News: Molecular Biosciences
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
The Texas Scientist
20/20 Foresight
So what will the next 50 years bring? Absent a crystal ball, your best bet would be to ask a scientist.
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Department of Molecular Biosciences
Breakthrough in Coronavirus Research Results in New Map to Support Vaccine Design
Researchers from UT Austin and the National Institutes of Health have made a critical breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for COVID-19
![Jason S. McLellan, associate professor of molecular biosciences, left, and graduate student Daniel Wrapp, right, work in the McLellan Lab at The University of Texas at Austin Monday](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/mclellan-wrapp700.jpeg)
How Chromosomes Organize and Genes Interact Needs Rethinking, Study Finds
Bacterial DNA much more twisted than originally thought.
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Graduate Researcher Studies Cells that Fight Autoimmunity
Jayashree Srinivasan works to unlock the secrets of the immune system
![Jayashree (Jay) Srinivasan in white lab coat at her laboratory bench](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/jay_cover_fina_20200210-180329_1.jpeg)
Discovering a Genetic Mechanism that Affects Birth Defects, Some Cancers
Steven Vokes has studied the related Hedgehog signaling pathway for much of his career.
![Artist illustration and magnified image of mouse embryo with blue sections of the embryo highlighted](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vokes_image_20200127-214321_1.jpeg)
12 Ways Texas Science Innovators Made the Most of this Year
Here are a handful of ways that members of our science and mathematics community brandished their entrepreneurial spirit this year.
![3 Students wearing t-shirts celebrating 1,000+ patents jump for joy in front of the UT Austin tower](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/technology_commercialization_courtesy_of_betsy_merrick.jpeg)