Welcome to the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

We are one of the oldest multidisciplinary graduate programs in the country. Our mission is to train independent research scientists for productive careers by providing a broad foundation in basic science and promoting the study of problems of biomedical importance from a mechanistic perspective. Learn More from our director

 

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Recent News

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Updates and news from our department.

Upcoming Events

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Seminars and events. Know what’s coming
October 18, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm

BCMB Information Session

Recent Accomplishments

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Our students accomplish great things

2024 Young Investigators Day: The Mette Strand Research Award

2024 Young Investigators Day:  The David Yue Research Award

2024 Young Investigators Day: The Bae Gyo Jung Research Award

2024 Young Investigators Day: The Michael A. Shanoff Research Award

2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Honorable Mention), Raygan Murray

Recent Publications

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Our latest research and discoveries.

Daitch AK, Smith EL, Goley ED., 2024, OpgH is an essential regulator of Caulobacter morphology, mBio., 15(9):e0144324. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01443-24. PMCID: PMC11389396  PubMed

Hicks CW, Rahman S, Gloor SL, Fields JK, Husby NL, Vaidya A, Maier KE, Morgan M, Keogh MC, Wolberger C., 2024, Ubiquitinated histone H2B as gatekeeper of the nucleosome acidic patch, Nucleic Acids Res., 52(16):9978-9995. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae698. Erratum in: Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Sep 01:gkae751. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae751. PMCID: PMC11381367  PubMed

Heitmann T, Liao G, Ernst G, Poslusney M, van Kralingen T, Li Y, Masi M, DePasquale M, Buchler I, Wei H, Carr GV, Shlevkov E, Lu M, Jessen H, Barrow JC., 2024, Identification and Characterization of a Blood-Brain Barrier Penetrant Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinase (IP6K) Inhibitor, J Med Chem., 67(16):13639-13665. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00190. PMID: 39096294  PubMed