News: Molecular Biosciences
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
New Faculty, New Technology to Strengthen Disease Research at UT Austin
Cryo-EM allows scientists to see with higher resolution than ever before a host of biological processes and conditions, including DNA repair, cancer and infectious disease.
A Peek Into the Minds of Award-Winning Educators
The College of Natural Sciences is currently celebrating Discovery Education Week to promote and discuss science education throughout the college.
Drug Engineered at UT Austin to Treat Anthrax Gains FDA Approval
The anthrax antitoxin obiltoxaximab received approval March 21 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Jekyll and Hyde Bacteria
What do you do when the bacteria you study that's deadly in the real world acts all mild and gentle in the lab?
Scientists Study How DNA Repairs Itself Through Single Molecule Imaging
UT Austin scientists are doing research, which uses novel single-molecule imaging techniques partially developed by Finkelstein, and could lead to a better understanding of how cancerous...
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$6 Million Award from Cancer Agency Supports Bringing Researcher to UT Austin
A Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas award will underwrite the hire of a leading cancer researcher to serve as chair of the Department...
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Scientists Find Leukemia’s Surroundings Key to its Growth
A research team led by Lauren Ehrlich of the Department of Molecular Biosciences has discovered that a type of cancer found primarily in children can...
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Center for Infectious Disease Named for Dr. John Ring LaMontagne
A research center at The University of Texas at Austin will be renamed for Dr. John Ring LaMontagne, a scientist who combated infectious diseases to...
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UT Austin Professors Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Jonathan Sessler of the Department of Chemistry and George Georgiou of the Department of Molecular Biosciences at The University of Texas at Austin have been...
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Chemistry in Mold Reveals Important Clue for Pharmaceuticals
In a discovery from the lab of Jessie Zhang that holds promise for future drug development, scientists have detected for the first time how nature...