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UT Austin has a new “genius grant” recipient!

Texas Science professor Jason McLellan has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship — aka the “genius grant” — by The MacArthur Foundation.

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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.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Some of our earliest microbial ancestors, the Asgard archaea, were able to use oxygen, says new study in @nature.com. It may solve a mystery about how complex life first arose.

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A Break in a Longstanding Mystery about Origin of Complex Life
Breathe easy. It appears our microbial ancestors used oxygen, too.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Congrats to Stella Offner on earning a Cottrell Scholar Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery (SEED) Award for 2025!

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August 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Kudos to Vernita Gordon of UT Physics on winning a 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award!

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Vernita Gordon Receives 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
Vernita Gordon Receives 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
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November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Providing hands-on education and experience is what we do every day. #TexasScience #UTMSI
February 27, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Congratulations to Andreas Matouschek, who was named Interim Dean of the College of Natural Sciences by David Vanden Bout! Matouschek has served on the college’s core leadership team since 2020.

More at txsci.net/InterimDean

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March 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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A new study by biologists at UT Austin & Texas A&M, in collaboration with scientists in Japan, shows how plants balance growth and defense — offering insights for stronger, more resilient crops.

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Researchers Find Hidden Link Between Plants’ Growth and Immunity
Biologists have uncovered a surprising connection between the way plants grow and how they defend themselves against pathogens and infections.
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February 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The two‑week Texas Science Festival starts today!

Join us for interactive demos, talks, performance, film, panels & more.

Find the full schedule of in-person, virtual & free sessions at sciencefest.utexas.edu

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February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The Casey Lab team at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute spent a beautiful day on the Texas coast sampling for environmental DNA in our own "backyard"! 🧬🌊

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PhD students Hannah Rempel and Christina Marconi filter seawater to sample environmental DNA and record water quality data on the Texas Coast.
October 27, 2023 at 4:00 PM
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nickgregsmith.bsky.social Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · Jun 4
Come work with us! Our department (TTU Biology) is hiring 4 new Assistant Professors in

1. Behavioral Ecology
2. Global Change Biology
3. Microbial Genetics
4. Developmental Neurobiology

more here: www.depts.ttu.edu/biology/Peop...
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June 5, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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This functional knee joint, with flexible ligaments & rigid bones, was 3D-printed via a precise new method seamlessly merging soft & hard properties into a single object by using different colors of light.

Learn more at txsci.net/3DBreakthrough

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July 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships & honorable mentions to 43 Texas Science undergrads, grad students & recent alumni this spring. Kudos to all of these exceptional students!

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NSF Awards Graduate Research Fellowships to 27 from Natural Sciences
Dozens of UT students have received prestigious fellowships from the National Science Foundation.
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May 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Congrats to our #TexasScience grads Allie Murphy, Thomas Wynn & Miriam Yampuler on earning Fulbright U.S. Student Awards!

Learn how they’re using those awards in the link below.

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Three Recent Texas Science Graduates Receive Fulbright U.S. Student Awards
Three UT Austin alumni received Fulbright U.S Student Awards for 2025-26.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Congratulations to Stephen Russell, professor of human development and family sciences and director of the School of Human Ecology, on being elected into the National Academy of Education!
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Stephen Russell Elected to National Academy of Education
The director of the School of Human Ecology and professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at UT Austin was one of 22 selected
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January 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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An international team of geneticists & archaeologists — including UT’s Vagheesh Narasimhan — used #AncientDNA to reconstruct the prehistoric origins of two major Eurasian language families: Uralic and Yeniseian.

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New DNA Evidence Reveals Origins of Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian Languages
The study identifies an ancestral population in Central Siberia linked to the origin of Uralic languages.
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July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to Amanda Jacoby, recipient of the CNS Staff Excellence Award! Amanda’s creativity, organization, and dedication help make UTMSI’s events, outreach, and communications a success. Well deserved! 👏🌊 #UTMSI #TexasScience #StaffExcellence #HookEm
July 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Biologists at UT Austin found a bird that’s the natural result of a green jay & a blue jay’s mating — it may be among the first examples of a hybrid that exists because of recent changing patterns in the climate.
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So What Should We Call This – a Grue Jay?
The rare hybrid offspring of a blue jay and a green jay is likely a result of weather-related shifts in the range of two species.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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🔭 JWST Bright Early Galaxies Mystery May Be Solved — @TexasScience
Julian Munoz (UT Austin) proposes a resolution to why JWST's earliest galaxies are far brighter than cosmological models predicted. Published in MNRAS.
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April 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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On World Ocean Day, we celebrate the pursuit of knowledge—through science, education, and outreach—that deepens our understanding of ocean and coastal systems. Our mission: to improve understanding of the marine environment through rigorous research. 🌍🌊

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June 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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“Everyday acts of support — whether organized or personal — can have lasting cognitive impact.”
— Sae Hwang Han, study lead & UT Austin asst. prof. of human development & family sciences

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Helping Others Shown To Slow Cognitive Decline
Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Yesterday Dr. John Majoris @gobywan.bsky.social of @tamu.bsky.social and I were busy soldering, assembling, and programming a Raspberry Pi (mini computer) to run a motor for an experiment on fish digestion! 🐠💻 Excited to get this experiment running!

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Scientist Dr. John Majoris is soldering a time keeping component for a Raspberry Pi mini-computer A Raspberry Pi hat to run a stepper motor
September 29, 2023 at 4:45 PM
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Are you a woman or non-binary person studying or working in a marine science field in Texas? Consider joining the Texas Chapter of the Society for Women in Marine Science @txswms.bsky.social!

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Join the Texas Society of Women in Marine Science (Texas SWMS) if you're passionate about marine science! Membership is open to anyone interested in the field. Become a member by attending at least one meeting or event annually and joining the TX SWMS email list or Slack for updates. Our chapter is committed to inclusivity and does not discriminate based on any characteristic. Discrimination within the chapter is not tolerated. Join us in shaping the future of marine science in Texas! JOIN ON OUR WEBSITE OR SEND US A MESSAGE VIA EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA! texasswms@gmail.com texasswms.wixsite.com/texas-swms
February 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Check out our latest issue of the Texas Scientist magazine!

Learn about futuristic fuels, AI in STEM education & healthcare and much more.

Read it now at txsci.net/TexasScientist — or grab a print copy at UT’s Texas Science & Natural History Museum on campus.

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July 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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🩻 Science vs. Screwworms 🪰

Did you know that a University of Texas discovery — which led to a Nobel Prize — was the key to eradicating past outbreaks of the New World screwworm & is still proving useful today?
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Science vs. Screwworms: How UT Research Inspired Our Best Weapon
Key to earlier eradications of the threat was a University of Texas discovery that’s still proving useful today.
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July 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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UT Neuroscience Chair Robert Messing is 1 of 4 faculty to receive TRC4 grants for groundbreaking trauma research — for working on a way to treat chronic pain from nerve damage with a new, non-opioid medication strategy.

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UT Faculty Awarded TRC4 Grants to Advance Groundbreaking Trauma Research
The Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4) has awarded grants to four UT researchers to dramatically improve the chances of survival from trauma and its after effects — in the b...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM