Research and Education
The primary objectives of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are to perform research in biochemistry and molecular biology, to educate and train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for careers in research and teaching, and to provide high-quality education to medical students in modern biochemistry and molecular biology. Our site highlights our outstanding faculty and the research and educational opportunities available to our students. Please contact us with any questions.
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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientists Uncover New Opportunities for Targeted Cancer Therapies
By Marty Trieschmann April 22, 2025 | Molecular Cell publishes UAMS comprehensive structural biology study of MCL-1:BAK complex found in most cancers A research team led by UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute scientist, Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D., has uncovered novel insights into one of the body’s most fundamental processes impacting the development of cancer. Known as apoptosis, the […]
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Congratulations to the Bhuvan Award Winners at Student Research Day
The Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Graduate Research was established by colleagues in the Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy in memory of Dr. Bhuvaneswaran who was a member of the faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Bhuvan, as students and colleagues alike affectionately knew him, was a superb experimentalist and […]
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Biochemistry Trainees Win Awards at Student Research Day
Lokesh Akana, a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ph.D. student in Dr. Adam Wolfe’s lab, won first place in the 3 Minute Thesis competition for his presentation on SETD2 as a Horcrux in radiation resistant rectal cancer. Several Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department trainees won awards for their poster presentations.
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Students Participate in Art from the Heart and Win People’s Choice Award
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate students Emory Malone and Reham Sewilam shared their artwork at Art for the Heart on April 15, 2025. Emory won the People’s Choice Award for her cross-stitch called Reflection. Congratulations Emory! Reham shared two two acrylic paintings titled Eclipse and Queen Cleopatra. Art from the Heart partners with the Paulette and […]
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