News: Accolades
Virus Slayer Awarded ‘Genius Grant’ by MacArthur Foundation
The award recognizes Jason McLellan’s work to investigate how viruses infect our cells and to develop new treatments for infectious disease.
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.
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.
The Graduate School
Graduate Students Win at 2025 Empower Your Pitch Competition
Neuroscience Ph.D. student Cole Maguire and cell and molecular biology Ph.D. student Lisa Wang won prizes for research talks.
Three UT Austin Faculty Members Selected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Ken Keiler studies basic molecular biology with the aim of developing new antibiotics.
Molecular Biologist Receives TAMEST O’Donnell Award
Ilya Finkelstein’s research focuses on improving gene editing, understanding DNA repair and finding disease treatments.
Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Neuroscientist Kristen Harris and molecular bioscientist Keiko Torii have received one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.
