Nov 25
We had a great time at this year’s BCMB Retreat. A day and a half filled with science, community, exploring,... Read More
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
Updates and news from our department.
Aug 30
BCMB will be hosting two virtual informational sessions. You will have the opportunity to learn about our program and ask... Read More
Apr 18
Congratulations to four of our BCMB students on winning Young Investigators Day Awards this year. Casie Kubota, Connor McKenney, Tyler... Read More
Apr 02
Congratulations to Dr. Sergi Regot (Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics) for receiving the 2024 Hamilton Smith Award for Innovative... Read More
Nov 07
Congratulations to the 2021 Class for receiving the honorary white coat!... Read More
Oct 26
Congratulations to Erin Goley, Zhaozhu Qiu, Shigeki Watanabe and Bin Wu on being the first recipients of the Randall J.... Read More
Recent Accomplishments
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
Our latest research and discoveries.
Shu DH, Ho WJ, Kagohara LT, Girgis A, Shin SM, Danilova L, Lee JW, Sidiropoulos DN, Mitchell S, Munjal K, Howe K, Bendinelli KJ, Kartalia E, Qi H, Mo G, Montagne J, Leatherman JM, Lopez-Vidal TY, Zhu Q, Huff AL, Yuan X, Hernandez A, Coyne EM, Zaidi N, Zabransky DJ, Engle LL, Ogurtsova A, Baretti M, Laheru D, Durham JN, Wang H, Sunshine JC, Johnston RJ, Deutsch JS, Taube JM, Anders RA, Jaffee EM, Fertig EJ, Yarchoan M., 2024, Immunotherapy response induces divergent tertiary lymphoid structure morphologies in hepatocellular carcinoma, Nat Immunol., 25(11):2110-2123. doi: 10.1038/s41590-024-01992-w. PMID: 39455893 PubMed
Beaver AK, Keneskhanova Z, Cosentino RO, Weiss BL, Awuoche EO, Smallenberger GM, Buenconsejo GY, Crilly NP, Smith JE, Hakim JMC, Zhang B, Bobb B, Rijo-Ferreira F, Figueiredo LM, Aksoy S, Siegel TN, Mugnier MR., 2024, Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, Nature, doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08151-z. PMID: 39478231 PubMed
Palmer T, Kessler MD, Shao XM, Balan A, Yarchoan M, Zaidi N, Lopez-Vidal TY, Saeed AM, Gore J, Azad NS, Jaffee EM, Favorov AV, Anagnostou V, Karchin R, Gaykalova DA, Fertig EJ, Danilova L., 2024, SpliceMutr enables pan-cancer analysis of splicing-derived neoantigen burden in tumors, Cancer Res Commun., doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0309. PMID: 39470352 PubMed