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Department of Molecular Biosciences
Finkelstein Receives Welch Foundation’s Norman Hackerman Award
The Welch Foundation announced that Ilya J. Finkelstein who has been researching the coronavirus and the gene-editing tool CRISPR, will receive the 2021 Norman Hackerman Award...
Texas Scientist
AI’s Inflection Point
Artificial intelligence research and education at UT Austin are taking off
Texas Scientist
The Start of It All
Here’s how eukaryotes might have evolved from simpler life forms
Misinformation, the Brain and Tricks for Analyzing Data Accurately
Michela Marinelli, an associate professor of neuroscience and neurology, teaches students how to navigate data.
Record Number of Turtles Rescued at University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Winter Storm Uri caused damage and hardship across the state of Texas, and at the Port Aransas campus of the University of Texas at Austin...
Four Natural Sciences Faculty Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
Carlos Baiz, Caroline Morley, Andrew Potter and Urbain Weyemi are among the 128 scholars from across the country selected by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to receive the 2021 Sloan...
Undergraduate Research Aims to Harness the Power of Mealworms to Degrade Plastic
Undergraduates at the UT Austin Inventors Program are exploring how mealworms, and the microbes in their guts, can naturally degrade household plastics.
New Model Can Help Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
A new model could help public health officials in Central Texas better manage what amounts to a much larger vaccination campaign than was carried out...
Jessica O’Connell Connects Ecology Research with Local Conservation Efforts
Learn about Jessica O'Connell's decision to join UT Austin's Department of Marine Science and what her research focuses on.
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Repeated Testing for COVID-19 is Vital, Economic and Public Health Analysis Shows
Having all people in the U.S. tested on a regular, rotating basis can likely slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and the loss of...