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Systems Biologist Receives $2.5 Million Pioneer Award for Genome Research

Systems Biologist Receives $2.5 Million Pioneer Award for Genome Research

Marcotte’s project focuses on what he sees as the next step in “next-generation” genome sequencing technology.

Tracing Bevo: Graduate Student Studies Ancestry of Texas Longhorns

Tracing Bevo: Graduate Student Studies Ancestry of Texas Longhorns

Evolution, ecology and behavior grad student Emily McTavish faces off with a Texas Longhorn.
$1.5 Millon Grant Brings Renowned French Mathematician to the College of Natural Sciences

$1.5 Millon Grant Brings Renowned French Mathematician to the College of Natural Sciences

Francois Baccelli joins the college this fall as the first Simons Chair in Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Computer Science Combats Disease

Computer Science Combats Disease

Computer Science professor Chandrajit Bajaj uses software to fight disease.

Intern Stories: A Summer at Amazon

Intern Stories: A Summer at Amazon

Elynn Lee is a Software Development Engineering (SDE) intern at Amazon on the Kindle Reader Framework team. This is her second internship, her first one being at Facebook in Palo Alto, California. She is simultaneously doing research on a SRC-URO fellowship in Computational Epidemiology.

The Texas Pandemic Flu Toolkit

The Texas Pandemic Flu Toolkit

A new toolkit, developed by University of Texas researchers, simulates the spread of pandemic flu through the state, enabling public health officials to make decisions in real time. 

Video: Next Generation Sequencing

Video: Next Generation Sequencing

Next-generation genome analysis technology enables biologist Christopher Sullivan to study how viruses replicate and cause tumors in new ways.

Molecular Matchmaking for Drug Discovery

Molecular Matchmaking for Drug Discovery

Researchers at the Computational Visualization Center are finding drug targets through simulation and modeling.

Assembling the Tree of Life: Q&A with Randy Linder

Assembling the Tree of Life: Q&A with Randy Linder

Biologist Randy Linder talks about his atypical college experience, evolution, his life outside the classroom, and a street fight in Peru.

A Tree of Life Grows in Texas

A Tree of Life Grows in Texas

Computer scientist Tandy Warnow uses the supercomputers at TACC to help decipher the relationships between all living things on the planet.