Assistant Professor Lydia Contreras recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her proposal titled “Mapping Regulatory Networks in Extremophiles,” which could help determine how cells respond to environmental changes and survive high-stress conditions.
The grant will further Contreras’ research to characterize and understand large-scale networks within a cell. Her work looks at … Read the rest »
Professors Tom Truskett, Keith Johnston and Jennifer Maynard have been awarded a 5-year $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to continue research to develop high-dosage, injectable protein-based therapeutics for at-home treatment of diseases ranging from arthritis to cancer.
The team’s discovery of a new highly concentrated form of proteins – clusters of individual protein molecules … Read the rest »
The University of Texas at Austin has been selected to receive an $18.5 million grant over the next five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create and lead a nanosystems engineering research center.
The Nanomanufacturing Systems for Mobile Computing and Mobile Energy Technologies (NASCENT) will develop innovative nanomanufacturing, nanosculpting and nanometrology systems that … Read the rest »
ChE undergraduates Nick Davy, Frankie Pelaez and Dmitriy Zhukov have been awarded Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support their higher education and further research-including projects that could lower fuel prices, improve cancer research and fight infectious diseases.
The highly competitive fellowships provide support for three years that includes annual stipends … Read the rest »
Jackson Stolle, Jeff Thompson and Wesley Cole have each been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships.
The award includes a $30,000 stipend per year for the next three years, a $10,500 educational allowance and supercomputer access.
“We’re really pleased to add three more fellows to our department,” said Professor Isaac … Read the rest »