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10/01/11
U.T. Making a Big Bet on the Future of Algae
Just off a dirt road in northwest Austin stand hundreds of 12-foot-tall tubes filled with green liquid. Nearly 15,000 gallons of algae grow inside the tubes, which are housed in a massive structure called a shadehouse. Lab workers have to climb ladders to peek inside and tend to the tiny organisms.
06/24/11
Dr. Jeff Gross (MCDB), Dr. Marty Shankland (MCDB), and Dr. Dee Silverthorn (SBS) have all been awarded Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards for 2011...
09/15/10 Improving cotton is the goal of $3.8 million grant to Jeff Chen
09/01/10 Jerry Brand has been named the Jack S. Josey Professor in Energy Studies for 2010-2012. This award is in recognition of his ongoing contributions to development of algae as a source for biofuels.
07/30/10
Researching cell movements in developing frogs, John Wallingford (MCDB) and colleagues have revealed…
05/04/10 John Wallingford is selected to receive the
2010 Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence
. John was chosen for this award from the Texas Exes by a committee of students. He is the second member of the MCDB faculty to win this award in recent years, with Arturo De Lozanne winning it in 2008.
06/22/09 Stan Roux is one of three SBS faculty to be awarded the
Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award.
03/26/09 John Wallingford is one of two CNS faculty to receive an
HHMI Early Career Scientist award
.
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