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Research that Drives Innovation View Research Labs

UT Southwestern pharmacologists earn Hill Prize from TAMEST

CRI’s Gerta Hoxhaj, Ph.D., named TAMEST 2025 Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship recipient

James J. Collins III, Ph.D. — Director of Simmons Cancer Center, UTSW Pharmacology Chair elected to the National Academy of Medicine

James J. Collins III, Ph.D. — UT Southwestern pharmacologist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Vincent Tagliabracci, Ph.D. alongside text that reads 2024 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award Biological Sciences — UT Southwestern molecular biologist to receive O'Donnell Award from TAMEST

Russell DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D. — UT Southwestern molecular geneticist wins Hill Prize from TAMEST

Jinming Gao, Ph.D. — Jinming Gao named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Ravikanth Maddipati, M.D. — UTSW researcher receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Zhijian Chen, Ph.D. — UT Southwestern biochemist Zhijian ‘James’ Chen to receive prestigious Horwitz Prize

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Science and Medicine Combine for Discovery

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Work Alongside Distinguished Faculty

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Two male students reviewing scholarly papers — Faculty Office Doors are Always Open

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Our Goal is Your Success View Research Labs

Navigating Career Development is a Top Priority

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Word cloud of career types including Research in Industry, Principal Investigator, Business of Science, Research in Academia, Science Writing, Teach in Academia, and many others — Wide Range of Career Outcomes

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Our students work alongside distinguished faculty and leading researchers on some of the most impactful medical conditions of our time including:

Aging/Alzheimer's

Cancer/Biomarkers

Cancer/Stem Cells

Cardiology/Regeneration

Cholesterol

Diabetes

Innate Immunity

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State-of-the-Art Facilities

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Cyclotron and Radiochemistry

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DNA Sequencing – Next-Generation & Sanger

Flow Cytometry

Genomics & Microarray

High-Throughput Screening

Human Genetics Clinical Laboratory

Kidney Research

Live Cell Imaging

Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping

Mouse MRI

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Pathology

Preclinical Pharmacology

Protein Chemistry Technology Center

Proteomics

Rapid Biochemical Kinetics

RNA Oligonucleotide Synthesis

Rodent Behavior

Small Animal Imaging

Synthetic Chemistry

Tissue Management

Transgenic Core

X-ray Crystallography

$554.4

million to support research & innovation in 2020-2021

Cutting-Edge Technology

Whole Mouse Brain Microscopy

High Throughput Screening

Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Program

Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Cryo-Tomography

Mouse Genome Engineering (Transgenic Core and Mouse Genome Engineering Core)

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