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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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July 2026 Publications
Assessing Pain Linked to High Metabolic and Glycolytic Shift in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) Patients by Using a Bioenergetic Biomarker: A Pilot Study.Miller GP, Krager K, Eom D, Aykin-Burns N, Santos-Horta E.Cureus. 2026 TGF-β Is Critical for Ovarian Cancer Migration, Invasion, and Chemosensitivity.Elms C, Wei W, Birrer MJ.Cancers (Basel). Bioactivation and reactivity research advances – […]
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Emory Malone Presents Talk at FASEB Conference
Congratulations to fourth-year Ph.D. student Emory Malone, who was selected to present a full-length talk at the 2026 FASEB Scientific Research Conference on Chromosome Biology and Cell States in Yeasts, held in Niagara Falls, New York on 27-29 July, 2026. Emory presented results for her project entitled, Fission yeast transcription factor Toe2 positions meiotic recombination […]
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Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium
The thirteenth Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium was held on July 29, 2026. Undergraduate students from 36 institutions in 16 states gathered at UAMS to celebrate the achievements of undergraduates pursuing research projects at colleges and universities across Arkansas. Of the 87 student researchers who submitted abstracts for the Symposium 12 were selected for […]
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Congratulations Dr. McCrury
Congratulations to Mason McCrury, Ph.D., on the successful defense of his dissertation, “DNA secondary structure as a determinant of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) activity at key oncogenes.” Dr. McCrury was mentored by Dr. Samantha Kendrick and will be moving to Emory University for his postdoctoral studies.
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