Faculty

Accolades

Can Cenik Receives Moderna Award for Biomedical Innovation in RNA

February 4, 2026 • by Sowmya Sridhar

The RNA Society honored Cenik for his work on RNA translation.

Portrait of molecular biologist Can Cenik

Accolades

Research that's Changing the World - Jason McLellan

July 10, 2025 • by Staff Writer

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Jessie Zhang Selected as Fellow of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

February 17, 2025 • by Ella Jameson

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Jeffrey Barrick Among 65 Fellows Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

February 14, 2025 • by Ella Jameson

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Research

Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked

August 7, 2024 • by Constantino Panagopulos

Professor of molecular biosciences David Hoffmann helped develop a new way to fingerprint a forever chemical.

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McLellan Named Recipient of the 2024 IVI-SK Bioscience Park MahnHoon Award

March 14, 2024 • by Ella Jameson

Jason McLellan has been named the recipient of the International Vaccine Institutes Bioscience Park MahnHoon Award for his role in the development of numerous vaccines.

Jason McLellan wearing a white lab coat standing in front of the cryo-electron microscope at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Dan Dickinson Awarded 2024 Society for Developmental Biology Elizabeth D. Hay Investigator Award

February 8, 2024 • by Staff Writer

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David Nobles Awarded 2022 J. Roger Porter Award

January 9, 2024 • by Staff Writer

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McLellan Named Recipient of Award for Achievement in Public Health

October 16, 2023 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Jason McLellan has been named the recipient of a Research!America Advocacy Award for his work on COVID-19 vaccines.

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Jeffrey Chen Received Fellow of American Society of Plant Biologists Award

August 4, 2023 • by Staff Writer

A Molecular Biosciences Faculty Member was awarded an American Society of Plant Biologists' award.