Refresh your synapses with 🎼🎹 TOMORROW at noon: Anton Nel performs at @texasscience.bsky.social , @utaustin.bsky.social #musicscience #WhatStartsHere #HookEm

We're excited to announce the 2026 BioBlitz at Brackenridge Field Lab! Drop in anytime Sat Apr 25 - 10 AM–10 PM. Try iNaturalist, enjoy hands-on activities, and join a nighttime insect survey. Special all-ages programming from 10 AM–12 PM. Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/bioblitz-2...

Researchers at @utaustin.bsky.social have discovered toxic weapons salmonella use to poison other bacteria, offering new ways to limit gut pathogens without relying on broad-spectrum antibiotics. cns.utexas.edu/news/researc... #Microbiome #GutHealth #Microbiology #AntibioticResistance #ScienceNews

UT senior & triple-major Krithik Vishwanath will receive the highly selective Churchill Scholarship. We asked him five questions about his time on the Forty Acres and what comes next. #ChurchillScholarship #UT26 @cockrellschool.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...

You probably like the same sounds as frogs, birds and even bugs! 🐸 @utaustin.bsky.social researchers recently discovered that humans prefer the same mating calls as other animals. Read more here: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

New research from UT Austin & MD Anderson Cancer Center reveals why some chemotherapy drugs not only eliminate cancer cells directly — but can also trigger the immune system to attack cancer cells as well. #CancerResearch #Chemotherapy @mdanderson.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

The Bayer-Santos Lab, along with researchers at the University of São Paulo, have discovered salmonella toxins that could lead to healthier microbiomes and new targetted antibacterial therapies. See: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Hantaviruses kill nearly 40% of those infected and there’s no approved treatment or vaccine, making them a concern for future pandemics. The most detailed 3D map yet of a key protein complex on the virus might yield new treatments. cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Presenting our 2026 Visualizing Science contest winners! Learn the science & background behind each at txsci.net/VizSci2026. And check out our 3D virtual gallery exhibition, with more than a decade of winning images: txsci.net/VisSciShowcase2026. #ScienceArt #ScientificArt #ArtandScience #SciArt

Student researchers in the Supra Sensors stream of the Freshman Research Initiative have been using analytical sensing tools to classify complex biological samples & study their chemical composition — including drops of wine. #HappyFRIday #TexasScience #Enology #Viticulture #WineScience

CosmicAI team presenting "AI Among the Stars: How Machines Help Us Explore the Universe" at Texas Science Festival 2026! Join our email list/slack to stay posted on future events! cosmicai.org/get-involved @texasscience.bsky.social @taccutexas.bsky.social

Some of our earliest microbial ancestors, the Asgard archaea, were able to use oxygen, says new study in @nature.com. It may solve a mystery about how complex life first arose. #AsgardArchaea #MicrobialEcology #Eukaryogenesis #TexasScience @utmsi.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social

Follow your curiosity to the Texas Science Festival for two full weeks of science-inspired offerings! #TexasScience #TexasScienceFestival news.utexas.edu/2026/02/11/t...

Austin in person event w/ CosmicAI and Texas Science Festival! “AI Among the Stars: How Machines Help Us Explore the Universe” Feb 25 1-2pm Peter O'Donnell Building, Avaya Auditorium, Room 2.302 201 E. 24th St sciencefest.utexas.edu/events/exper... @taccutexas.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Cosmic Horizons Conference hosted by the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins and @thenrao.bsky.social! We are now accepting abstract submissions for both speakers and posters! July 13th to 16th, 2026 Charlottesville, VA go.nrao.edu/Cosmic-Horiz...

Meet Milit Patel, who got his start in the award-winning Freshman Research Initiative at UT. Now a biochem senior & statistics & data science minor, he is corresponding author on a major paper in the Annals of Oncology. #TexasScience #CancerResearch #HappyFRIday cns.utexas.edu/news/feature...

UT Astronomer Appointed President of Organization Building World’s Most Powerful Telescope mcdonaldobservatory.org/news/release...

What approaches in the classroom create lasting impact for students? Vernita Gordon, a UT Austin physics professor who recently won a UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, has given that a lot of thought. #STEMEducation #TexasScience #UTAustin

Gabriela Livas, chair of UT’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, helped create a community health program that reduces mental health symptoms in 80% of participants, erasing clinical symptoms altogether for many. #MentalHealthCare #TexasScience cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

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! tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9

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

Public voting is now open for our 2026 Visualizing Science contest! See this year’s entries & vote at txsci.net/2026VisSciEntries #SciArt #ArtinScience #ScienceArt #ScientificArt #ArtandScience @texas-ib.bsky.social @utaustinchemistry.bsky.social @texasastronomy.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

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. youtu.be/mgmEh_qag5E?...

That's a wrap, what an amazing expedition! #AsgardArchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

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. @cientificolatino.com @sacnas.bsky.social @texas-ib.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social

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! #AsgardArchaea @archaeal.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social

A bunch of activity in the Falkor (too) hangar today. Diving now....https://www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean #AsgardArchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

Diving deep today, 2,700m. Live stream here youtube.com/@schmidtocea... #Asgardarchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

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 cns.utexas.edu/news/feature...

In the water diving to 900m. www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean #AsgardArchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

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#AsgardArchaeahere: https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/searching-for-the-asgard/

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 cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Today's dive site, to ~2,200m. We will be streaming 9am-3pm Central. At www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean #AsgardArchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

Kudos to Dr. Norma Fowler on her well-deserved award!

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! @archaeal.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/events/publi...

Sampling is underway! #AsgardArchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

We are sailing! #AsgardArchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social

Taking my little boat out tomorrow

The science team have boarded the Falkor (too)! #AsgardArchaea @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

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 More: mcdonaldobservatory.org/news/release... Artist interpretation video by @eso.org:

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.”

Kudos to Vernita Gordon of UT Physics on winning a 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award! #TexasScience @utphysics.bsky.social physics.utexas.edu/news/accolad...

Giant Magellan Telescope: Taft Armandroff and Brian Schmidt Elected to Lead Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors giantmagellan.org/2025/11/04/t...

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

It’s official, our panel "Revolutionizing Astronomy with Next Generation Big Data" has been accepted to @sxsw.com 2026! Thank you to everyone who supported our work! Panelists: Stella Offner, Paul Torrey, @stephajuneau.bsky.social, & @niall2.bsky.social Learn more schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP116...

A new approach called “epimodulation” — developed by UT Austin researchers & collaborators — predicts epidemic peaks better than current models and could boost health care preparations in future outbreaks. #Epidemiology #PublicHealth @texas-ib.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

#CysticFibrosis is hard to treat with gene therapy because it can be caused by many different combinations of mutations. A new gene editing tech from The University of Texas at Austin, using genetic elements borrowed from bacteria, might change that. Full story: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

UT Neuroscience Chair Robert Messing is 1 of 4 faculty to receive TRC4 grants for groundbreaking trauma research — for working on a way to treat chronic pain from nerve damage with a new, non-opioid medication strategy. #TexasScience #TraumaResearch research.utexas.edu/news/ut-facu...

New research from UT astronomers could change how we look at binary star formation. #BinaryStars @taccutexas.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social oden.utexas.edu/news-and-eve...

UT mathematician Maggie Miller has been named a 2025 Packard Fellow for Science & Engineering! 🤘 Miller is a topologist who studies geometric properties in 3, 4 & 5 dimensions. #PackardFellows #Topology #GeometricTopology @packardfdn.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...