Five named Ledford Scholars

Five MC students have been granted a total of more than $26,000 through the Appalachian College Associations Ledford Scholarship to fund summer research projects. Read More

Caitlin Jennings, a biochemistry major from Maryville, Tenn., was presented the distinguished LeQuire Award during Maryville Colleges Academic Awards Ceremony held April 23 in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre of the Clayton Center for the Arts. Read More

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Sixty two new microscopes, four HDMI television displays, 64 desktop computers and eight laptop computers were installed in Sutton Science Center in 2015. Read More

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Concentration Coordinator: David Alberg

Introduction | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Other Relevant Courses | Contact Info

The biochemistry program at Carleton rests on the close cooperation between the Departments of Biology and Chemistry. Emerging as a recognized discipline early in the last century, biochemistry has grown into a vast subject that spans several established disciplines. It serves as the link between the fields of chemistry and biology, and even as it flourishes at the interface of these subjects, it also holds a strong position within the two traditional disciplines. Fundamentally, biochemistry seeks to establish an understanding of biological phenomena at a molecular level.

The biochemistry concentration requirements reflect the fundamental importance of the intellectual tools and structures of biology and chemistry to the study of all issues in biochemistry, and we ask students to get a grounding in both disciplines. It is likely that many students enrolling in the concentration will major in either biology or chemistry. To encourage breadth within the concentration, no more than five six-credit courses from a students own major may be counted toward the minimum requirements of the concentration.

Both the biology and chemistry departments maintain vigorous weekly seminar programs, regularly bringing to the college distinguished scientists, including many biochemists. Each concentrator should make it a priority to attend relevant seminars whenever possible.

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Finally, both the chemistry and biology departments regularly offer integrative exercise experiences in biochemistry as an option for their majors. Concentrators who are biology or chemistry majors have the option of furthering their pursuit of biochemistry through a biochemical topic as the basis for their senior integrative exercise

Biochemistry Laboratory

Biological Chemistry Laboratory

The college offers a number of related courses that would enhance the background of a biochemistry concentrator. The following courses are not part of the concentration, but do support the program. In particular, we strongly encourage interested students to enroll in BIOL 240, Genetics.

If you have questions about the Biochemistry Concentration and how it will fit into your program at Carleton College, please contact the Concentration Coordinator: David Alberg, Mudd 191, x 4410.

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Like a lot of students, Brenna Norton-Baker thought she wanted to go to medical school. Biology, she thought, would be her major. Then, she took organic chemistry as a freshman and everything changed. Brenna loved the subject matter, and that opened up a number of doors for her.

I enjoyed organic so much that I asked the professor at the end of the semester if I could work in his lab. He said yes, and I became a full-time, paid research assistant for the summer. Brenna worked on the development of a new antibiotic, and the following semester, she earned academic credit working in the same lab on an anti-cancer drug.

On top of her coursework, Brenna continues to work in different labs, including an organic synthesis lab, where she was trained to work in ventilated hoods. I was really privileged to be doing that as a sophomore. I cant believe how much I learned, not only about the topic and performing air-free synthetic techniques, but also about working with other people. We had to do a lot of presentations. I had to present posters and do oral presentations, often just within the department, but also at conferences. That really helps you build confidence.

As an acknowledgement of her efforts, Brenna won a Goldwater Scholarship one of only three ever awarded to College of Charleston students. She agrees that biochemistry is demanding, but says she still finds time for things such as participating in Alpha Chi Sigma the professional chemists society. We do a lot of science outreach with elementary school students. One favorite of mine is an experiment we call Fluffys Toothpaste, which involves a reaction that sends foam exploding 10 feet in the air. The kids always love it.

After graduating, Brenna plans to intern with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado where shell conduct research. After that, she hopes to attend graduate school and pursue more research opportunities in biochemistry.

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Biochemistry - College of Charleston

The University of Mount Unions Biochemistry Major is structured to fill the growing need of understanding the molecular basis of life processes in our society. Specifically tailored to application in the life sciences, you will explore chemical substances, processes and reactions that occur in living organisms. You will learn in-depth about the concepts of inorganic, analytical, organic and physical chemistry. Diving deeper, you will be exposed to advanced biochemistry, including metabolism, nutrition, pharmacology, gene expression and biotechnology. Coupling these course paths with hands-on learning opportunities help to better prepare biochemistry major students toward future careers or study.

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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology:

The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology offers a high quality learning environment for both undergraduate and graduate students within a high powered research program. We offer exciting research opportunities for our undergraduate majors and highly personalized training to Ph.D. graduate students and postdoctoral trainees. The BMB faculty has a tradition of excellence in teaching, while their research accomplishments have been recognized nationally and internationally in the areas of biochemistry, and molecular, cellular, and structural biology, and is supported by the highest levels of external funding per faculty in the College of Natural Sciences.

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Biochemistry is the application of chemistry to the study of biological processes at the cellular and molecular level. It emerged as a distinct discipline around the beginning of the 20th century when scientists combined chemistry, physiology and biology to investigate the chemistry of living systems.

Biochemistry is both a life science and a chemical science - it explores the chemistry of living organisms and the molecular basis for the changes occurring in living cells. It uses the methods of chemistry,

"Biochemistry has become the foundation for understanding all biological processes. It has provided explanations for the causes of many diseases in humans, animals and plants."

physics, molecular biology and immunology to study the structure and behaviour of the complex molecules found in biological material and the ways these molecules interact to form cells, tissues and whole organisms.

Biochemists are interested, for example, in mechanisms of brain function, cellular multiplication and differentiation, communication within and between cells and organs, and the chemical bases of inheritance and disease. The biochemist seeks to determine how specific molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, vitamins and hormones function in such processes. Particular emphasis is placed on regulation of chemical reactions in living cells.

Biochemistry has become the foundation for understanding all biological processes. It has provided explanations for the causes of many diseases in humans, animals and plants. It can frequently suggest ways by which such diseases may be treated or cured.

Because biochemistry seeks to unravel the complex chemical reactions that occur in a wide variety of life forms, it provides the basis for practical advances in medicine, veterinary medicine, agriculture and biotechnology. It underlies and includes such exciting new fields as molecular genetics and bioengineering.

The knowledge and methods developed by biochemists are applied to in all fields of medicine, in agriculture and in many chemical and health related industries. Biochemistry is also unique in providing teaching and research in both protein structure/function and genetic engineering, the two basic components of the rapidly expanding field of biotechnology.

As the broadest of the basic sciences, biochemistry includes many subspecialties such as neurochemistry, bioorganic chemistry, clinical biochemistry, physical biochemistry, molecular genetics, biochemical pharmacology and immunochemistry. Recent advances in these areas have created links among technology, chemical engineering and biochemistry.

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What is Biochemistry? | Biochemistry - McGill University

October 7, 2015 - The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today that Paul Modrich, Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, Tomas Lindahl of the Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory in the UK, and Aziz Sancar of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, are the recipients of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

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Check out our state of the art cell culture laboratory. Samples from this space and others can be analyzed by western blot with our Li-Core Odyssey imaging system or by fluorescence microscopy with one of our fluorescent microscopes. Maybe get a bit more technical with our high-performance liquid chromatograph, ultraviolet-visible spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, or gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry? If youve got a passion for studying life at the molecular level, we would love to work with you. Lakelands professors have an impressive collection of high-tech tools they're excited to introduce you to. Together, using Lakelands deeply ingrained hands-on approach, you will unlock the many secrets of biochemistry. You will get a project, you will learn how to use and troubleshoot all of our instruments, you will learn how to obtain results, how to interpret those results, and how to explain those results to an audience.

Majoring in biochemistry opens up numerous career doors. A biochemistry degree from Lakeland will prepare you for medical school or pharmaceutical school, because your courses will meet the prerequisites for professional school acceptance.

If youd prefer to go directly into the workforce, your Lakeland University biochemistry Bachelor of Science degree and the plentiful internship opportunities with local companies will make you an exceptionally attractive candidate for entry level positions involving chemistry.

And if youd prefer to enter graduate school and focus on earning a Ph.D. or doctorate in biochemistry, that path is wide open as well. One former Lakeland University student is a Ph.D. candidate in biophysics at prestigious Johns Hopkins University. Another is a Ph.D. candidate in physical chemistry at the University of Michigan.

Students who have successfully completed a B.S. in Biochemistry from Lakeland University should be able to:

Name:Benjamin Stellmacher

Hometown:Waukesha, Wis.

Title:Microbiologist

Business:Johnsonville Sausage

What began as an internship quickly became the start of a promising career for Ben, who graduated with his bachelors degree in 2010.

I was a summer intern at Johnsonville, and after I graduated, a position opened up in the microbiology lab, he says. They thought I worked out well during my internship, and I got the job.

Ben has an important role at Johnsonville, which produces and exports its award-winning bratwurst to all 50 U.S. states and 30 other countries.

I help ensure that all of our product is safe and free of bacteria, he says. I go to the various plants, swab equipment, test product and work with research and development on new product, which is really interesting.

Ben, who came to Lakeland to play football and fuel his lifelong interest in science, credits Lakelands hands-on approach to learning.

It was really good for me, he says. In some of the upper-level classes, there were only six of us, which was really nice. We worked as a group instead of just listening to a professor present information. All of my professors offered great encouragement, and I knew I could call them any time.

I learned how to work alongside others, while embracing strong values. It was a great experience. At Lakeland, you interact so much more with people, and everyone treats you like a person, not a number.

Listed below are just some of the jobs or graduate school positions Lakeland University biochemistry students from recent graduating classes have landed:

Dean of the School of Science, Technology & Education & Professor of Chemistry and Physics

Assistant Professor of Biology

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Associate Professor of Biology

And the comopletion of at least one of the following emphases:

Cellular Biochemistry Emphasis (15 semester hours)

Physical Biochemistry Emphasis (15 semester hours)

Note: A major in Biochemistry may not be combined with majors or minors in either Biology or Chemistry.

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Grand Opening of CBEC

The grand opening of our CBEC building recently won a bronze medal for Excellence in Special Events, Series of Events from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District V. This was one of nine medals won by Ohio State as part of the Pride of Case V Awards, which will be presented at the annual CASE V Conference in Chicago in December 2015. At the pre-opening dinner for the major donors involved in the buildings fundraising, not one seat was empty, a rare occurrence. Furthermore, the opening day festivities and unique ribbon cutting experience made this event award worthy. All in all, the opening was a success thanks to the dedication and collaboration of the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences and the departments sharing this new space, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering.

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