Professor Joseph S. Francisco will visit the department to give a research seminar and the keynote address at the Graduation Reception. The seminar is Thursday, May 20 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and the Graduation Reception is Friday, May 21 from 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m in the Convocation Center (WEL 2.122).
Professor Francisco received his B.S. in ...
Previously called the Advanced Research Program (ARP) sponsored by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program is a competitive peer-reviewed grant program created in 1987 by the 70th Texas Legislature. The purpose of theprogram is to encourage and provide support to faculty members and students in ...
Dr. Richard J. (Dick) Lagow, PhD, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2010, after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, with his beloved wife Roxann Parker-Lagow at his side. Dr. Lagow was born on August 16, 1945, in Albuquerque, N.M. to parents Faye and Ruthe Lagow. He graduated in 1963 with honors from Bryan Adams High School in Dallas, TX. He rec...
Carl Zimmer for The New York Times 04/26/10
Edward M. Marcotte is looking for drugs that can kill tumors by stopping blood vessel growth, and he and his colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin recently found some good targets — five human genes that are essential for that growth. Now they’re hunting for drugs that can stop those genes fro...
C&EN reported on April 23, 2010, that organic chemists Dionicio Siegel of the University of Texas, Austin, and Richmond Sarpong of the University of California, Berkeley, have set out to make complanadine A. Complanadine A aids production of nerve growth factors, something of interest in regenerative medicine and Alzheimer’s disease research. But t...