Organized Research Units

Faculty from the School of Biological Sciences are involved with the Organized Research Units listed below. For students, these research entities provide exceptional, hands-on research opportunities which they can experience early in their careers through undergraduate research programs.

Brackenridge Field Laboratory - Lawrence E. Gilbert, Director

Center for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology - David Crews, Director

Center for Biological and Medical Engineering - Ken Diller, Director

Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics - David Hillis, Director

Center for Learning and Memory - Daniel Johnston, Director

Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology - Paul Barbara, Director

Center for Structural Biology - Jon Robertus, Director

Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology - Andrew Ellington, Director

Culture Collection of Algae - Jerry Brand, Director

Environmental Science Institute - Jay Banner, Director

Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology - Alan Lambowitz, Director

Institute for Neuroscience - Daniel Johnston, Director

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Marine Science Institute - Lee A. Fuiman, Director

Plant Resources Center - Beryl Simpson, Director

Texas Natural Science Center/Texas Memorial Museum - Edward C. Theriot, Director

Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research - R. Adron Harris, Director