Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Spotlight
Welcoming Andrey Tvardovskiy, PhD
We are excited to share that Andrey Tvardovskiy, PhD has joined the Biochemistry & Biophysics department as an Assistant Professor! The Tvardovskiy Lab’s research bridges chromatin biology and cutting-edge proteomics, aiming to dissect the intricate relationship between epigenetics and aging. Please join us in extending a warm welcome!
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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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Lynch Lab in Genes Dev
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
New paper from the Lynch Lab, "Coordination of nuclear RNA processing by speckle-localized kinase TAOK2"
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Cherry Lab in PLoS Pathog
Thursday, July 23, 2026
New paper from the Cherry Lab, "Repurposing screens reveal a role for PKCη and NF1 in SARS-CoV-2 infection"
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Kohli Lab in NAR Genom Bioinform
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
New paper from the Kohli Lab, "A theoretical and experimental framework enables low-coverage sequencing for accurate quantification of genome-wide cytosine modification levels"
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.