News: Molecular Biosciences
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Department of Molecular Biosciences
Gene Editing Gets Safer Thanks to Redesigned Protein
Scientists have redesigned a key component of a widely used CRISPR-based gene-editing tool, called Cas9, to be thousands of times less likely to target the...

Department of Molecular Biosciences
A New Way to Disarm Antibiotic Resistance in Deadly Bacteria
Scientists have found a new way to impair antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause human disease, including E. coli, K. pneumoniae and P. aeruginosa.

Department of Molecular Biosciences
Dan Leahy Selected as Fellow of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology selected Molecular Bioscience Professor Daniel Leahy for the honor.

Meet the Scientists Who are New to the Faculty this Spring
More about the newest faces in the College.

Department of Molecular Biosciences
Keiko Torii Receives Asahi Prize
University of Texas at Austin professor of molecular biosciences Keiko Torii has won the Asahi Prize from the Asahi Shimbun Foundation in recognition of "her...

UT News
Potential New Gene Editing Tools Uncovered
New research dramatically expands the number of naturally occurring versions of CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs), giving researchers a wealth of potential new tools for large-scale gene...

Texas Scientist
UT Austin Harnesses Power of Biology in Partnership with Army Research Laboratory
Inside the "biological foundry" at the Army Research Lab's ARL-South partnership on the campus of UT Austin

Department of Molecular Biosciences
Breakthrough in Fight on Tick-Borne CCHF Virus is Latest Use of New Strategy Against Diseases
Scientists are developing vaccines and other treatments for the tick-borne Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)

UT News
Campus Event to Celebrate Health and Science Heroes Linked to COVID-19 Vaccines
UT Austin scientists have been at the forefront of the race for coronavirus vaccines and the efforts to track and prevent its spread.

Molecular Biosciences Professor Honored for Outstanding Teaching
Janice Fischer is honored for her outstanding teaching as a professor of molecular biosciences and director of the Biology Instructional Office at UT Austin.
