Integrative Biology

Research

Scientists Identify Genes that Help Protect Plant Genomes

December 18, 2019 • by Grace Dickens

The discovery holds important implications for our understanding of age-related disorders and cancers in humans.

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Announcements

Meet the New Faculty Members in Natural Sciences

December 13, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

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Features

Melissa Kemp Combines Art and Science in Study of Lizards

December 12, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

Melissa Kemp, an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, studies how extinction, biological diversification and colonization are shaped by environmental upheavals.

Research

A Big Brain Was a Good Thing for Ancient Carnivores, New Study Finds

December 6, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Features

Visualizing Science 2019: Revealing Hidden Splendor in Research

October 24, 2019 • by Staff Writer

A network of gut bacteria of tadpoles from nine ponds in East Texas. Each color is a pond, and each dot is a different species of bacteria.

UT News

Gift to UT Austin Will Advance Programs in Biodiversity and Ecology

October 21, 2019 • by Christine Sinatra

A generous estate gift to The University of Texas at Austin from alumna and former physician Lorraine “Casey” Stengl will have a dramatic impact on...