Research
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Forum Explores How Citizens Can Hold Elected Leaders Accountable
The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at The University of Texas at Austin College of Communication, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS and KUT 90.5 FM are hosting a community conversation to explore how citizens can hold elected leaders accountable. “Why Bother? Your State Legislature, Your Voice” is the third event in the news and public dialogue…
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UT Austin President to Discuss Ideas for Cutting Costs, Generating Revenue
University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers will address students, faculty, staff and others about a series of recommendations from the university’s Committee on Business Productivity.
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Engineered Immune Cells Resist Infection from HIV and Could Ultimately Replace Drug Therapy
Researchers cut and pasted a series of HIV-resistant genes into T cells, specialized immune cells targeted by the virus.
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Socially Isolated Rats are More Vulnerable to Addiction, Report Researchers
Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol. Amphetamine addiction is also harder to extinguish in the socially isolated rats. These effects, which are described this week in the journal Neuron, persist even after the rats are reintroduced into the community of other…
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Nationally Recognized Researcher, Administrator to Help Develop School of Medicine
Dr. Robert O. Messing, a nationally recognized addiction science researcher, will join The University of Texas at Austin as vice provost for biomedical sciences to help develop the new medical school. His appointment is effective Jan. 16.
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Lack of Key Enzyme in the Metabolism of Folic Acid Leads to Birth Defects
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered that the lack of a critical enzyme in the folic acid metabolic pathway leads to neural tube birth defects in developing embryos.
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Busted! Virus Caught Infecting Cell
To infect a cell, a virus must be able to first find a suitable cell and then eject its genetic material into its host. This robot-like process has been observed in a virus called T7 and visualized by Ian Molineux and his colleagues.
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Designer Bacteria May Lead to Better Vaccines
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a menu of 61 new strains of genetically engineered E. coli that may improve the efficacy of vaccines for diseases such as flu, pertussis, cholera and HPV.
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Virus Caught in the Act of Infecting a Cell
The detailed changes in the structure of a virus as it infects an E. coli bacterium have been observed for the first time, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health) Medical School this week in Science Express.
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UT Austin Scientists Will Assess Health of New York-Long Island Barrier Protection in Wake of Sandy
A rapid response science team from the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics will help map the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the beach/barrier systems off the south shore of Long Island.
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Clements Center Will Promote Diplomatic History and National Security as well as Honor the Former Governor
The William P. Clements Jr. Center on History, Strategy and Statecraft is being established at The University of Texas at Austin to train leaders in the history of national security and diplomacy and to honor the legacy of one of the most influential statesmen in Texas history, former Gov. Bill Clements. The center’s leadership will…
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Nonprofit Leaders to Discuss What It’s Like to Become a Learning Organization
The Austin Forum on Science, Technology and Society will host “How Goodwill Became a Learning Organization with the Help of Technology.” This presentation will discuss the impact of incorporating new technologies and systems in a large, nonprofit service organization.
