Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Disease Mechanisms
Welcome to The Department of Biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine. We are a highly interactive group of faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows with diverse research interests in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics. We use cutting-edge technologies and experimental systems to address the cellular and molecular mechanisms of biological processes, particularly those that relate broadly to human disease.
Specific research themes within the Department include Neuroscience & Aging; Signal Transduction & Cancer; ECM/Cellular Injury; Metabolism, Obesity/Diabetes; Proteomics, Glycomics & Lipidomics; and Development.
As part of the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, we are committed to the education of graduate, medical, and dental students. The emphasis of our graduate program is on comprehensive research training in our faculty members’ laboratories. In addition, many of our nearly 50 graduate students join our active research labs through the Cell and Molecular Biology Program.
Under the direction of our Chair, Dr. David A. Harris, our Department has embarked on an exciting, new expansion initiative, with the recruitment of new faculty members and substantial renovation of our research laboratories.
Please return to our website frequently or contact us to learn more about our graduate programs and research discoveries!
Spotlight on…
2012 Graduates
The Department of Biochemistry would like to congratulate all our recent graduates who will be receiving their degrees on May 18th and May 19th. Receiving PhD degrees in Biochemistry: Erika Angle Ebbel, Johann Bergholz, Michael Breen, Jennifer Fitch, Amanuel Kehasse, Juyoun Kim, Larry Luchsinger, Le Meng, Nadezda Sargaeva, and Erica Walsh. Receiving a MD-PhD Degree: Nathan Wigner. Receiving a MA in Biochemistry: Robert Shine and Joseph Ferrari. Congratulations to our graduates and we offer them just one word of advice: “Plastics”.
The Spotlight section will highlight exciting research discoveries, grants, and Biochemistry Department News. Spotlight archives are here Archives
