Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Spotlight
Sara Cherry Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Please join us in congratulating Sara Cherry, PhD on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Sara was elected to the Class II - Biological Sciences group in the Microbiology and Immunology category. The Academy was established to recognize accomplished individuals and engage them in addressing the greatest challenges facing the nation.
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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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Sgourakis Lab in J Biol Chem
Friday, May 1, 2026
New paper from the Sgourakis Lab, "Engineering high-fidelity tapasin variants to enhance MHC-I antigen presentation"
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Shorter Lab in Science
Thursday, May 7, 2026
New paper from the Shorter Lab, "Short RNA chaperones promote aggregation-resistant TDP-43 conformers to mitigate neurodegeneration"
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Booker Lab in J Am Chem Soc
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
New paper from the Booker Lab, "Structural and Spectroscopic Basis for Catalysis by a Class C Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Methylase Involved in Nosiheptide/Nocathiacin Biosynthesis"
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.