Join the ranks of leading scientific researchers in a diverse quest to understand biological phenomena in molecular detail.
The Department of Biological Chemistry is dedicated to advancing the molecular understanding of biological processes. We do that through cutting-edge research, in tandem with teaching and training undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and medical students.
We want our whole community to have every opportunity to thrive. The most innovative and impactful discoveries are born from all of our unique perspectives, tackling challenges together.
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0600
Stay informed about our department’s accomplishments and the progress we’re making in our mission.
Panida, who has been a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Weil Institute since graduating from the Biological Chemistry MS program in 2024, was recently recognized with an Early Career Exceptional Research Staff Award by the U-M Department of Emergency Medicine.
These are challenging times, but the potential and need for progress in fundamental science have never been greater.
Biological Chemistry 2022
Biological Chemistry Faculty
Assistant Professors (and captains of Team Translation) Jay Brito Querido and Rachel Niederer in their renovated lab space
Each MS student gave a presentation about their thesis project at a research symposium held at the end of the 2023–24 academic year.
The poster session at the department's annual research retreat
An axe throwing outing for our PhD students
Audience waiting for the start of the 2023 Ludwig Lecture presented by alumna Catherine Drennan
We proudly do research in maize and blue!
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The University of Michigan is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people. In 1817, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadmi Nations made the largest single land transfer to the University of Michigan, offered ceremonially through the Treaty at the Foot of the Rapids, with the intent that their children might be educated. We acknowledge their contemporary and ancestral ties to the land and this integral contribution to the University.
