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Save the Date: 2026 Annual Conference in San Antonio

Save the date for the TAMEST 2026 Annual Conference: Pioneering Climate Innovations, Feb. 2–4, 2026, at the Kimpton Santo Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

The 2026 meeting will showcase creative interventions and innovations in sustainability and climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation across a wide range of disciplines.

Speakers and sessions will explore real-world, scalable climate solutions and collaborative problem-solving for sustainability in medicine, engineering, science and technology. Don’t miss this opportunity to take an in-depth look at how science and innovation can help navigate the challenges of our changing world.

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2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Call for Nominations: February 1–April 30, 2025

Nominations for the 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards are currently open. The awards annually recognize rising star Texas researchers who are addressing the essential role that science and technology play in society and whose work meets the highest standards of exemplary professional performance, creativity and resourcefulness.

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Recipients of the 2025 Hill Prizes Announced

TAMEST and Lyda Hill Philanthropies are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Hill Prizes. The prizes, funded by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, propel high-risk, high-reward ideas and innovations that demonstrate very significant potential for real-world impact and can lead to new, paradigm-shifting paths in research.

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2025 Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship Recipient

Gerta Hoxhaj, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI), is the recipient of the 2025 Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship in cancer research. She was chosen for her work in cancer metabolism and revealing new mechanisms crucial for the growth and survival of cancer cells. Learn more about the 2025 Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship recipient.

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2025 O’Donnell Awards Recipients

The Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards annually recognize rising Texas researchers who are addressing the essential role that science and technology play in society, and whose work meets the highest standards of exemplary professional performance, creativity and resourcefulness. Learn more about the 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards recipients.

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2025 Kay Bailey Hutchison Distinguished Service Award Recipients

TAMEST is pleased to announce Lyda Hill and Lyda Hill Philanthropies as the recipients of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Distinguished Service Award. TAMEST is recognizing Lyda Hill and her team for empowering and enabling groundbreaking research in science and nature that profoundly impacts society. Learn more about the 2025 Kay Bailey Hutchison Distinguished Service Award recipients.

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TAMEST Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation and Impact at Pegasus Park

On Tuesday, September 3, TAMEST gathered more than 70 National Academy members, research institution leaders and others from the research community to attend a special 20th Anniversary Reception and networking event at Pegasus Park in Dallas. The evening featured an on-stage conversation with Former United States Senator The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison, who co-founded TAMEST in 2004, TAMEST Board President Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D. (NAM), Baylor College of Medicine and UT Southwestern Medical Center President and TAMEST Member Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D. (NAM). The program showcased TAMEST’s history and growth over the past 20 years and its potential in the future.

TAMEST Welcomes SwRI and Texas Biomed as New Member Institutions

TAMEST is excited to announce the addition of two new member institutions: Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed). Both are private research institutes located in San Antonio, Texas. TAMEST member institutions are vital partners in fulfilling TAMEST’s mission. Their support enables TAMEST to cultivate and support the next generation of researchers and innovators, increase cooperation across disciplines and address issues critical to the state.

O’Donnell Awards Information Session Slides and Video Now Available

Video and slides from the 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Information Session are now available to learn more about the nomination and selection process for the awards. The 2026 Awards will mark 20 years since the awards were first given. It will be a milestone year to recognize and celebrate the transformative impacts O’Donnell Awards recipients have had on science and society. Nominations are currently open for the 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards through April 30th.

TAMEST Profile: Liz Holliday Lerner, TAMEST Director of Communications

Liz Holliday Lerner has been the Director of Communications at TAMEST since 2019. Raised in San Antonio and surrounded by a family immersed in science and research, Liz developed a deep appreciation for science communications from an early age. TAMEST connected with Liz to learn more about her work, passions and how she uses strategic communications, marketing and storytelling to fulfill TAMEST’s mission.

TAMEST Members News Roundup- March 2025

From award nominations to media interviews, TAMEST loves to share the accolades of our membership. Read the March compilation of our membership’s recent accomplishments, research breakthroughs and more.

TAMEST 2025 Annual Conference: Slides and Photos Available

Thank you to all who joined us at the TAMEST 2025 Annual Conference: Transformational Breakthroughs, February 4–6, 2025, at the Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. Speaker slides and photos are now available from the conference sessions. Video from the 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Ceremony is also available. We’re pleased to share some highlights of the meeting with you.

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