Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. The Department is home to a community of dedicated scientists, students, and postdoctoral fellows conducting innovative research on biochemical and molecular mechanisms governing cellular processes. In addition to a commitment to research excellence, the department is dedicated to education and offers outstanding training for Ph.D. students in biochemistry and molecular biology.
The Department offers a strong collegial atmosphere where faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows and administrators work together to promote and share in the discovery of fundamental principles governing life processes.
News
- Ninth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium / ICAMS and LCRD Research Retreat. Open to undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs. Come present your posters on October 21!
- According to the ACS, Professor Robert Diegelmann has the 20th most cited paper in Biochemistry, just behind a paper by a Nobel Laureate. Congratualtions, Bob!
- Associate Professor Charles Chalfant has been awarded the prestigious Avanti Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research for his pioneering work with ceramide and ceramide-1-phosphate
- Professor Paul H. Ratz received the 2010 VCU Distinguished Mentor Award, which recognizes his significant contributions to the career development of others, including colleagues, residents, fellows and students.
- Dr. Bill Barton and his PhD student Tom Seegar discovered a new mechanistic role of Tie1 in angiogenesis suggesting a potential new therapeutic target for solid-tumor cancers published in March 2010 in Molecular Cell
- Dr. Larner and his Research Team Identify New Function of Stat 3 in Cellular Respiration Published in Science in February 2009.
- Dr. Spiegel Honored with ASBMB Avanti Award in Lipids in April 2009.
- Dr. Diegelmann Receives Recognition for the Development of WoundStat in May 2009.
- Dr. Kordula Receives the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award September 2009.
- Dr. Spiegel and Colleagues, Drs. Hait, Kordula, and Milstien, Discover a New Function for Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in the Nucleus Published in Science September 2009.
