Twitter account of the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Grad Programs at @UTAustin. Inclusive of Cell & Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology.

Joined December 2013
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7 Apr 2022
Congrats to all @UTexasILS @NSF #GRFP awardees! @jacquelyn_wrong, @TCordovaBio, Valeria Garcia of @LuLabUT, Brianna Flynn & Olivia Smith of @vagheesh lab. 🥳 Honorable Mentions go to @McCool_Seamus, @bugcatcherlaila, @KendraMaclaine 🙌
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New study in @Nature today describes a super-charged version of Cas9 that makes gene editing much safer, without sacrificing speed. 🧬✂️ cns.utexas.edu/news/gene-edi… @davidwtaylorjr @ut_mbs @UTAustin @jpkbravo @GraceHibshman
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Congrats to #CPRIT scholar Kyle Miller of @UT_MBS! @CPRITTexas has announced new support for his research, which sheds light on the mechanisms behind some #AntiCancerDrugs.
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16 Feb 2022
Congrats to @Stomata_Tweets and CMB grad student, Hyemin Seo on their recent pub in @PNASNews! 🥳 cns.utexas.edu/news/unraveli…

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We are celebrating 2022 #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 👩🏾‍🔬👩‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬@ut_mbs @TexasScience! See our diverse #WomenInScience faculty members.
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Be on the lookout in the coming week for our very own Dr. Lydia Contreras on Univision 62 Austin. Dr. Contreras will be featured as a part of a Black History Month special report on Afrolatina's in STEM!! #BHM #WhatStartsHere 🤘🏿
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Huge congratulations to our mighty former Chair @ut_mbs @TexasScience Prof. Dan Leahy in being named a 2022 Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @ASBMB 🧪🧬🏅 asbmb.org/about/asbmb-fellow…

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10 Feb 2022
Excited that our paper “GLI transcriptional repression is inert prior to Hedgehog pathway activation” led by @ut_mbs graduate Rachel Lex was just published @NatureComms. rdcu.be/cGKez. Our findings in the limb bud challenge current GLI pre-patterning models. #hedgehog

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2 Feb 2022
Campus will be closed Thursday, February 3, 2022. We will update the community Thursday afternoon regarding plans for Friday’s campus operations. We will reopen when conditions are determined to be safe: emergency.utexas.edu
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2 Feb 2022
Winter weather is in the forecast!❄️ Stay informed about @UTAustin campus operations with UT Safety Text Alerts & updates posted at emergency.utexas.edu.

2 Feb 2022
Replying to @UTAustin
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Longhorns, I hope you will join me in celebrating Black History Month and the world changing accomplishments of Black alumni, students, faculty and staff As you reflect, please consider these recent stories, new books and events highlighted by @UT_DDCE: utex.as/3APfEWc
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Over a billion of us across the globe are celebrating #LunarNewYear this week! May the #YearoftheTiger bring good fortune, health, and success to all. @UTAustin @TexasExes @UTexasStudents @UT_DDCE @UT_SAI @UT_CEAS @UTAsianStudies 🐅🤘
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Please join! MBS Seminar Tomorrow noon- (Zoom) @TexasScience @ut_mbs Dr. Jie Zhou @JieZhou55370495 UCSF "Identifying and targeting proteolytic neo-epitopes in cancer" ⚗️🧪
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Congratulations! @UTexasILS Graduate Student Colleen Mulvihill @ColleenMulvihi2 & Caitie McCafferty @computingCaitie, & @ut_mbs @TexasScience Professor @edward_marcotte for the fantastic project! Power of computational structural bio & protein mass-spec🥰 x.com/TexasScience/status/14…

Even after 1 billion years of evolution, humans and a tiny aquatic organism still share this key organelle that could help reveal clues about birth defects. cns.utexas.edu/news/ancient-… @edward_marcotte @ColleenMulvihi2 @computingCaitie
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12 Jan 2022
Time to break out your best images for the annual @TexasScience Visualizing Science competition! 📸🦠🏆 Deadline & Guidelines➡️ cns.utexas.edu/communication…

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Our Summer Undergraduate Program for Experiential Research (SUPER) is accepting applications for summer 2022! 🧪🦠🔬 Apply by March 15: ils.utexas.edu/about/summer-…

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