2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Biological Sciences Recipient Yunsun Nam, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center (IMAGE)

Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology

2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Biological Sciences Recipient Yunsun Nam, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Renowned molecular biologist Yunsun Nam, Ph.D., Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Science at UT Southwestern Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Biological Sciences from TAMEST. She was chosen for her groundbreaking research into how RNAs and proteins interact at the molecular level – providing key insights for gene regulation, cancer biology and RNA-based therapeutics.

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TAMEST (Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology)

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