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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June 2026 publications
Human REV1 interacts with DHX36 to promote replication and tolerance of G-quadruplex DNA.Ketkar A, Paxton BC, Zuniga OE, Sewilam RS, Morales M, Schaller J, McCollum RJ, Jackson KE, Lowran K, Paul A, Patel M, Seenivasan S, McCrury M, Al-Anbaky Q, Maddukuri L, Kendrick S, Wu CG, Gunderson JEC, Eoff RL.Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 Copy-back RNA […]
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Congratulations to Vy Nguyen
Third year Ph.D student Vy Nugyen won first place for her presentation of her poster, “Rnd3 Regulates Lung Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion via Integrin Alpha 5 and Modulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis” at the 10th Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) meeting in Rockville, MD. Vy also presented her research as […]
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Welcome SURF students
Welcome to our 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) students. These students will spend 10 weeks performing research projects in laboratories across the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department. The students and their mentors are:
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Congratulations Dr. Zhang
Congratulations to Zihun Zhang, Ph.D. on his successful defense of his dissertation entitled, “The mutant CST6N137D protects against bone damage, but also enhances the immune response in multiple myeloma”. Dr. Zhang was mentored by Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, M.D., Ph.D. and will continue as a postdoc in the Zhan lab.
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