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
Congratulations to Dr. Bindu Paul and Dr. Reza Kalhor as they are the winners of the 2026 Hamilton Smith Award... Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Nathans! He is the recipient of the Welch Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research. Dr.... Read More
We had a great time bowling on Saturday with several of our BCMB students. A few even showed off some... Read More
Ten Johns Hopkins researchers, including Jeff Coller and Erika Matunis, named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows. The 2025... Read More
Deputy Director Corrin and Administrative Coordinator Ericka stopped by the Matunis and Andrew Lab today for a quick stroll through... Read More
Congratulations to Adler Guerrero Zuniga for two outstanding accomplishments. selected Adler was selected to attend the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate... Read More
Recent Accomplishments
Young Investigators Day Awards 2026
2026 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
2025 NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Award
2025 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
2025 P.E.O. Scholar Award
Recent Publications
Schiffers S, Nelson BW, Prigge M, Krishna S, Watkins L, Zhu Y, Tyagi N, Beiki H, Das S, Raman A, Ma J, Andresson T, Mao HQ, Wu B., 2026, Oberdoerffer S. N4-Acetylcytidine enhances synthetic mRNA translation yield and fidelity, Nature, doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10729-8. PMID: 42386968 PubMed
Liu AZ, Narkar A, Li K, Bertomeu T, Johnson BA, Coulombe-Huntington J, Dong Y, Zhu J, Tyers M, Li R., 2026, The scaffold protein PRR14L is linked to mitotic fidelity and sensitivity to MPS1 inhibition, Mol Biol Cell., 37(7):br21. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E25-12-0634. PMCID: PMC13329865 PubMed
Cramer EM, Lopez-Vidal T, Wang V, Johnson J, Bergman DR, Weeraratna AT, Fertig EJ, Heiser LM, Chang YH, Zimmerman JW., 2026, Protocol for generation, time-course imaging, and automated quality control of 3D spheroid invasion using TRACEQC, STAR Protoc., 7(2):104616. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2026.104616. PMCID: PMC13276342 PubMed