The Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Department provides a highly stimulating educative experience, immersing students in the bridging of Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Bioinformatics and Genomics with Translational Medicine.
Our unique multidisciplinary research program includes work on Cancer Biology, Autism, Cardiovascular Pathobiology, and Computational Genomics, unlocking the mysteries of biologic processes at the molecular and genomic level.
Our basic science-focused department approaches its centennial anniversary and we are profoundly proud of our lustrous history of academic excellence in research and education. We are eager to achieve more cross-pollination and scientific synergy both in and outside the department.
The Distinguished Researcher Award, presented to Raja Mazumder, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine.
HDAC6 plays a non-canonical role in the regulation of anti-tumor immune responses, dissemination, and invasiveness of breast cancer.
Banik D, Noonepalle S, Hadley M, Palmer E, Gracia-Hernandez M, Zevallos-Delgado C, Manhas N, Simonyan H, Young C, Popratiloff A, Chiappinelli K, Fernandes R, Sotomayor E., and Villagra A.
BGL3 lncRNA mediates retention of the BRCA1/BARD1 complex at DNA damage site.
Hu Z, Mi S, Zhao T, Peng C, Peng Y, Chen L, Zhu W, Yao Y, Song Q, Li X, Li X, Jia C, Pei H. EMBO J. 2020 Apr 29:e104133. doi: 10.15252/embj.2019104133.
This research, published in Cell Stem Cell defines how skin resident adipocytes contribute to macrophage inflammation after injury and change their cellular identity to become wound bed myofibroblasts.
