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Growing Adventures #3: Struggling Snow Rose…?

Hello everyone! Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break! I hope everyone had a wonderful time and (hopefully) lots of rest! If this is your first time reading, my name is Wesley and I am a second-year Pre-Med Biochemistry major and a student researcher under the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) at UT Austin. In my previous post, I talked about my happy and thriving Ming Fern! This time, however, I am going to be discussing one plant that constantly keeps me on my toes…

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Growing Adventures #1: Cheery Cherry Tomatoes!

Hello! My name is Wesley, and as of the writing of this post I am a second-year Pre-Med Biochemistry major and a student researcher under the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) at UT Austin. One of my roles in my research lab is managing the very website you are reading this post in! Today, I am going to be discussing my seven-week old cherry tomato plant, but before I start I would like to give some background…

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Urban Ecosystems Insider #1: September Shenanigans

Good day, everyone! Hopefully, y’all are enjoying the cooler weather! It's about time Texas gave us a break from the brutal 100-degree weather. For today's (first) blog post, we are going to discuss some of the things going on in our very own analytical chemistry team – aka Team Ruth. I had the pleasure of talking to researchers Anisa, Teja, and Ashley of Team Heavy Metals under Team Ruth (Lots of teams, huh!?). These three have spent the last two weeks looking for, well, heavy metals!

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Dr. Poulami Das Discusses How Viruses Disrupt Cellular Function

By G. Kago, Post Doctoral Fellow, Molecular BiosciencesPoulami Das

Welcome to the LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease Blog!

Here we will feature posts for both scientists and non-scientists regarding infectious disease research at the LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease. Some posts will look at infectious disease research papers, while others will feature Q&As with different LCID PIs and researchers.

In our inaugural blog post, we spoke to Dr. Poulami Das, researcher in the Dudley Lab on her work which is focused on understanding ways that viruses disrupt cellular function. This Blog is in a Q&A format.

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Interview with Dr. Theresa Martines: Our Honors Mathematics Advisor

Dr. Theresa Martines is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Mathematics at UT. Her main area of focus is teaching, and she helps with the coordination of courses, conducts teaching observations for other faculty members in the College of Natural Sciences, advises undergraduates in academics, and works to improve other things focused on teaching throughout the Mathematics department. She also

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