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TACC's leading role in UT Research Cyberinfrastructure initiative enables discoveries throughout UT System

Though TACC's reach is nationwide, its heart bleeds burnt orange. Since its inception, the center has aimed to help scholars throughout The University of Texas System's 14 institutions.

The University of Texas Research Cyberinfrastructure (UTRC) initiative provides advanced computing systems, large data storage, and high bandwidth data access between the institutions, enabling researchers to collaborate and compete at the forefront of science and discovery. The efforts have led to impressive discoveries at every UT System institution.

UT SYSTEM ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS


 

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Predicted where and when Hurricanes Harvey and Irma would hit the Gulf Coast region.

 

2

The University of Texas at Arlington
Explained how Burmese pythons regenerate their organs.

 

3

The University of Texas at Dallas
Created new control algorithm that can boost wind energy production nationwide.

 

4

The University of Texas at El Paso
Modeled artificial photosynthetic systems that can turn light into energy.

 

5

The University of Texas Permian Basin
Explored the emission of electrons from a gold surface for use in future sensors.

 

6

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Uncovered chemical reactions that are important in the organic synthesis of catalysts.

 

7

The University of Texas at San Antonio
Developed tools to predict how chemical weapons will travel in the atmosphere.

 

8

The University of Texas at Tyler
Uncovered the genetic roots of Yellow Canopy Syndrome, a disease that causes millions of dollars in agricultural losses in Australia.

UT SYSTEM HEALTH INSTITUTIONS


 

9

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Facilitated immune repertoire sequencing to improve cancer treatments.

 

10

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Explored protein folding in bacteriophage DNA.

 

11

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Designed dose-finding trials for combinations of immunotherapies.

 

12

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Interpreted ultracentrifugation experiments to explain how the West Nile virus replicates.

 

13

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Screened small molecule drugs to eradicate colon cancer.

 

14

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
Trained future computational biochemists.


To learn more about how TACC is aiding Texas researchers, check out our special report: useta.cc/serving-the-state.