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Astronomer Stella Offner Receives Delta Young Astronomer Lectureship Award
Each year, the award is given to one or two international scholars under the age of 45.

Department of Molecular Biosciences
New Vaccine Advances Could Help Against More Viral Illnesses
Jason McLellan and his team advance understanding of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), which can help them develop vaccines.

A Physicist’s Search for Beauty
Steven Weinberg aimed to distill the rules of physics down to their simplest, most beautiful essence.

Dried Bacteria Could Revolutionize Testing, Laboratory Science
What if there were a way to make proteins, enzymes and reagents right in the lab, in small amounts, on demand?

2022 State of the College Address
On March 3, 2022, Dean David Vanden Bout presented to members of the college community his vision and reflections on core college values of community...

Department of Molecular Biosciences
Gene Editing Gets Safer Thanks to Redesigned Protein
Scientists have redesigned a key component of a widely used CRISPR-based gene-editing tool, called Cas9, to be thousands of times less likely to target the...

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UT Austin Hires Director for Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Lee Clippard has been selected to serve as executive director of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the official botanic garden and arboretum of Texas.

Some Trees May Play an Outsized Role in the Fight on Global Warming
A new study shows that nitrogen-fixing trees could help forests remove more heat-trapping COS from the atmosphere than previously thought.

Department of Molecular Biosciences
A New Way to Disarm Antibiotic Resistance in Deadly Bacteria
Scientists have found a new way to impair antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause human disease, including E. coli, K. pneumoniae and P. aeruginosa.
