Biochemistry 501, Introduction to Biochemistry, is a three-credit course offered every semester. Attendance during the school year often exceeds 600 students a semester, and its popularity as an online summer course has grown exponentially since …
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Biochemistry faculty profile – Assistant Professor Ci Ji Lim
Please tell us a little about yourself. Where did you grow up, go to school, your influences? I grew up on the small sunny island of Singapore. After my national service, I went to Nanyang …
Rashan inducted into Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Edrees (Eddie) Rashan has been selected for the 2021 cohort of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Rashan is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Biochemistry and doctoral candidate in the Integrated …
SpliceCon 2021: Steenbock Symposium 41
The Department of Biochemistry is hosting its first virtual Steenbock Symposium April 22 – 23, 2021. This year’s international symposium, entitled “SpliceCon 2021,” brings together 17 invited speakers and over 200 scientists from across the …
Biochemistry faculty profile – Professor Ann C. Palmenberg
Please tell us a little about yourself. Where did you grow up, go to school, your influences? In 2016 my professional autobiography “The Language of Life” was published in Annual Review of Virology. It covers …
Partnership to improve cryo-EM software
Biochemistry Assistant Professor Tim Grant, also an investigator at Morgridge Institute for Research, has teamed up again with a former colleague to update their software program cisTEM. The software program helps turn the literally millions …
Venturelli Lab receives R21 to research antibiotic resistant genes
Biochemistry Assistant Professor Ophelia Venturelli has been awarded an Exploratory/ Developmental Research Grant (R21) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award is in support of the development of new methods to uncover associations …
Biochemistry faculty profile – Professor Elizabeth Craig
Please tell us a little about yourself. Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school? I grew up outside a small town in New Hampshire called Peterborough. I went to Peterborough High …
Biochemistry alum awarded 2021 Wolf Prize in Medicine
Biochemistry alum Lynne Maquat has been awarded the 2021 Wolf Prize in Medicine. The international award is given to outstanding scientists from around the world for achievements that benefit mankind. Maquat was a graduate student …
The Raman Laboratory develops new tool for mapping phage-bacterial interactions
Researchers have developed a new method that reveals the molecular code governing bacteriophage-bacteria interactions. Bacteriophages (phages) – viruses that infect and kill bacteria – have emerged as a promising new frontier due to potential use …