Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMass Amherst
Amy Springer receives $500,000 NSF grant to expand CUREs program
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) allow students to do real research in the classroom, helping them feel personally invested in their scientific studies and increasing their sense of belonging in STEM.
Department News
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Ma Lab publishes new research in the journal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
BMB Professor Li-Jun Ma and her lab uncover how plants respond differently to useful and harmful microbes by studying two strains of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum - why is one a beneficial endophyte while the other is a detrimental pathogen? -
Gierasch Lab publishes new research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
BMB Distinguished Professor Lila M. Gierasch and her lab reveal new details on the chaperone family Hsp70s and their "selective promiscuity". -
11 BMB Seniors Earn Certification on the 2021 ASBMB Exam
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Certification Exam is given each spring to assesses core competencies in BMB. -
Gerald Downes (Bio) and ChangHui Pak (BMB) receive Armstrong Fund for Science Award
This award will fund a collaborative project that seeks to better understand how mutation of a gene known as TBCK disrupts brain development. -
ChangHui Pak has research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Pak's latest research publication shows how a rare, single-gene mutation impairs the release of neurotransmitters in the brains of patients with schizophrenia. -
Alice Cheung and Hen-Min Wu receive four-year, $950,000 NSF grant
This grant will support ongoing research to dissect the mechanisms of male-female interactions that underlie reproductive success.
In Memoriam
BMB Emeritus Professor Edward Westhead Dies at Age 90
Distinguished biochemist Edward W. Westhead succumbed to cancer on June 1, 2021. Westhead was recruited in 1966 to form the department of biochemistry at UMass Amherst, and he became the first director of the UMass Amherst molecular and cellular biology Ph.D. program in 1988.
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