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Jeffrey Chen Received Fellow of American Society of Plant Biologists Award

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

Jeffrey Chen Headshot

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Keiko Torii Awarded 2023 American Society of Plant Biologists' Stephen Hale Prize

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

Keiko Torii with a graphic circle, burnt orange and wave figures

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Desiree Ledet Awarded 2023 CNS Staff Excellence Award

A Molecular Biosciences department staff member was awarded the 2023 CNS Staff Excellence Award.

Desiree and the dean of CNS

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Hear from Three Seniors Among This Year’s Graduates of Distinction

Several graduating seniors from CNS have been recognized for their distinctive accomplishments, including the three individuals highlighted here.

Three student headshots

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Jason McLellan Receives Inaugural Award To Recognize Research Impact

A structural biologist at UT Austin who played a key role in the development of COVID-19 vaccines has received the first Research Impact Award.

Jason McLellan stands with hands in pockets in front of Norman Hackerman Building's glass walls as other campus buildings and foliage appear in the reflection behind him

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NSF Awards Graduate Research Fellowships to 23 UT Natural Sciences Students

Dozens of graduate and undergraduate students of UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences were honored this year by the National Science Foundation.

Graduate students sit and stand in rows in a library setting

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McLellan Wins Major Awards from Welch Foundation, National Academy

Jason McLellan, a structural biologist at The University of Texas at Austin, has won two highly prestigious awards—the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Award in...

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