Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Spotlight
George Burslem Named 2026 ICBS Young Chemical Biologist Awardee
Primary faculty member George Burslem, PhD has been named as a 2026 ICBS Young Chemical Biologist Awardee! George is being recognized for his research work on the development of cutting-edge research tools to study post-translational modifications associated with protein synthesis and degradation in health and disease biology, e.g., intracellular protein editing within living mammalian cells. Please join us in congratulating George!
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As one of the first departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the nation, we are proud of our strong tradition of combining cutting-edge technology with impactful biology. We continue to leverage this interdisciplinary approach to yield break-through discoveries in biomedicine.
Our faculty of over 30 primary and secondary members cover a broad range of research areas, with particular strengths in structural biology, chemical biology, gene regulation and protein folding.
We are also the proud home of the Eldridge Reeves Johnson Research Foundation which offers advanced physical instrumentation and instruction to researchers across campus. We are actively growing, with several recent hires, and our faculty are broadly engaged across campus with many joint appointments in other departments, institutes and centers.
We welcome you to learn more about our department in the following pages or contact us.
News & Publications
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Murakami Lab in Cell
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
New paper from the Murakami Lab, "Structural basis of a SWI/SNF-associated transcription pre-initiation complex"
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Moiseenkova-Bell and Krishnaswamy Labs in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
New paper from the Moiseenkova-Bell and Krishnaswamy Labs, "Structural basis for membrane binding by coagulation factors V and VIII and their specificity for phosphatidylserine-containing membranes"
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Marmorstein Lab in Sci Adv
Friday, September 11, 2026
New paper from the Marmorstein Lab, "Acetyl-CoA-dependent processes are preferentially supported by local metabolite synthesis"
Seminars & Events
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Raiziss Rounds Seminars
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Our Spring 2025 Raiziss Rounds Seminar Series will begin on January 9th and will continue on Thursdays at 12:00 noon until May 15th. The full seminar schedule can be found on our Raiziss Rounds page.
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Friday Research Discussions
Friday, January 17, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
4:00pm
Friday Research Discussions occur every Friday at 4:00pm in the JF Library. View the full schedule for the semester here.