Mar 13
Congratulations to Charles Kirby whose manuscript and image was chosen for the cover of JCI!... 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.
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
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
Recent Accomplishments
Our students accomplish great things
2025 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
2025 NSF GRFP Award
2025 Young Investigators Day: The Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Research Award
2025 Young Investigators Day: The Alicia Showalter Reynolds Research Award
2025 Young Investigators Day: The Bae Gyo Jung Research Award
Recent Publications
Our latest research and discoveries.
Lyu Z, Yang X, Yahashiri A, Ha S, McCausland JW, Chen X, Britton BM, Weiss DS, Xiao J., 2025, Third track model for coordination of septal peptidoglycan synthesis and degradation by FtsN in Escherichia coli, Nat Microbiol., 10(6):1521-1534. doi: 10.1038/s41564-025-02011-w. PMID: 40425829 PubMed
Huang EJ, Parksong J, Peterson AF, Torres F, Regot S, Bever GS., 2025, Refined Phylogenetic Ortholog Inference Reveals Coevolutionary Expansion of the MAPK Signaling Network Through Finetuning of Pathway Specificity, J Mol Evol., doi: 10.1007/s00239-025-10254-8. PMID: 40447942 PubMed
Watkins L, Li M, Wu B., 2025, Translation elongation: measurements and applications, RNA Biol., 22(1):1-10. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2025.2504727. PMCID: PMC12087489 PubMed