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Ian Molineux Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award
MBS Professor Ian Molineux was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the International Society for Viruses and Microorganisms.
Davies Named LCID Director
Bryan Davies, Lorene Morrow Kelley Professor of Microbiology in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and a researcher with the John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious...
New Study Could Lead to Safer, More Effective Antibody Therapies
Jessie Zhang, George Georgiou and others are learning how to keep antibody drugs from binding to an unintended receptor.
COVID-19 Can Awaken Hidden Viruses Throughout the Body, UT-Led Study Finds
Researchers say dormant viruses many people harbor can reactivate during COVID-19 and may be linked to long COVID symptoms.
Keith Klugman Discusses Childhood Pneumonia at 2026 LaMontagne Symposium Keynote Lecture
The title of Dr. Klugman's lecture was "Novel Vaccines to Further Reduce Pneumonia Mortality in Children." The lecture was held April 7 on the UT-Austin...
Researchers Disable Antimicrobial Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis-Associated Bacteria
New findings could improve treatment options for people with hard-to-treat infections.
Davies Lab Discovers New Role for Microsins
The Davies Lab discovers another role for microsins, a familiar weapon against harmful bacteria
A Secret Weapon from Salmonella Could Help Us Maintain Healthier Microbiomes
The discovery could also lend itself to the development of future antibacterial therapies.
Experimental Chemo Drug May Trick the Immune System Into Fighting Cancer
The finding suggests other chemo drugs, too, may be making cancer cells cause a surprising immune-system reaction.
A Step Towards Needed Treatments for Hantaviruses in New Molecular Map
An innovative imaging technique enabled dramatically higher resolution structures than previous efforts.
