Principal Investigator Don B. Gammon and researchers at @UTSWNews has discovered an antiviral immune pathway that broadly fights a wide variety of viruses. buff.ly/3JjXGQr

A big congratulations to Xiaowei Zhuang, a member of The Welch Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board, for her induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame on May 9th. buff.ly/4aOYY25

Principal Investigator Alan Lambowitz and researchers at UT Austin reveal mechanisms for site-specifically integrating RNA into DNA genomes with potential biotechnological applications. buff.ly/3waoxM3

Endowed Chair Peter G. Wolynes and researchers at Rice University have shown that molecules can scramble quantum information as effectively as black holes, with implications for chemical physics and quantum computing. buff.ly/3WpSBOx

Principal Investigator Wenbo Li and researchers at UTHealth Houston highlight that pharmacological activation of FXR by hammerhead-type agonists induces a novel eRNA, Fincor, contributing to the amelioration of NASH in mice. buff.ly/3w59Jhs

Congratulations to Jenny Brodbelt, recipient of the Am Soc for Mass Spec John B. Fenn Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry!

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Check out our recent work on porous organic polymer-based nanotraps for Pt/Pd separation UNT Department of Chemistry The Welch Foundation Tailoring the Coordination Micro‐Environment in Nanotraps for Efficient Platinum/Palladium Separation - Song - Advanced Materials onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Principal Investigator Nick V. Grishin and researchers at @UTSWNews identified FDA-approved drugs with therapeutic potential for induction of heart regeneration in mammals. buff.ly/3vzqGQY

Dr. Rudi Fasan, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, was recognized as one of the newest endowed chairs and professors at The University of Texas at Dallas. Congratulations, Dr. Fasan, on this well-deserved accolade!

Principal Investigator Sheel Dodani and researchers at UT Dallas are engineering a modern arsenal of technologies to investigate chloride in diverse cellular processes. buff.ly/4cBmcKr

Principal Investigator Joshua T. Mendell and researchers at @UTSWNews identify protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) as a molecular vulnerability in ER+/RB1-knockout breast cancer cells. buff.ly/3TYwNaP

Endowed Chair David Tweardy and researchers present a potential new paradigm in which a single mutation would result in both the loss of a tumor suppressor and the gain of an oncogenic program. buff.ly/3xqE5LD

Endowed Chair James Sacchettini and researchers at Texas A&M University build on the discovery of drug-like amidinoureas that kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world’s leading cause of death from infection before COVID-19, by inhibiting the essential enzyme PptT (7). buff.ly/4aDMZEe

Principal Investigator Jun Lou and materials scientists at Rice University are shedding light on the intricate growth processes of 2D crystals, laying the groundwork for the precise synthesis of these materials with unparalleled accuracy. buff.ly/3VDqZ7V

26 individuals have been selected to participate in the WelchX Collaboration Retreat. This year’s theme for the Retreat is “Chemistry of Life”. The retreat will take place Monday, June 17 - Thursday, June 20 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin.

Endowed Chair Devarajan Thirumalai and researchers at UT Austin show that preservation of a subset of TADs upon removing cohesin is a robust phenomenon that is valid across multiple cell lines. buff.ly/3TYvwAz

Principal Investigator Lydia M. Contreras and researchers at UT Austin demonstrate that CsrA can extend its network by directly binding and regulating the evgA and acnA transcripts, encoding for regulatory proteins. buff.ly/4cBCp29

Principal Investigator Xiaochen Bai and researchers at @UTSWNews demonstrate the activation mechanism of IR by IGF2 and reveal the molecular basis underlying the different affinity of IGF2 to IR-A and IR-B. buff.ly/49gxEYV

Principal Investigator Rafael Verduzco and researchers at Rice University provide an overview of photoCRP techniques for the synthesis of nonlinear polymers and a perspective on potential future directions for research. buff.ly/3TYlyPE

P.I. Matthieu G. Gagnon and researchers at UTMB Health report cryo-electron microscopy structures of the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome complexed with elongation factor thermo unstable and isoleucine-tRNAIleLAU in the process of decoding AUA and AUG. buff.ly/3TxAOlj