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Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!

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December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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We honor Dr. Exalton Delco, UT Austin’s first African American Ph.D. in Zoology, who passed last week. He studied here in the 1950s with noted ichthyologist Dr. Clark Hubbs. Learn more about his remarkable life in a 2017 interview from the Integrative Biology History Project: tinyurl.com/mwbskc4y
Exalton Delco: UT’s First African American Ph.D. in Zoology
This article is about one of the early black Ph.D.s in Zoology at UT: Exalton Delco
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December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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That’s a wrap for #AsgardArchaea expedition, w/ @archaeal.bsky.social fr @texasscience.bsky.social! In the coming months and years, this research will likely open the door to new medical breakthroughs and unlock answers to questions about the origins of complex life.

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Collaboration for Understanding | Searching for the Asgards
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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December 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Meet Mariangel Correa Orellana, 3rd-year grad student & 1st UT Austin person to earn HHMI’s prestigious Gilliam Fellowship — making a difference with microbial ecology research & mentorship.

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Microbiology and Mentoring: Meet Grad Student Mariangel Correa Orellana
Meet a UT PhD student and Gilliam Fellowship recipient.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Want to know why UT’s Brett Baker and other scientists are seeking our microbial ancestors in the depths of the ocean? This video from Schmidt Ocean Institute does a fantastic job of explaining!

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Our latest expedition update video is live on YouTube. Learn how the #AsgardArchaea science team is looking for our microbial ancestors to understand the biological events that led to the broad diversity of complex cellular life.

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The Origins of Complex Life | Searching for the Asgards
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December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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A bunch of activity in the Falkor (too) hangar today.

Diving now....https://www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean

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November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Meet Ph.D. student Mariangel Correa Orellana. When not researching how Hawaiian shrimp interact with microbes & water temp, she inspires younger students as a mentor & through a UT Turtle Pond research project.

#STEMMentorship #TexasScience @texas-ib.bsky.social
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Microbiology and Mentoring: Meet Grad Student Mariangel Correa Orellana
Meet a UT PhD student and Gilliam Fellowship recipient.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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This fluttery finned fish, possibly from the family Oreosomatidae, was spotted during #AsgardArchaea at around 1000 m. Read more about this expedition led by @archaeal.bsky.social from @texasscience.bsky.social here: https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/searching-for-the-asgard/
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
UT biologists have devised a 1-2 punch that could curb populations of invasive tawny crazy ants — which are wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas — using a natural pathogen & a little elbow grease.
#InvasiveSpecies @texas-ib.bsky.social
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Destroying Crazy Ant Nest Structure Makes Them Vulnerable to Pathogens
Research initiated at a UT field station keeps progressing, in good news for the war on this invasive species.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Kudos to Dr. Norma Fowler on her well-deserved award!
Congrats to Dr. Norma Fowler, winner of the Excellence in Restoration Research Award! Her team’s work on how deer, cattle, fire & thinning shape Central Texas savannas has guided best practices in such things as fire use, deer management, invasive-grass control, and more. chapter.ser.org/texas/
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Join us for “How Deep is Your Love” on Nov. 20—with a special live stream from UT marine scientist Brett Baker & team on the R/V Falkor (too) as they search the deep seas for #AsgardArchaea!

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Reel Science: How Deep is Your Love & Special Live Stream From Research Vessel Falkor
Hear from leading researchers and experts in this series that is a partnership with the Long Center for the Performing Arts.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Taking my little boat out tomorrow
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The science team have boarded the Falkor (too)!

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November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The explosive death of a star at its earliest, fleeting stage has been revealed by the ESO & a group of astronomers — including UT’s J. Craig Wheeler.
#Spectropolarimetry #Supernova @texasastronomy.bsky.social

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November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Already among the most powerful artificial intelligence hubs in academia, the UT Center for Generative AI is keeping its foot on the gas. “It’s exciting to accelerate discovery and to create more opportunities for our researchers to push the boundaries of what’s possible.”
UT Doubles Size of One of World’s Most Powerful AI Computing Hubs
AUSTIN, Texas — The Center for Generative AI at The University of Texas at Austin, already among the most powerful artificial intelligence hubs in the
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November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kudos to Vernita Gordon of UT Physics on winning a 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award!

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Vernita Gordon Receives 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
Vernita Gordon Receives 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
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November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Giant Magellan Telescope: Taft Armandroff and Brian Schmidt Elected to Lead Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors giantmagellan.org/2025/11/04/t...
Taft Armandroff and Brian Schmidt Elected to Lead Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors
New leadership appointed to guide the next phase of construction as Dr. Walter Massey concludes nearly a decade of service as chair of the GMTO Corporation Board of Directors
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November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Meet new Stengl-Wyer Fellow: Tianyi Xu. Her research examines how reptile diversity responds to global change across space and time using tools from #paleobiology, #ecology, and evolutionary #biology. Blog here: tinyurl.com/eb85be2p #herpetology
Meet Steng-Wyer Fellow: Tianyi Xu
This article is about Stengl-Wyer Fellow Tianyi Xu
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November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM