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Potential New Drug Target Could Boost Effectiveness of Chemotherapy Drugs
September 15, 2022 • by Marc Airhart
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered that a large family of reverse transcriptases (RTs)—enzymes that are found in all organisms and...

William H. Tonn Professorial Fund Fellow
September 12, 2022 • by the Department of Molecular Biosciences
Congratulations Lulu Cambronne, William H. Tonn Professorial Fund Fellow

New Era at UT Austin Begins for Famous Long-Term Evolution Experiment
August 25, 2022 • by Marc Airhart
The Long-Term Evolution Experiment began back when a dozen eggs cost 65 cents, the film Rain Man topped the box office and George Michael’s song...

Bringing Developmental Biology to South Texas
August 18, 2022 • by Marc Airhart
Over the last two decades, John Wallingford has taught developmental biology short courses to students at two of the country's most highly prestigious and competitive biological...

Scientists Hijack Bacteria To Ease Drug Manufacturing
July 7, 2022 • by Esther Robards-Forbes
Scientists have created biosensors from bacteria that will help speed up analysis of drug manufacturing, harnessing microbes to help detect therapeutic molecules.

Jason McLellan Named Finalist for Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
June 2, 2022 • by Kevin Vu
University of Texas at Austin molecular biosciences professor Jason McLellan was selected as a finalist for the 2022 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.

Lauren Ehrlich Named among The Alcalde’s Texas 10
May 13, 2022 • by Esther Robards-Forbes
Lauren Ehrlich, associate professor of molecular biosciences, has been named one of the Texas 10 by The Alcalde, the University of Texas at Austin alumni magazine.

Plastic-eating Enzyme Could Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste
April 27, 2022 • by Staff Writer

Live Cell Imaging Reveals New Clues About Processes Linked to Birth Defects
April 26, 2022 • by Marc Airhart

UT Biologist Awarded Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
April 14, 2022 • by Esther R Robards-Forbes
John Wallingford, professor of molecular biosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
