@texas_IB

Department of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin

 Austin, TX
integrativebio.utexas.edu/
Joined August 2015
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Check out our brand new Bluesky profile and follow us! bsky.app/profile/texas-ib.bs…
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NaturalSciences @ UT@TexasScienceJun 9
Meet Chip Breier, a marine scientist developing cutting-edge robotics & other tools to explore some of the most extreme environments on Earth. 🌊🔬 Read our Q&A: texasscientist.cns.utexas.ed… @UTMSI @UTAustin
A man stands with arms folded next to a short wall, looking out at the ocean. Photo credit: Tico Mendoza

ALT A man stands with arms folded next to a short wall, looking out at the ocean. Photo credit: Tico Mendoza

A man stands on the deck of a research vessel, working on a robotic submersible that looks like a large yellow box about the size of a small car. Photo credit: Chip Breier.

ALT A man stands on the deck of a research vessel, working on a robotic submersible that looks like a large yellow box about the size of a small car. Photo credit: Chip Breier.

A man leans against a railing on the deck of a research vessel. Behind him, a crane is lowering a robotic submersible that looks like a large yellow box about the size of a small car into the water. Photo credit: Chip Breier

ALT A man leans against a railing on the deck of a research vessel. Behind him, a crane is lowering a robotic submersible that looks like a large yellow box about the size of a small car into the water. Photo credit: Chip Breier

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On the UT campus? Stop by the new display of this 100+ year-old X-ray machine in the PAT lobby. Nobel laureate Hermann J. Muller used this machine in groundbreaking genetics research at UT in the 1920s, work that later earned him the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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We're hiring a Communications Coordinator to join our team! This is a full-time opportunity at UT Austin's Biodiversity Center. Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/apply-bccc
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NaturalSciences @ UT@TexasScienceJun 12
The Texas Science & Natural History Museum started with a bang! 🧨
Jim Nicar@JimNicarJun 12
June 11, 1936: On a train-stop visit to Austin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt officially broke ground for @UTAustin's future Texas Memorial Museum - today's Texas Science and Natural History Museum - by pressing a button to light a stick of dynamite at the site.
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UT Austin
@UTAustinJun 6
Science meets art 🖼️ From glowing microscopic organisms to dendritic spines that resemble coral reefs, the @texasscience 2026 Visualizing Science contest proved scientific discovery can look just as stunning as anything in an art gallery: utex.as/4uNkdv3
Science, but make it art.\n\nEvery year, the College of Natural Sciences invites faculty, staff and students to send in the most striking and fascinating images from their research for the college-wide Visualizing Science competition.

ALT Science, but make it art.\n\nEvery year, the College of Natural Sciences invites faculty, staff and students to send in the most striking and fascinating images from their research for the college-wide Visualizing Science competition.

Choanoflagellates are the closest relatives of animals, and these microscopic organisms (each cell is only 5 microns!) help illuminate how we first established symbiotic interactions \nwith bacteria.

ALT Choanoflagellates are the closest relatives of animals, and these microscopic organisms (each cell is only 5 microns!) help illuminate how we first established symbiotic interactions \nwith bacteria.

A one-second exposure of the Air-Breathing Deflagration Thruster operating in vacuum shows a bright, collimated plasma jet. Electric current flows through the plasma and interacts with its own magnetic field, generating Lorentz forces that accelerate the plasma outward and simultaneously pinch it inward.

ALT A one-second exposure of the Air-Breathing Deflagration Thruster operating in vacuum shows a bright, collimated plasma jet. Electric current flows through the plasma and interacts with its own magnetic field, generating Lorentz forces that accelerate the plasma outward and simultaneously pinch it inward.

What starts here changes the world.

ALT What starts here changes the world.

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Proof that Texas has been home to larger-than-life characters for a very long time! 🦣The museum's own Liam Norris, PhD shared fascinating facts about Texas' Ice Age creatures with @weareaustin @trevorscottatx @swaggonerrr cbsaustin.com/features/we-ar…

Exploring the Texas Ice Age in the latest "I Didn’t Know That!" with Dr. Liam

Summer may be heating up across Texas, but a new local segment is taking a cooler route — straight into the Ice Age.The latest edition of “I Didn’t Know That!”

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Meet Stengl-Wyer Fellow Daryl Barth! She studies the gut microbiomes of plastic-eating superworms to uncover novel enzymes capable of breaking down persistent plastics like polystyrene, polyethylene, and nylon. biodiversity.utexas.edu/news…
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Coral reefs support over 25% of marine life, but Caribbean reefs are collapsing as key coral species fail to reproduce. Professor Misha Matz has proposed introducing resilient non-native corals to help save these ecosystems before it’s too late. tinyurl.com/h9effd5w
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🦇 TNC's Eckert James River Bat Cave is one of the largest bat nurseries in the country. Experience the magic of a bat emergence Thursday-Sunday evenings May 29-September 6. Visit nature.org/texasbatcave for info. Call the Bat Cave hotline at 325-347-5970 before making the trip.
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Check out our new “Raining Fish” display about 2 recent Texas fish falls! The Ichthyology Collection acquired specimens from these rare events—making it one of the few natural history collections in the world with fish fall specimens. See it at north entrance of PAT on campus!
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I What is powered flight, and which animals can actually take to the skies? Learn more from the museum's Dr. Liam Norris with @weareaustin @TrevorScottATX and @TVSWAGGONER cbsaustin.com/features/we-ar…

I Didn’t Know That! with Dr. Liam: Exploring the Science of Powered Flight

A new edition of “I Didn’t Know That!” on We Are Austin is taking viewers to the skies with a closer look at the science of powered flight.Dr. Liam Norris from

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Meet Stengl-Wyer Fellow Rebecca Clemons! Her research focuses on how amphibian immune systems respond to a deadly fungal pathogen. Read more about her here in our latest blog post. #herpetology #amphibians #ecology #sustainability biodiversity.utexas.edu/news…
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Integrative Biology retweeted
UT Austin
@UTAustinApr 14
Tower Tuesday: Beyond the libraries, offices and administrators, the Tower holds the second-largest herbarium in the state of Texas. 🪴 The @TexasScience Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center occupies 10 floors and has over one million plant specimens, including a sample collected by Charles Darwin: utex.as/41ywXsB
A blue bonnet plant inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

ALT A blue bonnet plant inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

A sample collected by Charles Darwin inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

ALT A sample collected by Charles Darwin inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

A indian painbrush sample inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

ALT A indian painbrush sample inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

A prairie verband sample inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

ALT A prairie verband sample inside the UT Tower's herbarium.

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Congrats to Dr. Amy Wolf, recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentoring Award! This award honors outstanding faculty support in their mentees’ academic & career development. shorturl.at/tuLsY
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Happy Earth Day everyone!
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We're excited to share some unexpected news: we monitored the nest after it was believed the 2nd owlet had died & Athena had abandoned. Later that afternoon the owlet began moving again & we helped coordinate a rescue—owlet is doing better, read more: allaboutbirds.org/cams/athen…
Athena's second owlet in hand after being rescued from the nest.

ALT Athena's second owlet in hand after being rescued from the nest.

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Congrats to Dr. Hans Hofmann, recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Mentoring Award for exceptional mentorship of Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars! This award honors outstanding faculty support in mentees’ academic & career development. shorturl.at/tuLsY
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Calling all science enthusiasts! Come to the 2026 BioBlitz @ Brackenridge Field Lab, Sat 4/25. Family friendly & open to the public. Drop in anytime between 10 am to 10 pm. Details & registration here: eventbrite.com/e/bioblitz-20…
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April's Science Under the Stars event "An Evening with Biodiversity Researchers" was a great success! Stengl-Wyer Scholars and Fellows presented their research and had tabling events as well. #biodiversity #outreach #scienceoutreach #ecology #biology
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Integrative Biology retweeted
NaturalSciences @ UT@TexasScienceApr 16
Iceland was the only Arctic country w/o mosquitoes. Now, thanks to human activities, they’ve made the leap. In a new editorial in @ScienceMagazine, @UTAustin biologist Amanda Koltz warns of more changes to come and calls for more Arctic research. doi.org/10.1126/science.aeh9… @texas_IB
A mosquito rests on the fabric of a scientist's shirt. Photo credit:

ALT A mosquito rests on the fabric of a scientist's shirt. Photo credit:

The Arctic sky is thick with flying mosquitoes. Photo credit: Jesse Krause.

ALT The Arctic sky is thick with flying mosquitoes. Photo credit: Jesse Krause.

The pant leg of a scientist is covered in mosquitoes. Photo credit: Jesse Krause.

ALT The pant leg of a scientist is covered in mosquitoes. Photo credit: Jesse Krause.

Mosquitoes land on the face of a stoic-looking bird. Photo credit: Jeff Kerby.

ALT Mosquitoes land on the face of a stoic-looking bird. Photo credit: Jeff Kerby.

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