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Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (BMB)

Probing the behaviors of molecules, cells, and biological systems. 

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Undergraduate Programs

Learning about genomics, cloning, stem cells, cancer biology, microarrays, emerging diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.

BMB majors lead to exciting and rewarding careers!

3 Graduate Students all working at the lab bench

Make discoveries and generate new knowledge through independent, original dissertation research in BMMB laboratories.  

 

BMB Graduate Program

Department News Spotlight

Manuel Llinás has been named the Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology

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Manuel Llinás named as the Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology

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Santhosh Girirajan named T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

A grant from the National Institute of Justice will fund the sequencing of 10,000 human mitochondrial genomes.

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Penn State team to triple size of forensic database of mitochondrial DNA