Research

Partly Human Yeast Show A Common Ancestor’s Lasting Legacy

May 21, 2015 • by Marc Airhart

UT News

Genetic Road Map May Bring About Better Cotton Crops

April 20, 2015 • by Steven E. Franklin

A University of Texas at Austin scientist, working with an international research team, has developed the most precise sequence map yet of U.S. cotton and will soon create an even more detailed map for navigating the complex cotton genome.

Dr. Z. Jeff Chen inspects a cotton plant in a campus greenhouse. Photo: Marsha Miller

Cockrell School of Engineering

Biomedical, Chemical Engineering Professor George Georgiou Named UT Austin Inventor of the Year

November 20, 2014 • by Staff Writer

UT Austin's 2014 Inventor of the Year award was presented to Georgiou by the Office of Technology Commercialization.

The UT Tower is in the background and in the foreground flowers spell U T in a garden

Research

Trapping a Bacterium in a Laser Beam Aids Study of Biofilms

May 6, 2014 • by Steven E. Franklin

Biofilms are responsible for most chronic infections and are notoriously resilient and hard to treat.

Two-channel fluorescence image of a stamped pattern of P. aeruginosa in an isotropic background of S. aureus at t = 6 h, after the initial pattern has developed into a localized cluster.

Research

Possible Explanation for Human Diseases Caused by Defective Ribosomes

April 8, 2014 • by Staff Writer

A new study, which uses a genetic approach to examine this paradox, suggests ribosomopathies are caused by a sequence of mistakes at the molecular level.