Congratulations to the 2021 Class for receiving the honorary white coat!... 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.
Congratulations to Erin Goley, Zhaozhu Qiu, Shigeki Watanabe and Bin Wu on being the first recipients of the Randall J.... Read More
Congratulations to BCMB alum, Cory White, on being selected as an Intersections Science Fellow for 2023. For more information, you... Read More
Congratulations to BCMB Alum Sara Clasen (Espenshade Lab, graduated 2017)! Dr. Clasen won the Noster-Science Essay prize; you can read her... Read More
🎉 Congratulations to Rachael Sparklin, Claudia Carcamo, and Nathan Board for your award for Young Investigators Day!! BCMB is very... Read More
Recent Accomplishments

Our students accomplish great things
2023 NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
/ Taylor Church2023 Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award
/ Leighton Duncan2023 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
/ Bonita Powell2023 NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
/ Lana Christensen2023 Young Investigators Day Awardees: The Mette Strand Research Award
/ Nathan BoardRecent Publications

Our latest research and discoveries.
Burigotto M, Vigorito V, Gliech C, Mattivi A, Ghetti S, Bisio A, Lolli G, Holland AJ, Fava LL., 2023, PLK1 promotes the mitotic surveillance pathway by controlling cytosolic 53BP1 availability, EMBO Rep., e57234. doi: 10.15252/embr.202357234. PMID: 37888778 PubMed
Lee J, Wu M, Inman JT, Singh G, Park SH, Lee JH, Fulbright RM, Hong Y, Jeong J, Berger JM, Wang MD, 2023, Chromatinization modulates topoisomerase II processivity, Nat Commun., 14(1):6844. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42600-z. PMCID: PMC10611788 PubMed
Zhao F, Hicks CW, Wolberger C., 2023, Mechanism of histone H2B monoubiquitination by Bre1, Nat Struct Mol Biol., doi: 10.1038/s41594-023-01137-x. PMID: 37872231 PubMed