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The Welch Foundation is one of the United States' largest private funding sources for basic chemical research.

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Principal Investigator Xiaochun Li along with other researchers at @UTSWMedCenter elucidate the activation mechanism of TRPML channels and paves the way for the development of selective TRPML modulators.
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Principal Investigator Rafael Verduzco (@RafRice) along with other @RiceUniversity researchers have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an obstacle or hitting a ball, guided and powered remotely by laser beams without any.
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Principal Investigator Joshua Mendell (@Mendell_lab) and researchers at @UTSWMedCenter highlight the functional versatility of snoRNA sequences and expand the known mechanisms through which noncoding RNAs orchestrate ribosome biogenesis.
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The Welch Foundation had such a blast last week hosting 18 researchers from across the state for the 2025 WelchX Collaboration Retreat! This year’s theme was “Chemical Research for Grand Challenges”. The retreat’s activities were designed to spur creative, innovative and
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RT @DrTodd_Hudnall: The Hudnall lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! Applicants excited about joining our recently relocated research group….
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Principal Investigator Neal Alto (@AltoLab_Neal) and researchers at @UTSWMedCenter show that the enterobacterium Shigella flexneri actively antagonizes LPS ubiquitylation through IpaH1.4, a secreted effector protein with ubiquitin E3 ligase activity.
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The Welch Foundation is investing more than $27 million in chemical research and education across Texas including $25.5 million in Research Grants supporting 85 grants at 16 institutions, $975,000 in Equipment Grants across 13 institutions, and $600,000 in Postdoctoral.
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Principal Investigator Ming Yi and researchers at @RiceUniversity perform transport, neutron scattering, scanning transmission electron microscopy and muon spin rotation experiments to unveil the microscopic mechanism of the annealing process and its impact on magneto-transport,.
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Principal Investigators Masaya Fujita of @UHouston and Oleg A. Igoshin of @RiceUniversity used biophysical modeling to reveal the transcriptional regulatory mechanism of Spo0A, the master regulator in starving Bacillus subtil.
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Principal Investigator Yuh Min Chook (@yuhminchook) and researchers at @UTSWMedCenter used Alphafold2 predictions and biochemical reconstitutions to show that one copy of Setdb1 and two copies of Atf7IP form a hetero-trimeric complex in vitro and in cells.
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Endowed Chair Zhiqiang An and researchers at @UTHealthHouston have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the broad binding capacity of a more general immune
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Principal Investigator Naomi J. Halas and researchers at @RiceUniversity and @bcmhouston have developed a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants in soil, even ones that have never been isolated or studied in a lab.
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Principal Investigator Chih-Kang Shih and Endowed Chair Xiaoqin Li along with researchers at @UTAustin have observed for the first time an exotic structure called an interlayer skyrmion—something that had been theorized but never before demonstrated experimentally. Interlayer.
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Endowed Chair Xiaoqin Li, Principal Investigator Feliciano Giustino and Principal Investigator Chih-Kang Shih of @UTAustin along with Principal Investigator Yimo Han (@han_yimo) of @RiceUniversity introduce an approach for tailoring robust supermoiré structures in bilayers of.
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Principal Investigator Edward M. Marcotte (@edward_marcotte) and researchers at @UTAustin have developed the first viable alternative to a 75-year-old method for sequencing proteins. Their new method could advance biomedical research and lead to the development of better medical.
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Principal Investigator Shengxi Huang and researchers at @RiceUniversity have developed a new machine learning algorithm that excels at interpreting optical spectra, potentially enabling faster and more precise medical diagnoses and sample analysis.
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“If we had enough computational power and mathematical knowledge, we could use wave equations to solve all the open questions in chemistry,” enthused Brad Ganoe, Welch Postdoctoral Fellow at @RiceUniversity. However, since those capabilities are far off – if even achievable – Dr.
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Welch Postdoctoral Fellow Kayla Goforth of @TAMU is studying the specific genetic mechanisms involved in the butterflies’ ability to use the magnetic field to migrate. “Chemical magnetic reception is light-dependent and we suspect that complex chemical reactions underlie animals’.
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Principal Investigator Mike Henne and researchers at @UTSWMedCenter have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell adhesion and movement using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells. Their findings could help.
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Life on Earth began in the deep sea, where extreme conditions shaped the earliest organisms. Lauren J. Webb at @UTAustin, Sheena D’Arcy (@DArcy_Lab_UTD) at @UT_Dallas and Hao Yan at @UNTsocial are diving into this deep-sea world to understand how lipid bilayer membranes—essential.
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