Department of Biochemistry Research

The Department of Biochemistry, established in 1935,  has a long-standing and impressive history within Boston University School of Medicine located in the heart of Boston’s South End . The current department ranks fourth among 106 US medical school biochemistry departments in total NIH grant funds awarded.The graduate program in the Department of Biochemistry accepts qualified applicants into M.A, Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. programs providing research training in the laboratory of a faculty member

The major focus of the biochemistry research in the department is in the fields of molecular and cellular biology. Specific research interests include extracellular matrix biochemistry and molecular biology, regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic cells, developmental biochemistry, vesicle trafficking and signal transduction, protein structure and function, mechanisms of catalysis, porphyrin biochemistry, protein membrane interactions, growth control and cell cycle, neurobiochemistry, mechanism of action of steroid hormones, and mechanisms of oncogenesis.

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Primary teaching affiliate
of BU School of Medicine