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LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease

Re-engineered Antibodies Kill Bacteria Directly

Bryan Davies, a professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, and a team have identified antibodies that offer a direct hit on dangerous bacteria.

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UT Biodiversity Center

Announcing the 2025 Stengl-Wyer Scholars, Fellows and Grant Awardees

Stengl-Wyer Endowment-supported researchers and research at UT Austin will explore life in a variety of forms and environments.

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The Oden Institute

Transforming the Use of AI in Drug Design

With support from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, molecular bioscientist Dima Kozakov joins UT.

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Research

New AI Tool Accelerates mRNA-Based Treatments for Viruses, Cancers, Genetic Disorders

UT Austin and Sanofi partner to build tool that predicts translation efficiency of mRNA sequences.

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Research

Unlock Your Computer with a Password-encoded Molecule

University of Texas at Austin researchers have developed a new method to encode information in synthetic molecules.

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Research

New Sequencing Method Brings New Possibilities in Protein Research

UT researchers have developed the first viable alternative to a 75-year-old method for sequencing proteins.

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Accolades

Meet Three Exceptional Seniors Among our 2025 Graduates of Distinction

More than 150 top CNS students have been selected and celebrated for their distinctive contributions.

2025 Graduates of Distinction. From left: Sanjaya Kumar, Hayden Stegall and Miriam Yampuler

Undergraduate College

College of Natural Sciences Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Biochemistry junior Mrigayu Ghosh plans to conduct pioneering research in stem cells and mechanobiology for tissue engineering.

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Research

Genetic Match Between Mother and Child Reduces “Obstetrical Dilemma”

A common idea in evolutionary biology comes under new scrutiny with help from a big medical dataset and AI.

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