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The Texas Academy of Science has been promoting science excellence in the state of Texas since it was founded in 1880. Learn more at www.texasacademyofscience.org

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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Conversations, such as the ones that will happen today at Hardin Simmons University’s technology summit, are important for all STEM fields. www.hsutx.edu/the-future-i...
promotional poster with Hardin-Simmons University logo and conference title "The Future is Now"
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The @tamu.bsky.social System’s new VISION supercomputer is the most powerful university supercomputer in the United States! vision.tamus.edu
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Vision Supercomputer – Accelerating Research and Innovation across The Texas A&M System With a High-Performance AI Supercomputer
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
2026 Annual Meeting Tee shirts are still available for $20, which includes shipping! If interested, contact Treasurer Kathy Wood at katewood001 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Texas high school students! The 2026 Texas JUNIOR Academy of Science will be held October 8 and 9 at @tamu.bsky.social Texas A&M University in College Station. Registration will open 31 Aug and close 11 Sep at 5pm. For more details, visit artscioutreach.tamu.edu/tjas-event-d...
Texas Junior Academy of Science Logo featuring the name of the organization across the top, images of the state of Texas and a triangle with the words "Education", "Service", and "Research"
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
University of Texas at Austin mapping microplastics www.texasscientist.cns.utexas.edu/articles/bea...
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Beachcombing Goes High Tech — The Texas Scientist
Microplastics — tiny fibers, flakes and pellets — on beaches prove challenging to monitor. Since they release toxic chemicals into marine organisms and up the food chain into humans, the world needs s...
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Texas Journal of Science Volume 77 (2025) includes 6 research articles and 1 invited article from 2025 Texas Distinguished Scientist Jingbo Liu. Read it at tjs.kglmeridian.com
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
UTSA researchers lead global tree census www.texasscientist.cns.utexas.edu/articles/glo...
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Global Tree Census — The Texas Scientist
Brian Sedio, assistant professor of integrative biology, is conducting a census of trees at sites across the Texas Field Station Network, including the newest addition, the Hill Country Field Station...
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The UT San Antonio robotics team behind RoboRowdy wins global competition sanantonioreport.org/utsa-san-ant...
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UT San Antonio robotics team wins global engineering competition
The all-freshman, multidisciplinary team from UTSA, had been named the sole finalist to represent the U.S. in the engineering competition.
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Mourning the loss but celebrating the career of TAS Fellow Dr. Robert Charles Ivey www.reporternews.com/obituaries/p...
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Dr. Robert Charles Ivey Obituary - Abilene Reporter News
Dr. Robert Charles Ivey, 82, of Abilene, passed away on July 11, 2026, in Abilene, Texas. Private family burial service will be held at Elmwood...
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The Texas Academy of Science has been promoting science excellence in the state of Texas since it was founded in 1880. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we depend on the support of our members to achieve that mission.
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Congratulations to Dominic Pruss of Baylor University, whose poster "Differential gene expression in human bronchial cells after exposure to 3D-printer emitted aerosols" tied for first place in the Cell & Molecular Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Congratulations to Heaven Eskandar of Southwestern University, who won first place for their presentation "Bobbing for apple snails: detecting Pomacea maculata in San Antonio waterways using environmental DNA" in the Freshwater Science Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Heaven Eskandar poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Congratulations to Gustavo Zamora of Texas Lutheran University, whose poster "Dimethyl terephthalate effects on adipogenesis in an OP9 cell model" tied for first place in the Cell & Molecular Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Gustavo Zamora poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Congratulations to Jordan Ruppert of @sfasu.edu whose poster "Shifting geometries: octahedral geometry and electron count affect electronic communication" tied for third place in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Jordan Ruppert poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Matthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org · 26/06/2026
Do I have any Gulf of Mexico phycologists in my network? Please let me know!
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations to Hadley Watts of @sfasu.edu, who won second place for their presentation "Redox cooperativity analysis with computational chemistry: role of 3d versus 4d/5d metals" in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Hadley Watts poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations to Perla Tovar of @sfasu.edu, who won second place for their presentation "Protective effects of mint extracts against oxidative stress in human serum albumin protein" in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Perla Tovar poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Congratulations to Ryan Trevino of Texas Lutheran University, who won third place for their poster "Mouse stem cell differentiation when treated with two specific types of PFHxS (PFAS)" in the Cell & Molecular Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Ryan Trevino poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Congratulations to Annie Trinh of University of Houston - Downtown, who tied for first place for their poster in the Neuroscience Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Annie Trinh poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Congratulations to Kiera Griffin of @baylor.bsky.social, who won first place for their presentation "Cytotoxicity of freebase nicotine and its analogs using cellular and statistical methods" in the Biomedical Sciences Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
From SU to WashU: TAS Member Amanda Mejia doing great science across the country! www.southwestern.edu/live/news/17...
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From SU to WashU: How Southwestern Sparked Amanda Mejia’s Passion for Aerospace Engineering
As part of Southwestern’s dual degree engineering program partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, Amanda Mejia ’27 will be heading to Was...
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congratulations to Michaela Stelzer of Temple College, who won first place for their poster "Under the soil: effects of Diquat herbicide on tomato root complexity and AM fungi symbiosis" in the Plant Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Michaela Stelzer poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congratulations to Mary Robles of University of Houston - Downtown, who won second place for their poster in the Plant Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Mary Robles poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Congratulations to Kylie Allemeier of Southwestern University, who won first place for their presentation "Wanted dead, not alive: using eRNA:eDNA ratios to assess viability of invasive apple snail (Pomacea maculata)" in the Conservation Ecology Section at our 2026 Meeting!
student Kylie Allemeier poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Congratulations to Jiva Desai of University of Houston - Downtown, who won second place for their poster "Screening compounds for their potential to inhibit growth of leukemia cells (Molt-4)" in the Biomedical Sciences Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Jiva Desai poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations to Robert Albin of McMurry University, who won first place for their poster "Using grass shrimp to evaluate mercury concentrations of Texas lake systems" in the Freshwater Science Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Robert Albin poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations to Jaalah Shand of @utaustin.bsky.social, who won second place for their poster "Thermal sensitivity patterns in urban and rural Austin streams" in the Freshwater Science Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Jaalah Shand poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Congratulations to Tyler Miller of Temple College and Jacob Wooten of McMurry University, whose posters tied for first place in the Terrestrial Ecology & Management Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Tyler Miller poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burnsstudent Jacob Wooten poses with TAS President Maria Burns while receiving a research award
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Congratulations to Gloria Dominguez of McLennan Community College, who won first place for their poster "A longitudinal study: the abundance and disease status of starlet corals in Roatán, Honduras" in the Marine Sciences Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student Gloria Dominguez poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Congratulations to Kimble Gould of Southwestern University, who won second place for their poster "Staging the embryogenesis of male-pregnant Gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli) using optic development" in the Marine Sciences Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student Kimble Gould poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Congratulations to Yuliana Santos Ventura of University of Houston - Downtown, who won second place for their poster in the Systematics & Evolutionary Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Yuliana Santos Ventura poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Congratulations to Lila O'Donnell of Temple College, who won first place for their poster "Bringing biochemistry into organic chemistry through an LLPS-based CURE module" in the Science Education Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student Lila O'Donnell poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congratulations to Gisela Guerrero of @acuedu.bsky.social, who won first place for their oral presentation in the Plant Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Gisela Guerrero poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congratulations to Yamilex Hernandez of Temple College, who won second place for their oral presentation "Diquat herbicide-induced effects on cherry tomatoes" in the Plant Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Yamilex Hernandez poses while receiving a research award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New TAS-Supported Publication Alert! Lead author Erin M. Keenan Early of @utaustin.bsky.social won a TAS research award in 2019! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Screenshot of title and author information. Full citation: Keenan Early, E.M., Bell, C.J., Collins, M.J. et al. Proteomic taxonomic identification can identify cryptic diversity of Squamata in modern and paleontological specimens. Sci Rep (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14392-3
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Congratulations to Mercy Nnaeme of @uttyler.bsky.social, who won first place for their poster "Foraging responses of hummingbirds to nectar concentration in an Andean cloud forest" in the Conservation Ecology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Mercy Nnaeme poses while receiving a research award
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Congratulations to Ashley Tejada and Cambria Blanton, both of McLennan Community College, who won first and second place in the Sammy Ray Marine Science award competition, respectively, for their oral presentations at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Congratulations to Sunshyne Parrish of McMurry University, who won first place for their oral presentation in the Terrestrial Ecology & Management Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Sunshyne Parrish poses while receiving an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Congratulations to Katelyn Jones and Marlene Zepeta-Rodriguez, both of @sfasu.edu, whose presentations tied for third place in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
student Katelyn Jones poses while receiving an award from TAS President Maria BurnsStudent Marlene Zepeta Rodriguez poses while receiving an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Congratulations to Angelica Reyes of @utaustin.bsky.social, who won first place for their poster "Insights into the large mammal fossils from Phillips Paleo Cave, Crockett County, Texas" in the Geosciences Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations to James Myrick of @txst.edu, who won first place for their poster "Evaluating bone strength in press-fit versus cement-fit arthroplasty via micro-CT" in the Anthropology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student James Myrick poses while receiving an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Congratulations to Madeleine Thomas of Southwestern University, who tied for first place with their poster "An analysis of the dopaminergic pathway in the brain and pituitary of male-pregnant pipefish and seahorses" in the Neuroscience Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student Madeliene Thomas poses while receiving an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Congratulations to Julia Jurewicz of University of Mary Hardin-Baylor whose poster "Impact of azadiradione on DNA oxidation" tied for third place in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student Julia Jurewicz poses while receiving an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Congratulations to Alfonso Lena Ordaz of Temple College, who won second place for their poster "Improving math readiness for general chemistry through the development of an online bootcamp" in the Science Education Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student Alfonso Lena Ordaz poses receiving an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Congratulations to Sam Vargas of @utaustin.bsky.social, who won first place for their poster "Discovering novel inhibitors for 3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) reductase (FabG) in Plasmodium falciparum" in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Student Sam Vargas poses while receiving an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Congratulations to Pheben Abebe and Natalie Osina, whose posters tied for second place in the Cell & Molecular Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"@austincollege.bsky.social students present Research at Texas Academy of Science" www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publi...
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Coverage of Howard Payne University students who attended our 2026 Annual Meeting baptiststandard.com/news/around-...
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Around the State: Wayland featured in national TV series
Wayland Baptist University was selected for feature coverage on Empowered, a public television documentary series.
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Congratulations to Maximiliano Perez of University of Houston - Downtown, who won first place for their oral presentation in the Cell & Molecular Biology Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
Maximilano Perez receives an award from TAS President Maria Burns
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Texas Academy of Science @txacsci.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congratulations to Justy Chung of @tamu.bsky.social, who tied for third place poster "Comparing dynamics of fermentation and probiotic properties with American Kimchi" in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Section at the 2026 Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science!
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