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. Graduate students have joined our active research labs through several programs and we are about to launch a new interdisciplinary program called Program in Biomedical Sciences (or PiBS for short).

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…

Thematic Seminar Series 2013

The Spring Thematic Seminar Series will take place on April 3rd, 11th, and May 2nd 2013 on the topic “Non-coding RNA in health and disease”. All seminars will be at 3:00 pm in Keefer Auditorium followed by a reception. The first speaker is Phillip A. Sharp, PhD on April 3rd. The second speaker is Harvey F. Lodish, PhD, and the third speaker in the series is M. Geoffrey Rosenfeld, MD. We look forward to seeing you at this exciting seminar series.

The Spotlight section will highlight exciting research discoveries, grants, and Biochemistry Department News. Spotlight archives are here Archives