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Pediatric Geneticist Searches for Role of Environmental Contaminants in Birth Defects with $1.2 Million Grant from EPA
The team will then develop mathematical models to predict which chemical exposures have the potential to harm a pregnant woman or her developing infant.
Biologist Receives $1.5 Million to Study Potential Biofuel Crops
Tom Juenger has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study native prairie grasses as potential sources of biofuel.
Vernita Gordon Awarded Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program
Biophysicist studies how cells self-assemble into 3-D spatially organized structures.
U.T. Making a Big Bet on the Future of Algae
The UTEX Culture Collection of Algae. Photo by Spencer Selvidge for the Texas Tribune.
Biologist Sara Sawyer Receives Early Career Award from White House
Sawyer, assistant professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, is being recognized for her research on the evolution of DNA repair genes, providing insight on both the formation of cancers and susceptibility to viral infection.
Faculty Awarded NIH Grants to Study Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative and Vascular Diseases
Neurobiologist Jon Pierce-Shimomura will research nervous system degeneration, which occurs through natural aging and diseases like Alzheimer's.
The Dangers of Cannibalism
Biochemistry professor Andy Ellington blogs about cannibalism, prions, mad cow disease, and yet one more way in which civilization may be "hosed."
With $2.4 Million Grant, Researchers To Decode Geranium’s Evolutionary Mysteries
Botany researcher Dr. Robert Jansen and his colleagues have received a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the Plant Genome Program to investigate the genomes of the geranium plant and 15 related species.
Research of Cell Movements in Developing Frogs Reveals New Twists in Human Genetic Disease
Mutations in a gene known as “Fritz” may be responsible for causing human genetic disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, University of Texas at Austin developmental biologist John Wallingford and Duke University human geneticist and cell biologist Nicholas Katsanis have found.
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