love for the ocean, one student studies how Hawaiian shrimp interact with microbes and temperature.

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UT Amazon Science Hub

Amazon Awards 15 UT Graduate Students AI Ph.D. Fellowships

UT Austin had 15 Ph.D. candidates selected as fellows campus-wide, with most studying computer science.

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UT Biodiversity Center

Announcing the 2025 Stengl-Wyer Scholars, Fellows and Grant Awardees

Stengl-Wyer Endowment-supported researchers and research at UT Austin will explore life in a variety of forms and environments.

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Research

New AI Tool Accelerates mRNA-Based Treatments for Viruses, Cancers, Genetic Disorders

UT Austin and Sanofi partner to build tool that predicts translation efficiency of mRNA sequences.

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Accolades

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and Honorable Mentions Awarded to 38 from Natural Sciences

Dozens of Texas Science students received recognition from the National Science Foundation.

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Research

Physicists Reveal Muscles’ Molecular Secret to Balancing Strength and Stamina

The findings could have implications for robotics, prosthetics and energy efficient machines.

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Research

Genetic Match Between Mother and Child Reduces “Obstetrical Dilemma”

A common idea in evolutionary biology comes under new scrutiny with help from a big medical dataset and AI.

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