News: Accolades

For his role in biomedical research linked to the development of vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, the professor of molecular biosciences won the award given annually by the State Bar of Texas's Intellectual Property Section in recognition of an individual whose invention "has significantly impacted the Texas economy."

The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has announced that Jason McLellan, a University of Texas at Austin associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, and Daniel Wrapp, a graduate student fellow, were among seven winners of this year’s Golden Goose Award.

Jonathan Sessler of the Department of Chemistry and George Georgiou of the Department of Molecular Biosciences at The University of Texas at Austin have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

George Georgiou of The University of Texas at Austin is among the researchers inventing new drugs.

Jennifer Maynard of The University of Texas at Austin is among the researchers working to develop new drugs.