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Trick or Treat: Spooky Science to Give You a Scare

Halloween is a good season to treat yourself to some thrilling discoveries from scientists at UT Austin.

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Preparing for Future Outbreaks, Experts Use Disease Simulation Exercise

Public health officials and researchers gathered this month for a gamified version of an outbreak investigation.

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The Texas Scientist

Grace Kago: A Scientist Who is Bridging Barriers

The work of LaMontagne Center researcher Grace Kago was featured in the annual Texas Scientist magazine.

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FDA-Approved RSV Vaccine Enabled by Work of UT Molecular Biologist

Every year, millions of people become sickened by RSV, and more than 100,000 die. New vaccines with a connection to UT Austin may help turn those numbers around.

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Eyes on the Next Pandemic

Lauren Ancel Meyers leads a National Science Foundation-funded pilot grant to establish the UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science.

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UT Austin a Key Player in Science’s Hottest Research Areas for 2023

Researchers at UT Austin are involved in some of the most exciting areas of science and driving groundbreaking discoveries and technologies that impact our world.

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Three Generations of Retrovirologists

LCID Assistant Director Dr. Jaquelin Dudley and her mentee, Dr. Wendy Kaichun Xu, along with Dr. Dudley's mentor, Dr. Harold Varmus of Weil Cornell Medicine...

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Scientist Battling Invincible Microbes Takes Fight to the Silver Screen

Learn about UT Austin's Bryan Davies and his research into how to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and develop new antimicrobials to fight infection.

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