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.
BCMB will be hosting two virtual informational sessions. You will have the opportunity to learn about our program and ask... Read More
Congratulations to four of our BCMB students on winning Young Investigators Day Awards this year. Casie Kubota, Connor McKenney, Tyler... Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Sergi Regot (Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics) for receiving the 2024 Hamilton Smith Award for Innovative... Read More
Congratulations to the 2021 Class for receiving the honorary white coat!... Read More
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.
Morina LB, Cao HC, Chen S, Kumar S, McFarland KS, Majewska NI, Betenbaugh MJ, Timp W., 2025, Investigating subpopulation dynamics in clonal CHO-K1 cells with single-cell RNA sequencing, J Biotechnol., 399:91-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2025.01.010. PMID: 39824362 PubMed
Kim DW, Duncan LH, Xu J, Chang M, Sørensen SS, Terrillion CE, Kanold PO, Place E, Blackshaw S., 2025, Decoding Gene Networks Controlling Hypothalamic and Prethalamic Neuron Development, bioRxiv [Preprint], 2025.01.10.632449. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.10.632449. PMCID: PMC11741371 PubMed
Krueger ER, Church TR, Brennan A, Türker F, Villalón Landeros E., 2025, Protocol to study neuronal membrane proteasome function in mouse peripheral sensory neurons, STAR Protoc., 6(1):103552. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103552. PMID: 39798095 PubMed